Category: Good News

  There’s been a huge surge in people applying to become nurses since the pandemic hit.  A new report in the U.K. says applications are up 32% there.  And there’s been a big surge in the US as well. An act of kindness by an Orlando police officer was caught on camera and has gone viral on […]

  A man in Austin has been driving around in his truck, looking for cars stuck in the snow, and helping people get them out.  In just two days, he helped over 140 people . . . 98 on Monday, and another 47 on Tuesday. A 62-year-old man who’s spent half of his life in jail just graduated […]

  The owner of a store in Houston called Gallery Furniture is letting people stay overnight to get out of the cold.  He goes by the name “Mattress Mack,” and he’s known for this kind of thing.  He also used his stores as shelters after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.  And the same year, he served Thanksgiving to 5,000 people. A mom’s […]

A pair of pups tied the knot in South Carolina with help from Greenville County Animal Care. Sassy and Sparrow’s wedding helped to support the animal shelter’s “Have a Heart” fund, which provides heartworm treatment to shelter dogs. Both the bride and groom have suffered from the serious lung disease before, which is why they […]

  An eight-year-old in Washington state made a bunch of keychains . . . sold them for $5 each . . . made FOUR GRAND . . . and used the money to pay off all the lunch debt at his school, and six other schools. What a great story about doing your part to help out! A […]

  A couple in White Plains, New York has just enjoyed their first in-person visit since the start of the pandemic. Harriet Shenkman has visited her husband Jerry every day, but had to stand outside the window of his assisted living facility because of coronavirus precautions. He has Alzheimer’s, but hasn’t forgotten his wife of 58 years and they […]

  A homeless man in Hawaii stole a bunch of tools from a construction site, but came back three days later to apologize.  So the owner gave him a job. A man in Chicago has been going around to different street vendors and buying ALL of their tamales, so they don’t have to stand out in the cold all […]

  A dog who went missing days before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017 is back home with her family. Maddie was lost as they were moving from one home to another in Houston and they searched, but never found her. After more than three years, they’ve been reunited with the 16-year-old dog and everyone is delighted. Source: Fox […]

  A Houston high school senior recently gave up all the money she’d saved for college to help her mom catch up on past-due rent. Alondra Carmona was accepted at her dream school, Barnard College, an Ivy League school, and used her college savings to keep her family from being evicted. Since then, a GoFundMe campaign has raised more […]

  Crossing guard supervisor Kathleen Quinn is being called a hero for keeping a little girl from getting hit by a reckless driver. She was helping kids get safely to school in Valrico, Florida when a car “swept through” the area, ignoring her commands to stop. Quinn grabbed the girl who was walking her bike across the […]