Today’s Positive News For You 10/27/18

#MakeADifferenceDay

To the Make A Difference Day Community:

Since 1992, Make A Difference Day has inspired hundreds of thousands of volunteers to give back in their local communities. Thank you.

As we look to the future and how best to serve the communities where TEGNA operates local television stations, we will no longer support Make A Difference Day. Instead, we will pursue our purpose of serving the greater good of our communities through our TEGNA Foundation Community Grant program, which provides funding throughout the year for nonprofits identified by our local stations. You can learn more about our Community Grants here.

If you are looking for ways to continue to organize community volunteer projects, please go to All For Good where you can discover new ways to make a difference.

We are proud of all that we’ve accomplished together through Make A Difference Day and want to thank you and our partners – the Arby’s Foundation and Points of Light – for your support.

Thanks for making a difference with

• Illinois officer finds his niche writing tickets for taking handicapped-parking spaces

  

• A Jimmy John’s driver delivered an ailing veteran — who dialed the wrong number — to the emergency room

• Every US Public Library, High School, and YMCA is Getting Opioid Overdose Reversal Kits for Free
• New Jersey Man Breaks His Hip but Wins the Lottery

• Farmers Stand in Silence at Auction so a Young Man Can Buy Back His Family Farmhouse

• 87-year-old walking to buy Mega Millions ticket breaks his hip, then wins hospital lottery pool

• Red Sox star fed homeless after World Series game
• Louisiana teacher donates kidney to student she never met

  

• After Stem Cell Transplant, Man With MS Able to Walk and Dance for First Time in 10 Years
• When Home Insurance Wouldn’t Help This Pregnant Mother, Her Community Stepped Up

• Woman honours her hard-working mother with wedding photos she never had
• Milwaukee man sends millions to voter registration website

  

• Boston Red Sox star Mookie Betts praised for feeding homeless after World Series win

• New copyright exemptions let you legally repair your phone or jailbreak voice assistants – The US Copyright Office has made it legal to hack your tractor

• Cannabis Oil ‘Significantly’ Improves the Symptoms of Crohn’s Disease in Small, First-of-its-Kind Study

• Kindergartners sign “Happy Birthday” for hard of hearing custodian
  

• Watch: Sleeping couple alerted to fire by pet cat

• Mookie Betts delivered food to Boston’s homeless after World Series Game 2

• Kindergarten class signs ‘Happy Birthday’ for longtime hearing-impaired janitor

• Elon Musk helps students in MI charter school get access to Chromebooks

• Dyson to Join Electric Vehicle Revolution With First Car Launch in 2021
• No. 1 fan? At 102, Mary Latowski still makes it to Fenway to watch her beloved Red Sox

  

• Mookie Betts provided warm meals to the local Boston homeless community after Game 2

• Iowa mother donates over 10,000 children books in late-daughter’s memory

• After stem cell transplant, man with MS able to walk and dance for first time in 10 years

• Man Wears Monster Costume for Three Days Straight in Order to Save Sick Children

• Sleigh Bells and Santa provides gifts to children of deceased truckers: Land Line Magazine

• Couple returns to courthouse 70 years after eloping

  

• Kindergarteners celebrate deaf custodian’s birthday with ‘Happy Birthday’ in sign language

• Every U.S. Public Library and YMCA Will Soon Get Narcan for Free

• He raised for than $200,000 for sick kids.

• 13-Year-old Named America’s Top Young Scientist for Drastically Improving Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

• In a California elementary school, parents have a classroom of their own

• Growing Kosovo: How Iowa helped build a nation from the ashes of war

• Florida mom requests Halloween cards for 4-year-old undergoing chemotherapy

• He spent 30 years shining shoes — and raised more than $200,000 for sick kids