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Photographer Captures the Spirit of Ill and Elderly Pets

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Feb 6, 2014

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For weeks, Lisa Urness went to the Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee on her lunch break to search for the right dog. One day, a 6-month-old Husky and Shepherd mix who had been found on the streets caught her eye.

“I got to my car door and I couldn’t leave,” she says. “I walked back in and I said to the people at the desk, ‘That’s my dog.’”

That was 14 years ago, and the two have been inseparable ever since.

“I don’t know how to explain him, but he’s like my ‘heart dog,’” she says, choking up. “I’ve often used the expression that he’s like my familiar. He and I are just one.”

So when Tanner started having trouble with his legs in 2012, it was “very hard to watch,” she says. Urness didn’t know how much more time he had when she turned to photographer Sarah Beth Ernhart to schedule a Joy Session.

Houston-area Mentor Pays Delinquent Lunch Accounts for More Than 60 Kids

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Feb 6, 2014

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In his 10 years as a mentor and tutor, Kenny Thompson has always done his best to meet the needs of the students in his life.

That’s exactly what he did when he heard last week that dozens of Utah students, whose accounts were delinquent, had their lunches taken and thrown away.

He not only inquired about it, Thompson learned that the parents of many of his students couldn’t afford the meals that cost just 40 cents a day. He took $465 of his own money and zeroed out the delinquent accounts of more than 60 kids.

(WATCH the video or READ the story from KPRC)

Thanks to Megan Schnitzler for submitting the link!

10-Year-old Boy Running Charity for Homeless

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Feb 6, 2014

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Ten year old Jonas Corona is on a mission to give back to his community.

Four years ago he started a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization called Love In The Mirror.

“It’s not right for kids and adults to be on the streets having nothing,” the young boy tells NBC’s TODAY.

The group provides basic necessities such as food, clothing, school supplies, and books to kids and families living on Skid Row in LA.

Follow the group on Facebook.com/LoveintheMirror

(WATCH the video below from TODAY)

Israeli Doctors Aid Syrians, Humanity Trumps Geopolitics

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Feb 6, 2014

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The 9-year-old Syrian boy with no legs wheeled himself down a bright hospital corridor, stopping to accept a pain pill from one nurse and a high-five from another.

He has been here for a month, ever since a bomb hit their house and the boy’s grandmother took him and other injured family members to the Golan Heights border half an hour away and asked the Israeli soldiers on the other side for help.

Since the effort was launched by the Israeli army, Israel has been quietly providing aid to upwards of 700 Syrians at medical centers in Israel or at a field hospital operated by medics along the heavily fortified border.

(READ the story from the LA Times)

Photo: US soldier walks with boy

How Much Longer Can One Man Feed Millions?

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Feb 5, 2014

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A second-generation rice farmer from Danbury, a tiny Texas town of 1700, is a local legend.

He’s a legend thanks to the almost six million pounds of rice he’s donated to the Houston Foodbank, and the millions upon millions of free meals created from that rice.

It was in 1984 that John “Jacko” Garrett, age 70, first began donating a portion of his harvest each year to charity.

In the late 1990’s he set up a non-profit called Share the Harvest to provide a means for rice farmers like himself in Texas to easily feed the hungry.

In a “Bad Neighborhood” Surprising Honesty Wins the Day

“Their donations have been vital,” according to the Houston Foodbank. “They provide over 11 million servings of rice each year in 18 counties around Houston.”

Garrett has also run the charity himself, and with his daughter, for a time. He is worried today that he might not have time or energy to carry on much longer.

— READ the story in the Houstonian Magazine

— Watch a video below from the food bank

SHARE the story about this Inspiring Farmer, below… / Story tip from Angela Reed

Tip of a Lifetime: Three Lucky Waitresses Get $5,000 Checks

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Feb 5, 2014

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The Boone County Family Restaurant in Rockford, Illinois has some very happy workers today.

Three waitresses there, each in their 20’s, “stared in disbelief Saturday as a blond-haired woman inexplicably handed them three $5,000 checks.”

Despite their protestations, the generous diner, whose identity is being kept a secret, insisted that she and the other waitresses take it.

“I want you girls to take these to help with school and everything else in life,” the woman said firmly. “You put that in your pocket. God sent me here to help you.”

(READ the story from the Rockford Register Star)

Thanks to Julia Frerichs, LMT and Steve G. for the story tip!

Goodwill Worker Finds $43,000 in Donated Clothing

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Feb 5, 2014

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A manager of the Goodwill thrift store in Monroe, Michigan was cleaning out the pockets of some donated clothing this week when he found a bright blue envelope containing bundles of hundred-dollar bills.

Tyler Gedelian didn’t even count it before turning over the cash to police. He told WWJ-TV in Detroit that he never even considered keeping any of the money.

Winnipeg Woman Marks One Year of Baking, Giving Bread to Hungry

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Feb 4, 2014

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Over the last year Althea Guiboche has run out of money and run out of baking supplies, but she has never stopped giving away free bread and soup to the city’s homeless every week.

The aboriginal single mother of seven was even forced by the province to become trained in food-handling if she wanted to continue, but now she has an official certificate and she cooks inside a commercial kitchen at the community center — all toward the goal of becoming more compassionate and giving.

“I was just raised like that,” she told Shaw TV Winnipeg.

Her project is called “Got Bannock”, named for the warm bread she delivers on a Main Street corner every week. For a time, she partnered with “Chile from the Heart”, started by another Winniped woman to bring hot chile to the homeless.

(WATCH the video or READ the story, w/ photos, at CBC News)

Thanks to Angela D’Eon for submitting the link!

