Good News Notes: “A new tradition to the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give started today. After the challenges of 2020, Meijer Simply Give recognized the opportunity for, and importance of, community banding together to fight food insecurity. The program spans across the Midwest and impacts countless families in need. Meijer will be donating $25,000…
Month: June 2021
He faced a possible life term. Now he’s a UC Berkeley grad
Good News Notes: “Aaron Harvey first heard of UC Berkeley when he saw a TV promotion for the school as he sat in jail, facing conspiracy charges stemming from nine San Diego gang-related shootings. He didn’t even know that UC Berkeley and “Cal,” a title he knew through sports, were the same school when he…
Santa Rosa Medical Center fights hunger during hospital week
Good News Notes: “Through an eight-team competition, employees and staff donated hundreds of non-perishable items May 10-14 for Feeding the Gulf Coast food bank. SRMC’s hospital week theme “Not All Heroes Wear Capes,” incorporated several superheroes and superhero-themed items. On Monday, May 17, Feeding the Gulf Coast collected more than 1,550 pounds of donated food…
Wildlife Rescue Center In Ballwin Sees Recent Surge In Creaturely Patients
Good News Notes: “Last year, the Wildlife Rescue Center located in Ballwin, Missouri, saw a significant uptick in the number of patients it cared for: Some 3,500 creatures got assistance from the center’s small staff and army of volunteers over the course of 2020. The increase didn’t come as a total surprise to executive director Kim Rutledge,…
Deputies’ ‘remarkable’ rescue of teen jumping from overpass caught on bodycam video
Good News Notes: “Deputies in Florida saved a 17-year-old girl on Sunday as the teen stood overlooking an overpass and threatened to jump in a heart-pounding rescue all recorded on bodycam. The teen’s father called the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office at 6 a.m. to report that his daughter was threatening to hurt herself before leaving their Palm Coast home, the…
Salvation Army Orlando unveils new type of homeless housing
Good News Notes: “They are small, simple, shiny and a lot less expensive than a traditional homeless shelter. And The Salvation Army in Orlando wants to raise $1 million to build a community of 50 of them — part of an urgent effort to create new emergency housing for what community leaders expect to be…
Fish Oil Supplements May Help Fight Depression
Good News Notes: View the whole story here: https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20210618/fish-oil-supplements-may-help-fight-depression
Scientists glue tiny computers on snails to solve mass extinction mystery – CNET
https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-glue-tiny-computers-on-snails-to-solve-mass-extinction-mystery/
China Launches Astronauts to Space Station
Good News Notes: “There will soon be two places in orbit where astronauts live. On a clear, sunny Thursday morning in the Gobi Desert, China launched three astronauts to rendezvous with the country’s nascent space station. They waved to cameras in their capsule as their trip to space began. Twenty-one minutes into the mission, the…
Downtown San Antonio hotel transitioning into new home to the homeless
Good News Notes: “Members of San Antonio’s unhoused population will soon be able to seek shelter at a former Days Inn hotel on East Houston Street. On Thursday, June 17, City Council approved a Department of Human Services pilot project that seeks to serve as a bridge for those chronically experiencing homelessness to permanent housing. …