Happy Friday!

Did you know today is “Do a Grouch A Favor” Day?

Let’s help them with a positive outlook!

These little bears are looking for a home!

A great place to be engaged

Are you watching the Olympics?

I am!

Let’s Talk PINK

(Not the singer at the Super Bowl, though she had a great performance, despite recovering from the flu.)

You want to visit our special program originated from Positive News For You, to help Breast Cancer Survivors. To find out more visit our merchandise page.

Do you know someone who could use a card or two?

I am looking to find a child or a teen who is stuck in a hospital bed who would be excited to get a card or two to brighten their day!

Do you know someone like that? A birthday? A holiday? Let me know and let’s get an article out there to bless them!

Send A Bear

We are starting a new program for folks who would like to send a bear with a handwritten card to that special someone sitting in a hospital or ill at home. Connect with us.

• To Ministers, Churches & Church Leaders
• Looking For Volunteers & Help At Positive News For You
• Bear Project Challenges
• Food Establishments Changing Communities
• Olympic Games Open With Show of Fire, Ice, and Calls For Harmony
• Words, Actions, and Deeds Change Everything

• Where does our heart connect?

• Army veteran honors wife’s memory by giving away flowers at retirement home

• Man Reunites With Good Samaritan Who Saved His Life When He Began Choking
• Melania Trump tells hospitalized child the best part of being first lady is meeting kids like her
• Giving life on a day of love: Local woman gets life-saving kidney in donation ‘chain’ of strangers
• Atlanta Hawks fans having wedding tab picked up by team
• Cedar Rapids 8th grader makes more than 800 Valentines for her school
• Scientists discover the first planets outside the Milky Way – and there may be trillions
• She gave him a kidney. They renewed their vows atop the Empire State Building
• Artist With Down Syndrome Has Paintings and Sculptures Showcased at Tate Modern Museum
• California woman grabs millionth cigarette butt
• Couple who lost everything in fire wins $1 million lottery
• Fire service introduces pet oxygen masks on all engines
• A GoFundMe page for Parkland shooting victims raises more than $100,000 in one day
• As More Americans Rely on Charity to Pay Medical Bills, Local Seattle News Station Buys and Forgives $1 Million of Debt
• Teen leaps off train platform, saves toddler from tracks in Milan
• Couple who met at Hawks’ ‘Swipe Right Night’ to wed at Philips Arena
• Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant soothes crying child on late-night flight
• Limerick ‘dishwasher man’ presented with 10-year supply of tablets
• The good news is … people like to read good news
• FDA Approves €˜Breakthrough€™ Blood Test for Detecting Concussion €” Will Save Money and Cut Radiation Exposure
• Alzheimer€™s Disease is Completely Reversed by Removing Just One Enzyme, Says New…
• Basketball Team Has Only 1 Cheerleader So Opposing Squad Learns Her Routine and Joins Her
• Portugal tourist arrivals spike 12 percent to new record in 2017
• Women Encircle a Crying Mom Whose Toddler Was Having a Meltdown at the Airport
• Actor Luke Wilson Hailed as €˜Hero€™ For His Quick Actions Following a Car Crash

• Chicago volunteers shovel snow for the elderly

• ‘It’s the gift of life’: Man donates kidney to wife of 40 years
• SAPD auctions seized trucks, cars, SUVs
• Woman adopts elderly dog, realizes it’s the ‘best friend’ she lost as a child
• Daytona Beach police officer adopts ‘frozen puppy’ rescued from river
• 2018 Valentine’s Day celebrations around the world
• Woman with autism finds the independence she dreamed of
• Man honors wife’s memory after buying her flowers for 59 years
• 7 Apps For Every DIY€™er: From Color Testing Paints on Walls to Getting Tools on a Budget
• Cairo butcher offers shelter for children with cancer
• Love stories around the world
• Origami vending machine in Nikko shines light on disabled artists
• South Korea set aside $2.6 million to pay North Korea’s Olympics bill
• Man finds 2 puppies by the side of the road, takes them on whirlwind adventure
• Labour announces plans to ban foie gras and enshrine animal sentience law
• A single dad walked 11 miles to work every day – until his co-workers found out
• Strangers Received New Hearts on Same Day €” Then Love Happened

• Deals & Steals: Free Hershey’s Gold candy bars when Team USA wins gold medals in Olympics

• Lonely library dog’s tale has storybook ending
• Baby Rhino€™s Reaction to Being Around Snow For The First Time is the Daily Pick-me-up You Need
• Tea with Betty Peck
• A couple accidentally proposed to each other at the same time €” and the video is the most heartwarming thing you’ll see all day
• Shaun White eyes another Olympic medal €” in skateboarding: ‘I’m not done’
• The incredibly unknown story of Gino Bartali, the cycling champion who helped Jews escape the Nazis
• Elementary students help a couple get the honeymoon they were denied 60 years ago because of racism
• These Kansas students want your help in combating violence with kindness
• Mouse waits for ride on sheriff deputy€™s car
• German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution
• Dogs Separated at Adoption Randomly Reunite at Seattle Market
• Shaun White eyes another Olympic medal €” in skateboarding: ‘I’m not done’
• Why Germany is Making it Free to Ride Buses and Trains in 5 Cities
• Ohio runners honor slain officers with ‘thank you’ message

• Teen Paralyzed in Freak Accident 13 Years Ago is Now Competing in Pyeongchang

• 2018 Winter Olympics Medal Tracker: Team USA looks to add medals in women’s halfpipe

• Olympic stadiums are engineering marvels: here are seven standout facilities

• Teenager Wins First US Gold Medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

• Chris Mazdzer wins first-ever U.S. Olympic medal in men€™s singles luge

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