Saturday’s Positive News For You 11/17/18

When your family volunteers together, you build deep bonds with each other and with your community! It doesn’t take a lot of time to make a big difference. Volunteering helps better the lives of others while also helping your family members develop new skills, empathy for others, and a passion for giving back.

• What drove this 9-year-old to knit hundreds of hats for those in need

  

• Powerball winner, a single mom, shares her wealth with wounded veterans

• Social Media Isn’t All Bad: Facebook Fundraising Has Generated Over $1 Billion in Donations for Charity

• Garbageman insists on finishing his route during Camp Fire so he can check on elderly, evacuates a 93 year old woman

• Blind runner finds love with woman who volunteered to train him for marathon

  

• ‘Batkid’ is now cancer free 5 years after taking over city of San Francisco with Make-A-Wish

• Stranger who fled the NorCal fire got a random facebook message expecting the worst news, only to find out that his garage was being used as a temporary safe haven for hospital patients.

• Injustice 2 pro series winner donates 10,000$ to opponent’s family

• NICU Nurses give up lottery winnings to help fellow coworkers going through tragedy

• Horse found safe in pool after Camp Fire blazes through area
• This mobile laundry gives homeless people free showers and washes their clothes.

• Bullied kids in Kansas City can get free rides to school with motorcycle escort

• My hometown police adopted an abused puppy. Now it’s called Stan Lee and it’s going to become a K9 agent

• Students buy colorblind teacher special glasses, brighten his world

  

• Police Officer Feeds Chickens In Evacuated California Town

• Mercy Meow: Police officer saves, adopts ‘bait’ cat used for dog fighting

• UnitedHealth offer free Apple Watch To Members Who Walk at least 10,000 steps per day

• Quantum ‘compass’ promises satellite-free navigation

• Man Picks Up Hitchhiker, Helps Him Get A Job And Buys Him A Phone

• Veteran with no family has hundreds show up for funeral in Tennessee