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Also a short and sweet story about Band Aid finally offering their range of products in more than just beige, for darker skin tones. A logical choice, considering it's been one shade for generations now.

 

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...and finally, a school librarian in Virginia has launched a program to keep kids reading during the closure of public schools and libraries by having drones deliver books directly to their doors, free of charge. A unique approach that likely will help many kids!

 
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Here's some good news worth sharing...

A story on a company named Brightmark who recycle electronics to help clean up the e-cycle process. What's most impressive about them, however, is that their primary aim is to employ, rehabilitate and re-acclimate recently incarcerated men and women to help keep them out of trouble and offer them a skillset they can utilize going forward.

Nice. While I know not all criminals want to turn around their lives, plenty do and I like seeing they get a second chance.
 
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Completely agreed, it's pretty sad that just because someone is convicted of something and sent to prison their chances of building a decent life and getting a decent job are immediately cut down to near-none. So to have companies like this who give people a chance even if they've made mistakes is great. I hope more will expand their horizons and let those that have been imprisoned grow and develop skills they can use for the rest of their lives.
 
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Completely agreed, it's pretty sad that just because someone is convicted of something and sent to prison their chances of building a decent life and getting a decent job are immediately cut down to near-none. So to have companies like this who give people a chance even if they've made mistakes is great. I hope more will expand their horizons and let those that have been imprisoned grow and develop skills they can use for the rest of their lives.

The system needs some work but people need to be aware that the minority of criminals doesn't equate to the majority. I'd say over 80% want to turn their lives around and companies should'nt let the idiots who don't ruin their chances.
 
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The system needs some work but people need to be aware that the minority of criminals doesn't equate to the majority. I'd say over 80% want to turn their lives around and companies should'nt let the idiots who don't ruin their chances.
Completely agreed, not everyone in jail is actually a bad person, they've just made bad decisions. Can't punish them all for that alone.
 
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...and finally, a school librarian in Virginia has launched a program to keep kids reading during the closure of public schools and libraries by having drones deliver books directly to their doors, free of charge. A unique approach that likely will help many kids!

I live in Virginia and didn't even know this. Didn't see this in news or anything.
 

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Here's another feel-good story during the current goings-on.

A deputy near Nashville stopped by a Cracker Barrel for breakfast while waiting for a transport on a previous call, while waiting for his bill he received a letter from a couple of black women who had been eating in the restaurant, as well. The note read "BLM but so does yours. Thank you for your service! Breakfast paid." With that, they left and the deputy was left all paid up and on his way. Just a neat little story during tumultuous times.

 
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Here are a couple of posts featuring several good news moments, because we need them.

1.) This employee at a McDonald's in the UK making the most of a customer's music to have a little fun at work:



2.) In the UK again, the grocery chain Iceland have adopted all of the Humboldt penguins at the Cheshire zoo in order to help the zoo keep operating during these hard times. The chain are also lobbying on behalf of the zoo to allow them and other zoos to open with strict social distancing guidelines in order to help generate income for them at a hard time.


3.) In the US, meanwhile, a 7-year-old boy created a mini-prom for his babysitter because she did not have the chance to attend her actual prom. They used a pool noodle to ensure they stayed 6-feet apart and enjoyed a fine dining experience of chick-fil-a and smoothies. What a guy :D


4.) An entire 8th grade class in New Mexico spent the year raising $2,800 for a rafting trip to celebrate their coming transition to becoming high schoolers. Covid then took that trip away from them; however, rather than getting down on themselves, the class spent all $2,800 on supplies and items they then donated to the local Navajo community who had been struggling and immensely impacted by the virus.


5.) Stunning drone footage out of Australia showed an endangered species of turtle making a rather unusual appearance just off of the Great Barrier Reef, with a stunning 64,000+ Green Turtles gathering for a swim. This is the largest single gathering of such turtles at one time in recorded history, and potentially shows yet another positive impact the virus has had on wildlife while we have been tucked away from them. This was taken off the coast of Raine Island.

 
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Carrying on with the second collection of good news links:

1.) This one comes from Miskolc, Hungary, where a bus driver saw an elderly woman in the process of being robbed. He stopped and got off of the bus in order to intervene and save the elderly woman. A brave thing to do indeed! He then escorted the woman onto his bus and carried on with his route. Police later identified and arrested the assailant.



2.) A nice simple story from Georgia about a young girl scraping her knee and her mother running into the nearest QuikTrip with her in order to grab some ice water and clean her up a bit. She went to the cashier to purchase the waters and ask if he happened to have any bandages they could use to clean up the girl. Dedrick, the cashier, went straight to change his gloves, opened a brand new box of band aids off the shelf and a tube of neosporin, cleaned up the girl's wound, made her laugh and smile, and didn't charge them a penny. Good job, sir, much respect!


