Good News Notes: “The Virginia Zoo has welcomed a baby giraffe to its group of six Masai giraffes. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the male calf was born Tuesday, but was not expected to come along until 2022. He will get his name from a naming contest that will be announced in the coming days. The…
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Nonprofit charity flies Chandler boy on private jet for life-changing surgery
Good News Notes: “A nonprofit organization is helping take a boy from his home here in the Valley to Ohio for life-changing surgery. Aeroangel is a nonprofit that provides free jets and flights for seriously ill children and their families who need to travel for life-saving medical care. On Tuesday, a private jet took Jude…
South Ogden woman, ‘just an animal lover,’ puts focus on aiding feral cats
Good News Notes: “Karol Johnson has a soft spot for cats, particularly homeless, feral cats. “Just an animal lover,” she said. But her affection goes beyond exhortations of how cute felines are. For 10 years or so, she’s taken on a role as a protector of cats, assisting others around Weber County and beyond while…
Bonaire family starts nonprofit to help preemie babies in need
Good News Notes: “Aubrey weighed only 3 and a half pounds, and spent 21 days in the NICU. “She didn’t have everything that she needed and we weren’t necessarily able to give those things because I was here in the hospital sick myself and my husband had to be here to support me to help…
After rare surrender, 9 Aussie puppies are available for adoption in Boston
Good News Notes: “Looking for a new best friend? The MSPCA-Angell in Boston announced Wednesday morning that nine healthy, 5-month-old purebred Australian Shepherd puppies are available for adoption after they were surrendered from a home south of Boston “by an owner who … grew overwhelmed with caring for them and the adult dogs in the home.” “MSPCA…
The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
Good News Notes: “OFF THE COAST of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the rate of a foot a day. Just as a terrestrial forest sucks carbon dioxide out of the air, all that rapidly growing seaweed soaks up carbon from the water,…
Asheville nonprofit distributes diapers to families in need
Good News Notes: “Like many other products, diapers are getting more expensive. That’s why local nonprofit organization BeLoved Asheville is distributing 30,000 diapers to families in need — no questions asked. “Right here, we control everything and we decide, this is free and this is, because we want to offer the resource to the community,” said Ponkho…
WOMAN volunteers bringing garden to Shelterhouse
Good News Notes: “Over the past year, Women of Michigan Action Network (WOMAN) volunteers have been busy with funding, planting, and maintaining a new perennial garden at Shelterhouse. Alison Baldree, director of fund development at Shelterhouse, has praise for the new garden: “When survivors come in for counseling sessions, bring their children in for therapy,…
Experts Optimistic Coral Reefs Will Survive
Good News Notes: ‘“Coral reefs are amazing and beautiful, and we must conserve them,” Sam Purkis, chair of the department of marine geosciences at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, told VOA. Although coral reefs only cover 0.1% of the ocean floor, they are a lifeline for the planet. With…
Critically Endangered Sumatran Orangutan Is Pregnant with ‘Extremely Rare’ Twins
Good News Notes: “The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans is preparing to welcome two new additions from a “critically endangered” species. A 12-year-old Sumatran orangutan named Menari is pregnant for the first time, and she’s expecting twins, thanks to a successful breeding match with the zoo’s male orangutan Jambi. She’s expected to give birth in…