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Maine Great-Grandmother Still Driving the Ambulance as EMT Volunteer
As a joke, a fire department in Maine presented its oldest EMT with a walking stick a few years back. She hobbled off the...
Tribute to Motivational Author Wayne Dyer (1940 — 2015)
A self-help guru whose advice helped millions has passed on to his “next adventure.” That’s the way Dr. Wayne Dyer looked at death, merely...
Middle-Agers Are Fending Off Dementia With Healthy Living: Study
If you needed one more reason to give up the fried food, put out your cigarette, and go for a walk, look no further...
Lawyer Bought His Own Fire Truck and is Out Fighting Wildfires
At the height of wildfire season, a Washington state lawyer bought a vintage fire truck to protect his home. Two days later, he was...
Wisconsin Man Plants 4-Mile Stretch of Sunflowers in Tribute to Late Wife
Love is blooming along a Wisconsin country road.
A stretch of farmland usually reserved for corn and soybeans is now home to over four miles...
Ice Bucket Challenge Leads to ALS Breakthrough, Researchers Announce
It worked!
The Ice Bucket Challenge that flooded the Internet with videos of people getting drenched has led to a medical breakthrough.
Researchers have long...
“Friends for Life” Connects Caring People To Lonely Seniors In Need
In the United States, more than 11 million senior citizens live alone.
Everyone should have someone in their world who cares, and that’s what our group Friends...
Young Woman Approaches Elder Eating Alone, Now Have Weekly Lunch Date
Many of us have been there: we see a senior citizen eating alone and think, maybe I should go talk to them, or sit...
What Are These Seniors Doing At a Skate Park? (WATCH)
We all know seniors need to keep their minds and bodies active, but taking folks from an assisted living center to the local skateboard park seems a...
Teens Rescue 89-yr-old Who Didn’t Know Her House Was On Fire
An elderly South Carolina woman didn’t realize her house was on fire until two teenage neighbors pulled her out of the burning building.
Logan Campbell...
Adorable: Bride Has 89-year-old Grandmother as One of Her Bridesmaids
At Christine Quinn’s Pennsylvania wedding in May, one of her bridesmaids was her 89-year-old grandmother.
Nana Betty was hesitant at first, worried that she wasn’t as...
New Drug Makes Headway In Potential Treatment for Alzheimer’s
Researchers are cautiously optimistic after an experimental drug called solanezumab seemed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s for people in early stages of the disease.
After concluding...
79-Year-old is on ‘Cloud Nine’ After Strangers Donate to Replace Stolen Tricycle
Dolly Juelke absolutely loved her adult tricycle.
The 79-year-old counted on it to get her wherever she needed to go—that is, until it was stolen from...
‘Playgrounds’ Designed for Seniors Help Keep Them Active, Sharp
With an aging population in Spain, health professionals are looking for ways to keep its elderly citizens active and healthy.
No longer resigned to a...
‘We Are Family DC’ Offers Lifeline for Seniors, Dave Grohl Sends One, Too
For over a decade, We Are Family DC has been a powerhouse of volunteering, advocating and educating when it comes to the lives of...
4 Heroes Given Carnegie Medal for Extraordinary Bravery Saving Lives
Risking your life to save someone else sounds heroic. We'd all like to think we'd do the same thing, but actually jumping into action...
Spritely 100-Year-old Pianist Still Wows NYC Diners Without Missing a Beat
After Irving Fields finished a tune from Carousel, he grabbed his walker and began shuffling to each of the four occupied tables at the...
Alzheimer’s Husband Proves The Heart Always Remembers
For Throwback Thursday, here’s one of the sweetest news stories from 2014, which somehow slipped past everyone at Good News Network.
This husband with Alzheimer’s...
Three-Legged Goldendoodle That Cheated Death Now Changes Lives
Hope is no ordinary dog. After nearly being killed 2 years ago, she’s using her new ‘leash’ on life to help others.
The 6-year-old Goldendoodle...
Kids Volunteer to Mow a Stranger’s Field to Keep Her Out of Trouble
Four brothers loaded up their mowers to help a stranger after hearing about an elderly woman who was in trouble with the law because...