Good News Notes: “A former U.S. Army sergeant and his family have been given the keys to a new home in Goldfield. Michael Hulsey, a Purple Heart recipient, was gifted a mortgage-free house. The house was a donation from Wells Fargo to the Military Warriors Support FoundationHomes 4 Wounded Heroes program. Wells Fargo has donated more…
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Archaeologists Have Unearthed a 4,000-Year-Old Board Game. Now They Just Have to Figure Out the Rules
Good News Notes: “Archaeologists in Oman have found 4,000-year-old stone board game at a Bronze and Iron Age settlement site near the village of Ayn Bani Saidah in the northern Hajar mountains’ Qumayrah Valley. “Such finds are rare, but examples are known from an area stretching from India, through Mesopotamia even to the Eastern Mediterranean,”…
Davidson startup eliminating single-use plastics
Good News Notes: “Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. Half of that plastic produce is designed to be used only once, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. For Jason Dibble the plan to eliminate single-use plastic water bottles started out as an idea. “We are all on this planet…
Christian veteran’s nonprofit helps save 8 lives from Taliban terror
Good News Notes: “As NGOs and U.S. forces continue to race to get Americans and Afghan allies to safety ahead of the Biden administration’s Aug. 31 deadline in Afghanistan, one faith-based nonprofit helped evacuate an at-risk family of eight Christians from the chaos in Kabul. “I’m thankful for everyone involved,” All Things Possible founder Victor Marx told Fox News Friday. “We may be running…
Positively Jax: Purple Heart veteran gifted mortgage free home
Good News Notes: “For neighbors in the Del Webb neighborhood in St. Johns County’s Nocatee community, Wednesday morning brought a welcome wagon like no other. A parade of golf carts led the way through Country Brook Avenue. In the last golf cart, sat a humble hero and his family. For Purple Heart veteran, Jerry Majetich,…
Reforestation projects implemented in Khuzestan
Good News Notes: “The projects were launched in sand and dust hotspots of Mahshahr city during a ceremony held virtually with President Hassan Rouhani in attendance. Over the past two years, reforestation plans have included plantation on 6,500 hectares in the cities of Ahvaz, Karun, Mahshahr, and Hoveyzeh, Kourosh Kiani, Director of provincial natural resources…
Japan, UNEP deepen cooperation on plastic pollution and post-conflict recovery
Good News Notes: “Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a new cooperative effort to tackle plastic pollution across Asia and support post-conflict environmental recovery in Iraq and South Sudan. Japan will contribute US$6.9 million to four UNEP-led projects. The bulk of the funding will fund a second phase of the CounterMEASURE project,…
Five Finger Death Punch Singer To Donate Hand Sanitizers To Charitable Organizations For Veterans
Good News Notes: “Moody’s Medicinals, Inc., FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody’s health and wellness innovator specializing in both Cannabidiol (“CBD”) and non-CBD health and wellness products, will donate thousands of its new CBD hand sanitizers to various veteran-led and veteran-serving charities across the country. In addition to the non-profit giveaways, all Moody’s Medicinals customers will receive a Moody’s Medicinals CBD…
Local Army nurse reunites with Navy SEAL whose life he saved.
Good News Notes: “An army nurse had the surprise of his life when he came face to face with a soldier he saved overseas more than a decade ago. U.S Army Major Joe Pagnoni of Feeding Hills was an Army nurse during the War in Iraq in 2007. Navy SEAL Jason Redman was near death…
Family of injured veteran gets shocking Christmas gift: ‘I felt like I was gonna drop dead’
Good News Notes: “‘Overwhelmed.’ ‘Disbelief.’ ‘Surreal.’ That is how U.S. army Specialist Andy Jones and his family felt after receiving their brand new mortgage-free home, designed specifically to accommodate Jones’ medical needs.” “The exclusive holiday Fox Nation special, “A Very Building Homes for Heroes Christmas,” profiles one of the many military families who have been given a new…