The Nebraska Diaper Bank is in the news after handing out its eight millionth diaper the other day. They’ve been helping new parents for a decade. The charity launched in 2014, but they’ve really ramped things up recently. Most of those eight million diapers have been handed out in the past three years…………. A hospice…… read more »
A video of a candy shop owner in Calgary is making the rounds after a social media do-gooder popped in for a treat. He wanted to buy something for $4 but claimed he only had $3.50. She said that was enough, but after he paid, he pulled out his wallet and tried to hand her…… read more »
Sam Perkins’ parents are in their 70s and live just outside of Asheville. After Helene, he hadn’t heard from them for 48 hours, so he filled a backpack with supplies and started the 11 mile, 3.5-hour trek to get to them. He said “I can’t tell you how many landslides and collapsed roads and trees…… read more »
Vets at Virginia Tech saved a three-month-old donkey named Harper that ate a towel. Pieces of it were blocking her digestive tract, but they did emergency surgery, and she’s back home on the farm….. Atrium Health owns a bunch of hospitals in North Carolina and Georgia, and recently announced they’re forgiving more than 11,000 people’s…… read more »
This is Penelope! She’s a spayed boxer/terrier/pit mix, just over a year old. Penelope was originally adopted as a two month old puppy, and now finds herself back in the shelter, as her adopters didn’t have enough time to spend with her. Penelope’s previous family said she is well trained and will sit when it’s…… read more »
Here’s a social media trend we can get behind: People are leaving $100 gift cards in boxes of diapers at department stores, just to help out new parents…………. Clowns might seem creepy to some, but a study found they can actually help kids leave the hospital faster. The term for the kind that visit sick…… read more »
A fifth-grade teacher in Paw Paw, Michigan is in the news after posting a video about why he eats lunch with his students every day. He thinks connecting with them in a real way is the first step and everything else follows from that……….. A couple from northern California took their cat on a camping trip…… read more »
Rescuers in northern Canada found a six-year-old girl with autism who’d been missing for three days. There’s a video of her mom overcome with emotion as she carries her out of the woods. A ton of volunteers pitched in to help find her, and you can hear a bunch of them cheering in the background…………… A…… read more »
A cop near Detroit named Nicole Miron stopped an out-of-control truck by climbing in through the window of her patrol car. It was only going around five miles per hour, so her partner drove alongside it. It turned out the 63-year-old driver was having some sort of medical episode. Luckily, no one was hurt…………………. Two…… read more »
Fall is finally here and as just about every fisherman knows, fall is the best time of the year to go fishing. Inland saltwater anglers – it’s time to think about jumbo spots by the dozens being caught on blood worms and shrimp. Also, the speckled trout are in the creeks along with the puppy drum. …… read more »