Category: Good News

  A high school senior who’s on her way to Harvard this fall was awarded a $40-thousand scholarship from her high school. While accepting Fitchburg High School’s general excellence award at graduation, Verda Tetteh turned down the scholarship and asked that it be given to someone going to community college instead. “It is such a great honor,” […]

  A new store in Bradenton, Florida, called “The Twig” is helping foster care families with clothes. They give kids in foster care the chance to shop for free every month. “We wanted to create an atmosphere for kids where they feel loved,” says Nicole Britton, The Twig Director of Development. Source: Bay News 9 A woman’s dog became her […]

  A homeless Vietnam veteran in Kettleman City, California, has been reunited with his emotional support dog after he went missing. Michael Hatfield reported his dog, Rerun, missing and the Kings County Sheriff’s Office put out a call for his return on social media. A family came forward and returned Rerun, saying they thought he was abandoned. Source: KMPH Brothers who […]

  A couple who fell in love during lockdown have gotten married at age 95. John Shults and his bride Joy Morrow-Nulton managed to maintain their relationship during the pandemic, doing whatever it took to see each other when they could. Now the upstate New Yorkers, who are both twice widowed, are getting their happy ending. Source: CBS News A mom who […]

  A North Carolina man sprang into action to rescue a brood of ducklings trapped in a storm drain. After seeing the mother duck circling the drain in distress, Mike Plumides got down in it to get her babies out. As soon as all of the ducklings were back on the grass, they waddled away behind their mama. Source: People An […]

  A teen who hadn’t cut his hair in six years finally got the big chop and donated his 19-inch afro to be made into wigs for kids battling cancer. Kieran Moise had been growing out his hair until he got a call that he was accepted to the Air Force Academy. He set up a fundraiser for […]

  An Illinois family is grateful for the technology that led them to their missing deaf dog, Lex. Lex can’t hear when he’s called, so the Rollins family got a GPS tracking collar to help if he got out. They put it to the test when Lex escaped their yard and it worked to reunite them with the […]

  A high school senior who is battling cancer returned to run with her cross country team and they helped her cross the finish line. Yeva Klingbeil’s teammates at Shenendehowa High School linked arms with her and walked with her at a meet this week. After they finished the race, the rest of the team and runners from […]

  A brother and sister who were separated in the foster care system as young children have found each other again. After 40 years apart, Tasha Henderson found her half-brother, Kitt Wakeley, through Ancestry.com. The siblings discovered they lived a mile apart in Oklahoma and are reconnecting and making up for lost time. Source: KFOR Coworkers at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta discovered […]

  A medical emergency kept a high school senior from attending his graduation, but his hospital nurses threw him one of his own. Noah Keith’s nurses at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, gave him the chance to put on his cap and gown. He even got his diploma hours before his peers graduated from Grace Baptist Academy. Source: Fox […]