Dignity Health Dominican Hospital receives an anonymous donation of $1 million for its staff
The Dignity Health Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, California recently received a donation of $1 million from an anonymous donor who wished the amount to be distributed among the hospital’s staff – from floor cleaners to nurses – along with a note that said, “Thank you for standing up (and staying up!) to care for our community. This human kindness is what makes you heroic.” The...
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COVID-19 lockdown renders thousands of laborers unemployed, Pakistan hires them for planting trees
As the government of Pakistan imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 23 to help the country fight the COVID-19 outbreak, thousands of daily wage workers were rendered jobless. Most of them had just two options before them – either to beg on streets or let their family go hungry. But the government has now given them a better option – plant billions of trees across the country to deal with climate...
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Comedian Jay Leno is manufacturing clear plastic shields in his garage 24×7 for healthcare workers
Popular comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno dedicated most of this month, that happens to be his birthday month, manufacturing clear plastic shields for healthcare workers using 3D printers in his garage. Leno confirmed the news in a Bill Maher interview last week, “We make them and we give them to the fire department and they hand them out to first responders and hospital workers.” “They...
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This family is spending lockdown time cleaning headstones in local cemeteries
With so many countries under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people have a lot of free time on their hands. There is a family in Cheshire, England, that decided to spend their quarantine time cleaning headstones in local cemeteries. Ryan van Emmenis, along with his children, has cleaned more than 20 headstones since lockdown started last month. It started after a friend posted a picture on social media of...
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Meet the school students who helped a family in Switzerland that lost home and farm in fire
A family in the village of Grüsch, Switzerland, lost its home, stables and farm in a destructive fire last year on October 30. Their home and stables were almost 300 years old. The news shocked and saddened the students at the local public school, who decided to help the devastated family in whatever way they could. Robin Egger, a head teacher at the school, worked with a colleague and together they developed a...
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These “Fantastic Grandmas” help scientists learn more about venomous sea snakes
Amid all this COVID-19 gloom surrounding the world, we’re hoping this unique story of courage and passion might uplift your spirits! “Fantastic Grandmas” is a group of seven women in their 60s and 70s who are spending their golden years swimming after venomous sea snakes so that they can help researchers learn more about the snakes around Lemon Bay, New Caledonia in the South Pacific. The hardy...
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This USPS worker drops off essential supplies to elderly people on his mail route
Kyle West, also referred to as “Mailman Kyle”, is a USPS mail carrier in Ohio who has lately been delivering not just mail, but also essential supplies like milk and toilet paper to elderly people on his mail route. He says a lot of the people along his route are elderly and are afraid to go out in public. “My favorite guy came out and asked me if I could please get him toilet paper. From then...
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Irrespective of their membership status, Sam’s Club offers ‘Hero shopping hours’ to healthcare workers
Today when the entire world is battling the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare workers and first responders working on the frontlines of this crisis are nothing short of warriors. In order to provide extra support to these heroes, Sam’s Club has announced that they will be offering their exclusive “hero” shopping hours to healthcare workers, regardless of their membership. Currently, company employees are given an...
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Chicago Animal Care and Control is “officially out of adoptable animals”
For the very first time in its history, the Chicago Animal Care and Control does not have even a single adoptable animal on its premises. As most people are currently at home due to stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus crisis, families across the country have decided now is the best time to adopt a pet. In New York City and Los Angeles, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)...
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This teacher walks 5 miles each day to ensure his students get their free school meals
Zane Powles is an assistant headteacher at Western Primary School in Lincolnshire, England. Amid this coronavirus crisis, he is ensuring that his students still have access to free school meals by delivering them by hand to their doorstep – and walking over five miles each day to do so. Zane hauls huge rucksacks filled with packed school meals that weigh more than 18 kg plus homework for at least 78...
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