Generous Stranger Donates House To Family Homeless After Fire

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Feb 4, 2014

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In the burnt out wood framing of what’s left of the second floor, there is a 100-year-old bible, untouched by the inferno that ripped through the home a little more than a week ago.

The house, given to Rippy and Vaughan Luton by his grandmother, is gone, and the family had no homeowners insurance.

Their stay at a motel room donated by the Red Cross has ended, so the couple and their four kids became homeless. They have little savings, but a lot of faith.

However, a man, who wants to remain anonymous, has come forward with a property that needs some work, and is willing to give them the house.

A news reporter from KDKA had the cameras rolling when they told the couple the good news.

(WATCH the video below or READ the story from KDKA)

SHARE the story below / Story tip from Samantha Powers Reedfield on our Facebook Page

Antibiotic Use in Children has Dropped

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Feb 4, 2014

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The number of children taking antibiotics has decreased over the past decade with fewer unnecessary prescriptions being written in every age group, according to a study in the March 2014 Pediatrics that examined the years 2000-2010. – American Academy of Pediatrics

Simple Invention Can Seal a Soldier’s Wound In 15 Seconds

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Feb 4, 2014

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When a soldier is shot on the battlefield, the emergency treatment can seem as brutal as the injury itself. A medic must pack gauze directly into the wound cavity to stop bleeding from an artery — an agonizing process that doesn’t always work. Many soldiers still bleed to death.

Now, RevMedx, a small group of veterans, scientists, and engineers, has come up with a better way to stop the hemorrhaging.

DC Workers Pick Up Blankets for the Homeless and Launder – Photo Goes Viral

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Feb 3, 2014

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This photo of neatly folded and laundered blankets left on a park bench became the most popular story ever posted by the Good News Network in its 5 years on Facebook. The story brought poignancy to the touching photo, yet only three sentences were necessary to attract a quarter million “Likes” and 8,900 comments.

The woman who snapped the photo, wrote the story: “Yesterday this pile of blankets was all over the ground filthy, partially wet and frozen having been slept in the night before. I saw a D.C. city worker putting the stuff into what looked like a trash bag. Then this morning I walk by the same spot and see the blankets had been washed and folded… Made me smile”.

U.S. Abortion Rate at 40-Year Low

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Feb 3, 2014

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The abortion rate in the United States dropped to its lowest point since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in 1973, according to a study suggesting that long-acting contraceptive methods are having a significant impact in reducing unwanted pregnancies.

The Guttmacher Institute said abortions dropped 13 percent from 2008 to 2011, after having fallen eight percent between 2000 and 2005.

(READ the story in the Washington Post)

Iowa Business Rescues Animal Shelter in Frigid Cold

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Feb 3, 2014

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An animal shelter in Iowa had a crisis of cold noses when their furnace broke down during the sub-zero weather in January.

The Clinton Humane Society didn’t have the money to replace the heating system because they’ve been inundated in recent months with local animal-hoarding situations. The only solution was to try to raise the money.

But a local HVAC firm, the Schebler Company, came to the rescue donating a new furnace, and a large crew to do the installation, too.

(READ the story, with photos, in KWQC-TV)

Libya’s Cache of Toxic Arms Now All Destroyed

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Feb 3, 2014

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You may have heard about the ongoing international effort to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons.

A similar American-backed campaign, carried out under a cloak of secrecy, ended successfully last week in another strife-torn country, Libya.

The United States and Libya in the past three months have discreetly destroyed what both sides say were the last remnants of Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi’s lethal arsenal of chemical arms.

(READ the story in the NY Times)

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Thanks to Harley Hahn for submitting the link!

Man Uses Rake to Create Huge Murals in the Shoreline

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Feb 2, 2014

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Andres Amador spends a lot of time on beaches creating artworks, but he doesn’t use a paint and brush. He relies on a rake — and the Northern California coastline as a canvas — to create intricate designs in the wet sand, which last only hours, until the tide comes in like a wet eraser.

His expansive artwork, like that of snow artist Simon Beck, spans hundreds of square feet and is a delight for beach combers lucky enough to gaze upon his finished designs.

“Its fun,” says the 42-year-old from San Francisco. “I get to be at the beach.”

Called Earthscape Art, his beach paintings were inspired by the markings made in the sand by his walking stick.

SEE more of his amazing work on his Facebook page, and his website, AndresAmadorArts.com, where you can buy prints.

Romance Novel Supports Free Dental Care For Domestic Abuse Survivors

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Feb 2, 2014

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For 15 years, dentists from around the U.S. have teamed up with women who are domestic abuse survivors in need of major dental work to provide new smiles at no cost.

Give Back A Smile is the only national assistance program that repairs teeth due to intimate partner violence. To date, the program has restored the smiles of more than 1,400 domestic violence survivors. Volunteer dentists provide on average $9,000 worth of smile-zone restoration treatment at no charge to qualified adult domestic violence survivors.

Survivors apply for services through the Madison, Wisconsin-based program, but can get help from anywhere in the U.S.

Mother in Wales Offers Free Home Cooked Meals for Families on Benefits

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Feb 2, 2014

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A mother in Wales has posted an advert on Gumtree offering free home cooked meals every Monday to families living on benefits.

Boudicca Stretton-Brown, 27, said she was happy to cook extra while feeding her own family “to offer a little help to those who may need it.”

Now people are writing to say that they saw my advert and felt inspired to donate to charity.

(READ the story in the Independent)

Thanks to Betty Wynne for submitting the link!

Photo by JF Sebastian on Flickr – CC

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