Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. 94 years old man calls the police: “I got everything I need but a person to celebrate Christmas with, could someone stopping by for a toast?” Agents shows up and spent the evening with him, helping him reaching relative w video calls – Source
2. North Carolina preschool teacher, laid off after 20 years, wins $250G lottery prize. – Source
3. France rewards frontline immigrant workers with citizenship. – Source
4. Drug reverses age-related mental decline within days in mice. – Source
5. Men in treatment and recovery centre learn how to knit together. “It’s like the one thing I can’t cheat, manipulate, cut corners, find loopholes. I have to follow each peg one at a time. It’s kind of like a routine of how I want to live my life from here on out.” – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. The EU has banned plastic waste from being shipped to developing nations from 1 January. – Source
7. UPS driver brought to tears when hundreds of neighbors thank him for his work during the pandemic. – Source
8. ‘Nobody else was going to do it’: Barstool Sports raises over $6M to keep small businesses open. – Source
9. Tom Selleck leaves a $2,020 tip and a handwritten note for restaurant servers as part of the 2020 tip challenge — “I am honoring my friend Donnie Wahlberg’s ‘Tip Challenge’ with my sincere hope for a better 2020,” the Blue Bloods star wrote to the staff at Elio’s restaurant in New York City. – Source
10. Costco has paid out its pandemic profits as worker hazard pay. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Sikh community prepares 800 meals in 2 hours to help stranded lorry drivers in Dover, Kent. – Source
12. A homeless man in Atlanta rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire. – Source
13. Mass vaccination across the European Union starts! 450 million people will have access to COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021. – Source
14. After donating his kidney to a customer, an Abbotsford hotdog vendor is offering free hotdogs for life to anyone who follows his lead and becomes a kidney donor. – Source
15. Around 200 toys were stolen from a Texas public housing complex. More than 2,000 gifts were donated to replace them. – Source