3.) A teacher in Alabama was helping to clean up after the graduation ceremony at the high school where he teaches when he noticed one of his students was still there, alone. The student looked upset and out of his element, so the teacher approached him and asked what was wrong and where his parents were. He had no one with him and no ride home from his graduation. The teacher immediately offered him a ride and, filled with emotion at learning no one had come to support him at his graduation, offered the young student lunch on the way. They stopped at the Cheesecake Factory and had a great lunch, not talking about why his family weren't there to support him or asking questions about his home life, but just celebrating the student and enjoying the fact that it was graduation day. The teacher then posted about the experience on his facebook page, explaining that it just didn't sit right with him, and suddenly donations started to fly in to help the student. As of a few days ago the donations had reached more than $5,000! The teacher, who has since been giving the student a ride to and from his new job each day, showed the student all of the positive comments that had been left for him and says he plans to surprise the student with a car of his own so he can be more independent. The teacher says the student is looking to goto college in the near future, but has more immediate financial concerns that make working a priority for the time being.


4.) A newspaper delivery driver named Greg Dailey in New Jersey has become a hero to some 120 seniors who have been struggling during this virus to get basic necessities at the grocery stores. one day while delivering papers, an elderly customer asked him if he could throw the paper nearer to the house so she could retrieve it easier and with less risk to herself. It then occurred to Dailey that, if she was this concerned about going outside to get the paper, then how was she fairing getting basic supplies and groceries? With that he offered his help to run to the grocery store for her to pick up whatever she needed, no delivery fee and no extra costs attached. She agreed but asked if he wouldn't mind asking her neighbor across the street from her if she needed help, as well. The neighbor quickly took him up on the offer, as well, and so Dailey decided to extend the offer to all of his vulnerable customers, writing a note and placing it inside each of his newspapers on his delivery rounds. It said he was Greg Dailey and if anyone was having trouble getting to the grocery stores or getting basic supplies he was happy to go on their behalf at no additional charge. He has now grown to over 120 customers, even some outside of his newspaper delivery scope, and has made over 500 trips to the grocery store for his customers, getting help from his daughter to shop. He has no plans to stop delivering, even when the covid crisis is over.



5.) Lastly, a bit of Americana for you Americans. Portland State University student Madisen Hallberg was being filmed at the middle of campus for the university's 2020 commencement ceremony as she sang the national anthem. The university put out the final version of that video here, but what is remarkable is that during the shoot a stranger walked by and asked if he could join her in singing the national anthem. It turned out that the stranger was, in fact, a classically trained opera singer, musician and pianist named Emmanuel Henreid, who goes by the stage name of "Onry" and is presently working with the Portland Opera. The result was a rather stunning duet:

 
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Here's an extremely random good news article that isn't exactly good news -- a California motorcyclist has escaped major injury after being rammed from behind by a minivan, which then drove off with the motorcycle firmly embedded in the front bumper of his vehicle. The motorcyclist was thrown over 200 feet before landing on the highway, where other motorists pulled over and worked to get him off of the road to avoid further injury. He was hospitalized with minor injuries and had no idea what actually happened to him until being shown the video later. The driver of the minivan took off and was followed and recorded by at least one couple, whose video has shown just how embedded the bike was into the minivan. The van exited the highway a short while later, lost its' bumper, and by extension the bike, after turning a corner and then crashed the minivan a short time later after hitting a fence. The driver then fled on foot and remains at large.

So...the part that makes this worth posting in here as "good news" is predominately the fact that the motorcyclist avoided any serious injury has only a minor level of injuries to recover from. The bike, sadly, is a total loss.

 

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Here's an extremely random good news article that isn't exactly good news -- a California motorcyclist has escaped major injury after being rammed from behind by a minivan, which then drove off with the motorcycle firmly embedded in the front bumper of his vehicle. The motorcyclist was thrown over 200 feet before landing on the highway, where other motorists pulled over and worked to get him off of the road to avoid further injury. He was hospitalized with minor injuries and had no idea what actually happened to him until being shown the video later. The driver of the minivan took off and was followed and recorded by at least one couple, whose video has shown just how embedded the bike was into the minivan. The van exited the highway a short while later, lost its' bumper, and by extension the bike, after turning a corner and then crashed the minivan a short time later after hitting a fence. The driver then fled on foot and remains at large.

So...the part that makes this worth posting in here as "good news" is predominately the fact that the motorcyclist avoided any serious injury has only a minor level of injuries to recover from. The bike, sadly, is a total loss.


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Holy hell, what a big brother he is! I hope his injuries heal quickly and he gets more touching messages from his super hero role models, I saw Mark Ruffalo responded, that's amazing!
 
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This needs a spot in good news. Damn sure if I'd had a bus driver like this when I was younger I'd have loved the hell out of the drive to school. Quite a guy!

 
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I had the exact same type of bus driver. Stern, lacking in personality and had no real business being around kids.
At least you didn't have my cousin's mom as your bust driver. She used to drive them stoned or high on pills. She was legit the female version of the Simpsons bus driver. I don't know how she was able to have that kind of job. It makes me worry about who they let into the schools around children.
 
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