Inspiring News
From the Good News Network
Sometimes the news can show the darker side of local and world events. But there is so much more! We found the Good News Network online and find their writing and focus to align well with our virtues and beliefs. We have included some excerpts below borrowed from their site. The link above with direct you to their site for further information and to subscribe directly.
Artist Redesigns Strangers’ Lackluster Flyers for Free–After Finding Them On the Street (WATCH)
A digital artist who usually charges hundreds of dollars for the service is surprising strangers by redesigning their lackluster flyers for free, after finding them on the street. Max Kolomatsky came up with the guerrilla marketing idea last year after noticing the...
Hearts Melt as Truck Firm Transports Tons of Snow from North to South for Special Needs Kids to Have Fun
A Chinese commercial trucking company paid nearly $30,000 to truck thousands of pounds of snow from the frozen northern city of Harbin to a special needs school in the tropical southern metropolis of Guangzhou. Officially, it was Beijing Truck Home Information...
America Has a Higher Percentage of Bilingual Citizens Than the French, Italians, or British
Proprietary survey and research data from a DC think tank have demonstrated that a greater percentage of Americans are bilingual than the French, Italians, or British, despite these Europeans having a more immediate need for bilingualism. Visits to Milano, Paris, or...
Recycling Crew Didn’t Stop Searching for Woman’s Lost Wedding Ring Until They Found a ‘Needle in a Haystack’
Finding a needle in a haystack is always easier when the needle isn’t worth thousands of dollars, but the stress of it all was borne by the trash collectors from the city of Greenville, and reunited a woman with her lost wedding band. It was a routine stop at the...
Penguin Becomes ‘Guide Bird’ Companion For Zoo Pal Suffering with Cataracts: Waddle I do Without You?
A penguin has become a ‘guide-bird’ for a fellow African Penguin with poor eyesight, escorting her around their enclosure to get food and build confidence. The animal helper named ‘Penguin’ has bonded with ‘Squid’ the three-year-old that suffers from cataracts, a...
Family of Fallen Soldier Given Keys to New Home Built by Volunteers in N. Carolina-WATCH
14 years after the death of an Army Sgt. in Iraq, his widow and children walked into a brand new house—gifted to them in honor of his memory. The “Hero Home #27” was built through Operation Coming Home, a mission to help injured troops and families of fallen service...
Blind Jazz Sax Teacher Inspires Students to ‘Feel’ Their Instruments, Uses His Disability as Teaching Tool
From a Tampa performing arts conservatory comes the story of a blind jazz saxophonist who uses his disability as a teaching tool. Like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he encourages his students to act on instinct; to feel the music through their instruments, and not let the waking...
Endangered Seabirds Flourishing on Island for First Time in Decades as Invasive Rabbits Removed
For the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island after a dedicated conservation group cleared the island of a deadly invasive species. This unique Chilean ecosystem has seen a resurgence in its seabird...
Third-Generation Craftsman Goes Viral–Now has Millions Watching Him Fix Shoes as ‘America’s Cobbler’
“You know what you call it [when] a cobbler is just getting waves and waves of shoes in? A ‘shoenami.'” This A+ dad joke can be attributed to Jim McFarland, aka ‘America’s Cobbler’—a viral internet star who has millions of followers across Instagram, TikTok, and...
