The Brighter Side of News Kindness Calendar December 2020
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Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2020
Jon Rahm - Golf shot of the year!
Hey Smails ... thousand bucks I make this shot!
Not quite Roy McAvoy's shot from inside the clubhouse to knock the pelican off it's perch
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2020
The first "A" rated news day in Good News Index history
News, in whichever form it is delivered has a singular functional goal; elicit a response. Publishers monetize
Joseph Shavit
Oct 28, 2020
Family builds 'Hogwarts Castle' in front yard to lift neighborhood's spirits during Halloween
2020 has been a year filled with uncertainty, but one man wanted to remind his neighbors that magic can still exist
Joseph Shavit
Oct 28, 2020
Ky. Teen Working at Kroger Helps Pay Elderly Customer’s Bill: ‘I Wanted to Help the Guy’
"Just treat people the way you want to be treated [and] always help out if someone needs," Teo Jordan said
Joseph Shavit
Oct 28, 2020
This is the best gift we can give the people we love
I think of it like this: You do you. Be you. Live your life and follow your heart. I want you to be whole, entirely yourself
Joseph Shavit
Oct 28, 2020
'Soupman' offering helping hand to homeless in Oxford
With the cold winter weather upon us, a local man is serving up support to those in Maine experiencing homelessness.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 27, 2020
The KFC Yule log is back and disgusting as ever
The air is getting colder as we approach the cozy winter months and if you breathe in deep you can catch a whiff of that crisp fall air.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 27, 2020
Poop-sniffing dog is helping to save endangered whales
The dog was in a ruff spot, having been abandoned outside a Sacramento animal shelter, before she was adopted by Dr. Deborah Giles
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
A brain dead ear coronavirus patient just walked out of the hospital a survivor
A 26-year-old North Carolina coronavirus survivor returned home Tuesday after being declared brain dead in June.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
5-Year-Old Girl Pens Book Series on COVID Superheroes After Virus Closes Her Library
Egypt Bush has written three books so far, and hopes to one day publish 100.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
School Resource Officer Adopts 2 Teenage Students: ‘We Call Ourselves a Herd'
As a school resource officer, Ryan Patton spent years working with students — but for a couple of them, he's now known as "dad."
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
Larry David Reveals All-Time Favorite 'Seinfeld' Episode
I was ready to pack the whole thing in if they didn’t let us do this show," says the creator about the classic, "The Contest.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
Homeless college student walks over 500 miles to raise awareness, funds for homelessness
A college sophomore went beyond just walking a mile in someone else's shoes.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 25, 2020
Bridgeland resident helps raise nearly $600,000 to fight cancer
The 65-year-old was already in Stage Four when she learned the tragic news. She died in November of 2015.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2020
Five Ways High Achievers Can Eliminate Overwhelm And Get Un-Stuck
You are on your way to an abundant life, enthusiastically checking every box on your to-do list, and you unexpectedly become stuck
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2020
4th Grade Boys Find and Return Woman's Purse 3 Years After It Was Stolen: 'Do the Right Thing'
“It just restored my faith in humanity, that there’s still good people out there," Mallory Pittman-Morris said after getting her purse back
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2020
Fan-to-fan kindness: How one Dodgers fan got a free trip to World Series
As so many of us do in trying times, Scott Warner took to Twitter. He had not lost hope, and so he made a promise of his own: If the Dodgers
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2020
Virtual Boston Marathon raises more than $32M for charity
The virtual edition of this year’s race, pushing the event’s fundraising total since 1989 to more than $400 million
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2020
Holocaust survivors meet again after 71 years in 'miracle' reunion
Holocaust survivors Ruth Brandspiegel and Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg call their reunion a miracle that began on the holiest day in Judaism
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