Good News Notes: “Affordable housing can be a challenge to find in Gainesville. Family Promise of Gainesville held a wellness fair Friday to celebrate families they have helped. When Shanti Broadie moved from Pennsylvania to Gainesville, she had housing set up. But after just one month, she was looking again. “I was basically homeless,” said…
Month: April 2021
Homeless Man Chases Away Anti-Asian Harasser on NYC Train as Bystanders Watched
Good News Notes: “What happened: The 34-year-old victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, was on a southbound Q train at the 96th Street Subway Station at 11:30 p.m., when the male suspect directed anti-Asian statements at her, according to authorities. The man sitting across from her began “spewing random racist crap” while pointing his finger in her…
Greenville: ‘God bless you all,’ Aussie thanks mystery giver for pay-it-forward meal
Good News Notes: “That fact became evident this week when a randomly placed sticky note at a restaurant on the other side of the world filled the belly of a man with disabilities and touched the heart of the city of Greenville. It all started in Melbourne, Australia, at a restaurant called The Soup Place. The restaurant…
11 Most Innovative Sustainable Packaging Ideas
Good News Notes: “Sustainable packaging is the development and use of packaging that’s recyclable, reusable, and made from rapidly renewable resources or materials. This practice reduces the environmental impact and ecological footprint of consumer product waste. There’s been a bounty out on packaging ever since Keep America Beautiful released its notorious 1971 “Crying Indian” PSA. The…
Local officer’s peaceful de-escalation of tense situation leads to friendship with autistic man
Good News Notes: “Amidst national scrutiny surrounding law enforcement, a local police officer is getting attention for all of the right reasons. 20-year-old Max Turpin recently got a brand new bike donated to him by the charity Variety. It’s a special custom-made bike because Max is autistic. Over the weekend he took his new wheels…
‘God’s angel’: Family praises homeless vet for saving man’s life after crash
Good News Notes: “A homeless Army veteran in Pensacola is being called a hero by many after pulling a man from a burning SUV last week. Freddie Finkley, 56, is credited for saving 34-year-old Eric Lopez, who was involved in a head-on collision last Wednesday at Cervantes Street and Haynes Street in Pensacola. For Finkley,…
Man plants 400 acres of forest in Portland
Good News Notes: “With a last name that literally translates to ‘mountain peak’, it is no wonder that Dr Satyanarayana Parvataneni has planted 162 hectares (400 acres) of forests which is just over 300,000 seedlings in Portland, with plans to plant another 40 hectares (100 acres) by next year. A medical doctor by profession, Parvataneni…
Exercise benefit in breast cancer linked to improved immune responses
Good News Notes: “Exercise training may slow tumor growth and improve outcomes for females with breast cancer—especially those treated with immunotherapy drugs—by stimulating naturally occurring immune mechanisms, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have found. Tumors in mouse models of human breast cancer grew more slowly in mice put through their paces…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Shepard rocket NS-15 test flight
Good News Notes: “Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin launched and landed the fifteenth test flight of its New Shepard rocket booster and capsule on Wednesday. The mission did not have passengers on board, although the capsule on top of the rocket is designed to carry as many as six people for future flights. Known…
Vietnamese electric motorbike startup Dat Bike raises $2.6M led by Jungle Ventures
Good News Notes: “Dat Bike, a Vietnamese startup with ambitions to become the top electric motorbike company in Southeast Asia, has raised $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding led by Jungle Ventures. Made in Vietnam with mostly domestic parts, Dat Bike’s selling point is its ability to compete with gas motorbikes in terms of pricing…