This teen pilot is flying supplies to hospitals in rural areas
TJ Kim, a 16-year-old from Virginia, is a high school student who doesn’t have a driving license yet, but he can fly. So he decided to use this ability to deliver desperately needed medical supplies to rural hospitals across Virginia. Kim, a sophomore at Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, brainstormed with his family in McLean, Virginia, about ways to keep active, and to serve the community while he had...
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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion towards COVID-19 relief efforts
The CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey just announced that he will be donating a whopping $1 billion to help fund COVID-19 relief efforts. He also tweeted that the amount roughly equals about 28% of his net worth. The hefty sum will reportedly be funded by the tech entrepreneur’s Square shares. As the funds are distributed to various relief efforts through the Start Small Foundation, Dorsey plans to offer...
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This boy scout made ‘ear guards’ for healthcare providers that make wearing masks for prolonged period less painful
To make sure that healthcare workers working tirelessly on the frontlines of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic do not have sore ears at the end of their long shifts, Quinn Roney, a Canadian boy scout, has been using his 3D printer to create “ear guards” for them. “Quinn answered a request from the local hospitals for help with creating ‘ear guards’ to help take the pressure off...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger personally delivers 50,000 masks to doctors on the front lines
In an effort to support the Frontline Responders Fund, former California governor and Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger recently visited several hospitals in Los Angeles and personally delivered a cargo of 50,000 masks to doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. He also donated $1 million to the GoFundMe campaign to raise money for desperately needed equipment during the Covid-19 crisis....
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Russia sends a plane full of medical supplies to the US as a gesture of assistance
Russia recently dispatched their largest cargo plane full of medical supplies like masks, medical gowns, and hospital equipment to the US to help the latter cope with national shortages as the novel Coronavirus continues to spread across the country. Although the gesture of assistance has generated mixed political feedback as a result of ongoing strains between Russia and the US these last few years, the Russian...
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Man hands out $100 each to hundreds of jobless workers
An Australian man, Peter Darmos, 62, saw queues of people outside the Centrelink office in Melbourne who had been rendered jobless due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, and he says the sight made him feel “sick to his stomach”. To help those people “with no means to put some bread on the table for their family”, Darmos handed each one of them $100 in cash, which in total amounted to...
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78 working elephants have been set free for good in Thailand due to COVID-19
Like almost every country in the world, Thailand continues to struggle to keep the Coronavirus infections under control. With countries sealing borders and international travel almost suspended, the tourism has plummeted in the country. Due to this, the working elephants in Thailand are being set free for good. All 78 elephants at Maesa elephant camp in Chiang Mai were set free on Wednesday morning as their...
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Amid COVID 19 crisis, people are stocking Little Free Libraries with essentials for neighbors in need
In a heartwarming example of community kindness and compassion, Little Free Pantries in several neighborhoods in Canada and the US are being stocked up with goods like toilet paper, canned foods, books, hand sanitizers, toiletries etc. by people for their neighbors who might need them. “My kids have invested a lot of time into just making sure there’s stuff up there,” a Minnesota woman told CNN about their local...
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To ensure employees keep getting paid during the pandemic, this restaurant owner took out $50,000 loan
Bryan Morin is the owner of Federico’s Pizza & Restaurant in New Jersey who is being praised for his kindness and compassion as he took out a $50,000 loan to ensure all his employees keep getting their salaries amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. When the New Jersey governor Phil Murphy ordered that restaurants close their dining rooms, Bryan Morin went straight to the bank. “My father told us a...
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Over 1,000 retired and private practice doctors and nurses in NYC volunteer to fight Coronavirus
As New York City continues to battle the Coronavirus with more and more people testing positive every single day, over 1,000 retired and private practice doctors and nurses have volunteered to help treat the growing number of patients by joining the medical reserve. “I think that’s so inspiring, so many people are coming forward to help and that’s how we’re going to beat this back,”...
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