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.
California Costco Worker Returns Envelope Containing Nearly $4,000 in Cash
A Costco employee as honest as the day is long is being celebrated after returning an envelope of $4,000 cash to a shopper. John Sotelo had set himself a goal of working hard enough through August to make Employee of the Month, and thanks to his selfless act, he now...
12-Year-Old Saves Man Who Passed Out Underwater, Credits CPR Learned from ‘Stranger Things’
Netflix’s Stranger Things has won 12 Primetime Emmys, and tens of millions of fans over the course of its four seasons, but it may have ultimately achieved something even greater than that—it saved a man’s life. A 12-year-old named Austen MacMillan was able to revive...
Already Scrapped Wind Turbines Turned into Footbridges Capable of Supporting 30 Tons
Wind turbine blades set to be landfilled or incinerated, are being turned into footbridges that can hold the weight of a 30-tonne digger. Currently, there are around 11,000 wind turbines in the UK, and estimates suggest that 450 blades will be decommissioned in...
Bank Decides it Should have Prevented Dementia Depositor from Getting Scammed–So Reimburses Entire Life Savings
From Australia comes a story of corporate responsibility in the face of personal tragedy as an elderly national bank depositor had nearly AUD$500,000 returned to him out of the bank’s own pockets. He had been tricked by scammers into revealing his banking information,...
Inspired Indonesian Youth Pulls 2.6 Million Pounds of Trash from Nation’s Rivers in Just 3 Years
In Indonesia, the worsening plastic pollution crisis has led young Sam Benchegjib to start Sungai Watch – an environmental organization dedicated to keeping Indonesia’s waterways clean by installing river barriers to prevent plastic and other trash from entering the...
Tide-Savvy Metal Detectorist Reunites Woman With Late Mother’s Wedding Rings 2 Weeks After They Fell into Sea
A U.K. metal detectorist has worked a near-miracle, reuniting a woman with a beloved chain that held her late mother’s promise, engagement and wedding rings. The 24-year-old was “devastated” when her necklace chain broke while she was swimming at Les Amarreurs beach...
One in Five Successful Couples have ‘Nothing in Common’ – Showing Opposites DO Attract
Researchers have confirmed that opposites do, in fact, attract, as a study commissioned in front of the launch of a UK television show found that one in five couples admit they have nothing in common. The study of 2,000 adults in a relationship found that 24% have...
Woman Wrote ‘please write me’ on an Egg in 1951–Someone Finally Did
We’ve all heard stories about people finding messages in bottles, but I’ll bet you’ve never heard about someone finding a message in an egg carton before. Emerging from social media, a 92-year-old Iowa resident has had a 70-year dream fulfilled after a message she...
‘World’s Loneliest Lion’ Returns to Africa After Years Alone in Zoo–WATCH His First Steps
The ‘world’s loneliest lion’ has returned to his natural habitat after he was abandoned in a private zoo in Armenia for five years. 15-year-old lion Ruben was part of a pride living in the now-closed zoo, but while all the other lions were relocated, Ruben was left...
