Two teenage softball players from Montana just got the surprise of a lifetime. At first people thought they were just lookalikes on opposing teams, but they were long-lost sisters. Their families compared details about their biological mother and realized they were both born in the same hospital. Then they found out that both girls played volleyball in high school . . . both wore jersey number 6 . . . and both played the same position. (Here’s a news report.) ………………A nonprofit in Kansas City that’s turning vacant lots into free fruit orchards has just gone nationwide. The Giving Grove has planted more than 14,000 fruit trees across 847 orchards in 17 cities. This has given more than a million people access to fresh produce within walking distance of home. The organization got its start with a small orchard at a former elementary school in Kansas City . . . but now it supports orchards all the way from Seattle to Atlanta. (Here’s a news report.)……………And finally……………
An AZ seventh grader named Sloan just collected 30,326 diapers this year for families in need. She created Sloan’s Diaper Drive five years ago, and her first collection brought in about 7,000 diapers. Now it’s turned into a community-wide project, with this year’s donation filling an entire U-Haul. All of the diapers go to Nourish Phoenix, which is a local nonprofit. And they just said that Sloan put together one of the largest diaper donations they’ve ever received.
