Good News Notes: “When Heights High School senior Bridget Martinez was assigned a community service project as part of her International Baccalaureate (IB) program at Heights High School, her thoughts immediately jumped to firefighters. “They’re our community protectors,” she said. “I just want to make sure that they feel appreciated and that the community gets…
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DC chef launches new nonprofit to provide free, healthy dishes
Good News Notes: “A new community pantry is giving residents in Southeast D.C. access to free, healthy meals. Kyanite Pantry, founded by chef Kya Parker, focuses on vegan and vegetarian dishes. The nonprofit also provides groceries and toiletries to residents in need. Parker lost her job during the pandemic and got the idea to start…
Kentucky nonprofit delivering groceries, essential items to people in need during pandemic
Good News Notes: “A Kentucky-based nonprofit born as a result of the coronavirus pandemicis hand-delivering groceries and other essential items to community members who otherwise can’t get to a food pantry. Maria Accardi and Constance Merritt created Bringing Justice Home last year after recognizing that food pantries were hit hard by the pandemic, losing both supplies and needed volunteers. They…
“Niagara Falls Grocery Givers” helping neighbors in need
Good News Notes: “A Niagara Falls couple is helping out their fellow neighbors in need. Joshua and Erin Albert are Niagara Falls natives. They’ve grown their family there and just welcomed a new baby girl, as the pandemic started. But they spend their time thinking about others. ‘We’re sitting here during this isolation and quarantine realizing…
Nonprofit delivers kindness to Granite Staters
Good News Notes: “A New Hampshire nonprofit is spreading kindness throughout the state one delivery at a time. Eric Boulter founded the Kindness Cures Project about a year ago with one simple mission. ‘To build community through simple, focused kindness,’ he said. He also has a full-time painting business, but that was shut down because…
Mush! Dog Team Delivers Supplies To Elderly Residents Shut In By Virus
Good News Notes: “A musher is delivering food to homebound seniors in a rural part of Maine to help protect them from the spread of the coronavirus. Hannah Lucas works as a clerk at the Circle K in Caribou. ‘I just noticed that there were a lot of people, specifically the elderly, coming in just…
N.J. newspaper delivery guy becomes coronavirus ‘godsend’ with extraordinary act of kindness
Good News Notes: “This all started with a newspaper that landed a few feet shy of its intended target. Greg Dailey has delivered several newspapers in Mercer County for almost a quarter century, and while he does his best to get them where his customers want, his right arm is shot from years of heaving them…
Friends celebrate birthdays with random acts of kindness – Local News – 13 WTHR Indianapolis
Good News Notes: “When was the last time you randomly paid for a stranger’s coffee or held the door for someone you didn’t know? For nearly a decade, three Indiana women have been dedicating one day in February to go out and do something kind for random people.” View the whole story here: https://www.wthr.com/article/friends-celebrate-birthdays-random-acts-kindness?amp