“Can’t they all just get along?” was the cry going out from a chartered yacht on Sept. 9, 2012, sailing up the Potomac River alongside the former swamp that is Washington, DC.
Believing that optimism and civility are in short supply amidst the barrage of negativity in the media these days, the people on the boat are bringing some Good News to Washington.
Already, every US Senator’s office has been sent a free Good News Subscription to kick off the 15-year Anniversary of the Good News Network, launched by a mom of three in Manassas, Virginia at her lake-front home in 1997.
“Why not read all the good news headlines from around the world every morning?” says Geri Weis-Corbley, the company’s founder and president who has chartered an 85-foot yacht to try to make waves in Washington. “I want every Congressional Representative and Senator to start the day with a hopeful dose of news showing the successes and the heroes.”
The Good News Network is #1 on Google with its motto, “If it’s Good Deeds, It Leads”. Readers say the website rescues them from falling into depression during hard times.
Fans of the website were invited to ride along on the two-hour Potomac cruise. On board, we celebrated some folks who, in their own ways, broadcast a positive perspective.
Named honorary “Good News Ambassadors”
Lecturer and author Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP, (left) for her work in the field of positive psychology; Democratic Nominee for Alexandria City Council Allison Silberberg, (right) for her work as the inspirational author of Visionaries In Our Midst: Ordinary People who are Changing our World.
THE MEDIA was invited to cover the event and spread the word that civility and positive thinking are things to be admired and achieved, especially in government.
DATE: Sunday, September 9, 2012, boarding at 5:15pm
PLACE: 1300 Maine Ave. Southwest D.C.
Link to official press release:
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-news-goes-to-washington
COLIN POWELL (former Secretary of State) wrote, “Thank you for writing your Good News. I enjoyed reading the positive stories… I’m heartened by the goodness and generosity that I see in people… Keep up your good work.”