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.
She Wanted Her Son with Autism to Explore Nature So She Created a Whimsical Fairy Forest Trail
They say the best thing an artist can aspire to be is a child. For one New Jersey mom, it took the inspiration of her own to find that magical spark. As for what she did with it, the only word is magical. Therese Ojibway, a mother from Milburn, originally began to...
Aussie Man Invents Weapon in War Against Invasive Asparagus Fern–The ‘Asparagus Assassin’
While most Americans will think of asparagus as a tasty compliment to a fish dinner, or alternatively as an inedibly, mushy, misery stick to be substituted for potatoes in every occasion, Down Under it is an entirely different situation. The asparagus fern is one of...
McKenzie Scott Has Now Given Away $16.5 Billion–with New Grants Announced–Since Divorcing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Hypothetical: You have $640 million you want to give away, but you want to give it away to many different groups. How do you find the groups? How do you process value judgments between charities and non-profit organizations and decide who to uplift and who to ignore?...
Greek Archaeologists Use The Iliad as a Map to Find 10 Ancient Shipwrecks
Covering almost 5,000 years of history, a team of maritime archaeologists from Greece have located a series of shipwrecks off the coast of the island of Kasos. Dating from as far back as (3,000 BCE), and through the Classical period (460 BCE), the Hellenistic Age (100...
Students Surprise Nigerian Security Guard Who’s ‘Part of the Family’ with a Trip Home–Raising $30K
This week CBS News introduced the world to James, a Nigerian security guard at Providence College, who was recently given a monumental shock by the students he protects. Working 4 overnight shifts a week, student organizer Brandon Reichart said James greets everybody...
All-Female Auto Repair Shop Lets Clients Get Mani-Pedis While Waiting For Their Cars
A Pennsylvania entrepreneur left her 6-figure engineering job to volunteer at mechanic shops around her area to learn how to fix cars, and founded the Girls Auto Clinic when she was finished. The GAC is the first of its kind in the nation, and offers car care...
Experts Begin Hunt for Most Valuable British Shipwreck in History, and the Gold Worth 4 Billion
A team of marine experts are to begin hunting for the most valuable shipwreck in history which sank 400 years ago carrying $4.3 billion worth of gold. Royal Merchant, a 17th-century English treasure ship known as “El Dorado of the Seas” sank in bad weather off Lands...
Town Leaders Help Dig Beloved Stuffed Animal out of Trash Compactor Using More Than Just Their Hands
When New Hampshire resident Jake McAlpin accidentally threw away his daughter’s favorite stuffed animal, the town leadership took a whole day out to help find it. Cupcake is a floppy-eared dog that daughter Charlotte received for Christmas when she was four. Though a...
Prisoner in ‘Dirtiest Jail’ Rehabilitates Fellow Inmates with Recycling Program That Unites Prisoners
In Panama, prisoners are rehabilitating their behavior and the nation’s rainforests at the same time through a plant nursery and recycling program supported by the Red Cross. La Joyita prison was famous for its filth and squalor, but the EcoSólidos program, which has...
