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by Nathan Frederick Good News Network A powerful portion of ‘the American dream’ was served by a fast-food restaurant in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to help out one of its own. Thalles DeSouza’s story may have started in a treacherous neighborhood near Rio de Janeiro, but his next chapter will be written at one …
Continue reading “Restaurant’s Generosity Sends Worker To Yale”
by Kevin Burton Whatever skillset you have, you can use it for good just when a neighbor needs it most. That’s the theme of today’s stories from the Good News Network. The more troubling, heartbreaking news must be covered. We can’t stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality. But it …
Continue reading “GNN: Teen Uses Lasso To Save Drowning Man”
by Kevin Burton Sometime in the 90s when I worked at a photo lab, a co-worker asked me a question;. “If you could do anything you wanted to do, what would it be?” My answerer was something about spreading the gospel. “What’s stopping you?” He asked. His point was nothing …
by Kevin Burton On the morning of my first day as a full-time honest-to-God newspaper reporter, a game of musical chairs broke out. Musical desks too. I had been hired by The Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, to replace a local government reporter. I was a second choice. The person they hired first …
Continue reading “Long Live The Frontiersman And Print News”
by Kevin Burton My assigned task was to write past-due notices to customers. Dry enough, but I had some fun with it. I was working as an office assistant at a photo lab in Columbus, Ohio. We were in the not-so-busy season, taking care of things that didn’t get done during the busy …
by Kevin Burton Today’s glad tidings from the Good News Network, I kid you not, involve going to a laundromat. Or should I say a laundromat going to you. My wife and I just had a major repair done to our washer. We had a little wait for a repair person to …
by Kevin Burton I set the phone down in the office, just long enough to go downstairs and start a load of laundry. How virtuous is that! But alas, in doing so, I let a precious opportunity slip away. “Kicking myself” is not the half of it. I don’t often leave …
Continue reading “Opportunity Lost, Conscience, Laundry Clean”
by Dictionary Scoop Truman Capote once said, “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” In the same vein, Benjamin Franklin claimed: “He that can have patience can have what he will.” Patience and perseverance are fundamental when it comes to conquering the anguish of things not going as planned. Numerous scientists, inventors, …
Continue reading “Push Past Failure, Try, Try Again In 2026”
by Kiara Wales Daily Maverick National Disability Rights Awareness Month in South Africa ran from Nov. 3 to Dec. 3, but two visually impaired Cape Town residents have never felt less visible. Sergil January and Benjamin Pedro are employed at the Cape Town Society for the Blind (CTSB), as an awareness officer and …
Continue reading “Blind Cape Town Riders Facing Cuts To Service”
by Kevin Burton I should probably just be quiet. Been sitting on this story for a while. Should I do it? For a while there I made a career out of advocating for the blind. I’ve made a lot of speeches, tried to talk sense into sighted hiring managers to give us blind …
Continue reading “She’s A Tattoo Artist, And She’s Legally Blind”
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