Good News Notes: “Just a couple months into their freshman year at Walsh University in North Canton, Mattison Davis and Tara Ebert are already tackling a real-life crisis: hunger.” “University faculty and staff recently learned there were students on campus, particularly commuters, who were going without food and attending class hungry. They immediately took action.”…
Month: October 2019
Rather than give her a ticket, police officer buys car seats for single mom
Good News Notes: “When Milwaukee Police Officer Kevin Zimmermann saw the three kids bouncing around in the backseat without restraints, his thoughts immediately turned to his own children. “I’m a father myself, I have three kids,” Zimmermann told WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. “I thought of my kids jumping around. What if a car hit them and they flew…
Child Advocacy Center Receives $400K Matching Donation For Capital Campaign
Good News Notes: “Before Junk Yard Dog came to the Child Advocacy Center in Gainesville, he often acted out and abruptly left school to escape anything that made him feel unsafe. Now, the 12-year-old boy greets and gives tours to children who are new to the center. Junk Yard Dog is a child abuse victim,…
NBA star donating $22 for every point he scores this season to charity
Good News Notes: “Minnesota Timberwolves star Andrew Wiggins announced Sunday he plans to donate $22 for every point he scores to help children who face barriers to participating in organized sports. It’s the second straight season Wiggins will be donating money. The donation amount is the same number of his basketball jersey.” “The goal is…
Small town in S.C. gets in the Halloween spirit; decorates entire street with scarecrows
Good News Notes: “Scarecrows have taken over the tiny town of Ninety Six, S.C. this Halloween.” “Tourism director Marjorie Blalock said the idea for the spooky guests came from a group called the Decorating Divas, who wanted to add a little festivity downtown. Blalock took to Facebook to see if anyone in the town was…
Ex-NFL star Warrick Dunn helps deliver 173rd home to single parent as part of his charity
Good News Notes: “Former NFL running back Warrick Dunn helped surprise a single Florida mother with a new home Wednesday through his charity along with Habitat for Humanity and health care company Cigna.” “Warrick Dunn Charities, which is ran by the former Pro Bowler, presented LaToya Reedy with a new home in St. Petersburg. It…
NFL team and charity partners to reduce military and veteran suicides … there are over 7,000 each year.
Good News Notes: “As many 20 veterans and service members take their own lives each day, according to a recent Department of Veteran Affairs figures.” “Those suicides partly reflect how difficult it can be to transition from a job that is so all-encompassing to civilian life.” “Which is why the Merging Vets and Players (MVP) charity…
Fisherman In Middle Of Lake Makes An Adorably Unexpected Catch
Good News Notes: “Brett Hereford was out fishing on a lake in Montana with his family earlier this month when he made the catch of a lifetime. But what he caught wasn’t actually a fish at all.” “According to reports, while the Herefords were far from shore in a boat on Flathead Lake, they noticed a…
Dog wakes Vacaville family when their house catches fire, police say
Good News Notes: “A Vacaville family has their dog to thank for helping them get out of their house when it caught fire overnight.” “Police and firefighters went to a home on Kinsale Court around midnight Sunday after getting several 911 calls about a fire, according to the Vacaville Police Department. Meanwhile, Maggie, a 6-year-old…
Churches raise money to anonymously wipe out $5.3 million of medical debt
Good News Notes: In Chicago, “thousands of local families burdened with medical debt are getting some much-needed relief ahead of the holiday season.” “A coalition of local churches worked with the nonprofit group RIP Medical Debt to raise $38,000, which is enough to purchase more than $5 million worth of debt belonging to close to…