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…
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Musk, Bezos Agree on a Solution to San Francisco Homeless Crisis
Good News Notes: “Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are the two richest people in the world. They are tech-savvy and entrepreneurs who have both disrupted legacy industries. Automotive with Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report for Musk and trade and distribution with Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report for Bezos. They have not finished transforming the world given the…
Tours at Animal Friends Sanctuary benefit shelter, promote compassion
Good News Notes: “Two-year-old Blake Burkley dissolved into a fit of giggles when it came time to feed the cows. Perched on her mother’s hip, the girl laughed as cows named Mary and Jesus searched with their tongues for a tasty treat. For Alexa Burkley of Irwin, a tour at Animal Friends Sanctuary in Unity was a…
How Pittsburgh Steelers’ Najee Harris and family are helping out homeless shelter where they once lived
Good News Notes: “When he went back to the shelter for a visit between helping Alabama win the national championship in January and becoming the No. 24 overall pick of the NFL draft in April, Harris noticed the carpet. He made a mental note to change it when he got the chance. A few months…
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,…
Animal rescue shelter sets up adoption site inside Bismarck bar
Good News Notes: “Pet rescuers say as we move into the fall season, animal adoptions are at their slowest. The Miles of Love Dog Rescue hosted an adoption event inside The Laughing Sun Brewery in Bismarck. Four dogs were at the brewery, but 20 total are in the shelter. Most of the dogs came from…
Rescue Labrador Retriever Adopts Orphaned Kittens
Good News Notes: “A rescue dog is paid it forward by looking after a litter of orphaned kittens. According to a release from the U.K. animal rescue charity Battersea, Bertie, a one-year-old Labrador retriever, is helped the Battersea shelter that found him a forever home raise a group of kittens. Bertie started looking after the seven kittens…
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. …
Chicago non-profit gifts apartment home to veteran
Good News Notes: “A Chicago veteran can now call his new apartment home after a group of volunteers with a non-profit spent hours decorating it. ‘Humble Design’ decorated William Wade’s apartment in a new beginning that’s long overdue for the U.S. Marine Corps veteran. “It feels much like home now. I’ve had obstacles keeping work,”…
Ethan’s amazing milestones: Looking back at an abandoned dog’s journey to happiness
Good News Notes: “Thursday is National Rescue Dog Day and here in Louisville, who better to talk about than beloved Ethan the rescue dog. Ethan’s story is one that spread across social media after he was found starved and abandoned in January outside the parking lot of the Kentucky Humane Society. Since then, he’s come…