Today’s Good News 1-8-24

Today’s Good News 1-8-24

Workers remodeling a movie theater in Atlanta found an old wallet in a wall that some guy lost over 65 years ago in 1958.  They said looking through it was like traveling back in time. Sadly, the owner of the wallet passed away in 2005 at age 87.  But they tracked down his 71-year-old daughter and got it back to her……………… The U.S. Mint released three new coins celebrating Harriet Tubman, who helped run the Underground Railroad before slavery was abolished.  They include new five-dollar, one-dollar, and 50-cent pieces.  Congress passed a bill to create them back in 2022……..And finally………… 

A Burger King employee in Nevada named Kevin Ford is in the news again after a GoFundMe helped buy him his first house. A video of him went viral in 2022 when he got a bunch of lame swag after not missing a single day of work in 27 years.  Since then, the GoFundMe has raised almost $450,000 to help him retire. He just posted an update and revealed he bought a small home in Pahrump, Nevada for $177,000.  He said, “I know it’s not a mansion, but it’s MINE,” and he thanked everyone who helped make it happen.  (Here’s the video.) 

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