Good News Notes: “MacKenzie Scott gave $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the national youth-mentoring charity announced on Tuesday. The gift is the latest of several the billionaire writer has given to large national nonprofits that carry out their missions through local chapters in neighborhoods throughout the country. With this latest donation,…
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Aptera, the solar electric vehicle, SEV
Good News Notes: “Aptera Motors is a Californian based company that has designed and built a solar electric vehicle, an SEV. It requires no charging for most daily use. The vehicle can be ordered now, production and delivery are expected to be in 2022, with a starting price of $25,900 (USD). Using what is termed…
Stop Throwing Out Your Watermelon Rinds
Good News Notes: “As temperatures get higher, days get longer, and more and more grills appear in the suburban wild, the rate at which you can also see watermelons goes up exponentially. As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets only when the fireflies come out to play, colorful, triangle-tipped watermelon slices…
‘A miracle’: Rescuer reacts to teen girl’s rescue from waterfall
Good News Notes: “A Northeast Georgia rescuer calls the mission to save a teenage girl wedged in the rocks of a White County waterfall “a miracle worth sharing.” The girl got trapped about a third of the way down Raven Cliff Falls when she fell approximately fifty feet from the top while trying to snap…
Treating Sleep Apnea Can Improve Memory in People With Cognitive Decline
Good News Notes: “I and University of Sydney colleagues have published a new study showing treating sleep apnea in older adults with mild cognitive impairment can improve memory, but not other areas of cognition, in the short term. As there is no current treatment or cure for dementia, increasing efforts have focused on developing novel approaches to…
World’s first ocean-assisted carbon removal plant is being developed
Good News Notes: “A startup is developing a carbon removal plant in Hawaii, using an “ocean-assisted” carbon removal process. The plant is able to store CO2 permanently and lower ocean acidification. The plant can sell the acid it removes that is produced in a hydrochloric acid formation. The procedure gives out oxygen and hydrogen, while…
Nonprofit Spotlight: Ziggy’s Haven Bird Sanctuary
Good News Notes: “It’s sometimes quite noisy at Ziggy’s Haven Bird Sanctuary in Inverness. Lots of chirping, whistling and clicking of tongues, squawks and screeches, even an occasional hiss. But it’s music to Wendy Waas’ ears. Waas is the founder and president of Ziggy’s Haven Bird Sanctuary, started in 2003 by Waas’ now deceased 15-year-old…
Parents’ Night Out: Nonprofit offering no-cost care to give couples worry-free date night
Good News Notes: “Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to helping families in crisis and preventing the need for foster care, is hosting two “Parents’ Night Out” events on Saturday, May 28, and Friday, June 3, in Jacksonville. The program offers parents, grandparents and other caregivers access to a couple of hours of no-cost care for…
Omaha nonprofit plans to launch mobile hygiene service
Good News Notes: “Tuesday kicks off the start of Share Omaha’s ‘Do Good Days’. The three-day event looks to encourage community members to support local nonprofits. One of those nonprofits, Aspire of Life Inc, has a big project in the works. The nonprofit is planning to build a mobile hygiene unit: a trailer equipped with showers,…
Arizona Gives Day generates over $6 million for state’s nonprofits
Good News Notes: “Arizona Gives Day 2022 raised more than$6 million for 900-plus nonprofits statewide. Additionally, more than 36,000 volunteer hours were pledged by folks who want to give some of their time to help state charities. “Given the nature of the economy, the global unrest and the fact that we were just climbing out of…