Today’s Good News 12-6-23

Today’s Good News 12-6-23

A 17-year-old in Stockton, California named Elle Gianelli is doing her Socks4Seniors campaign again for the holidays.  She sends “silly socks” and kind notes to nursing homes around the country just to make people smile. She started doing it in 7th grade.  In the past four years, she’s sent nearly 5,000 pairs of socks to 92 nursing homes across 48 states.  She raises money for it on GoFundMe if you want to help her out……………… A pilot for Delta found a kids’ book at the Atlanta airport, realized it belonged to a library in Kansas, and returned it.  He sent along a letter that said he’s an avid reader and wanted to pay any late fees himself.  He also sent the library some captain’s wings to pass out to kids…..And finally………..  

Jay Tenison, a 39 year old former Army tank gunner got a terminal cancer diagnosis last year, and was given as little as 12 months.  That was over 18 months ago, but he’s still with us, and he just got to cross off the biggest thing on his bucket list. Over a year ago, he got on Reddit and said he wanted to ride in a tank and feel the sheer power of it again.  He got to do it yesterday at Fort Moore in GA. The 194th Armored Brigade took him out in an M1 Abrams tank and let him fire it.  He said it was “every bit” of what he remembered

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