Humpday Heroes
Positive news stories from around the globe (and sometimes the past) every Wednesday.
Celebrity heroes take up half the stories in this week’s episode.
https://abc7.com/actor-danny-trejo-helps-save-child-in-sylmar-car-crash/5451006/
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Most stories usually from www.goodnewsnetwork.org
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Time with animals reduces stress:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/spending-ten-minutes-with-pets-can-significantly-reduce-stress/
Woman Who Can't Walk Teams Up With Blind Man to Hike:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-who-cant-walk-teams-up-with-blind-man-for-hiking/
Red Sox Fans Give Spare Ticket To Homeless Man:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/red-sox-fans-give-spare-ticket-to-homeless-man/
Study Debunks Bystander Effect:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-of-cctv-footage-debunks-bystander-effect/
Lemonade Stand Theft Results In Many Donations:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-lemonade-stand-theft-community-gives-girl-350-for-charity/
Scientists Create First Ever Magnetic Liquid:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-ever-magnetic-liquid/
First U.S. Park To Offer Heavy Duty Wheelchairs:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-us-park-to-offer-heavy-duty-wheelchairs/
Target Now Selling Specially Adapted Halloween Costumes for Children in Wheelchairs:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/target-is-now-selling-specially-adapted-halloween-costumes-for-children-in-wheelchairs/
Tom Hanks To Play Mr. Rogers:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tom-hanks-as-mr-rogers-in-movie-trailer/
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Officer Saves Baby’s Life:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3394/South-Carolina-Deputy-Saves-Baby-039-s-Life-During-Traffic-Stop
Native Bumble Bees Might Be Protected Under California Endangered Species Act:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4-bees-up-for-protection-in-california-as-endangered-species/
Canadian Teens Push Woman’s Car 4 Miles:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/three-ontario-teen-boys-push-strangers-car-4-miles/
Russian Fisherman Save Cubs:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4939972/Heartwarming-moment-fishermen-save-two-drowning-bear-cubs.html
Dog dropped off at animal shelter in cereal box, gets adopted:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/dog-dropped-off-at-california-animal-shelter-in-cereal-box-infested-with-fleas-gets-adopted
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Bus stop green roofs for bees:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/316-bus-stops-getting-green-roofs/
Mass-scale Reforestation has “mind-bowing” potential to combat climate change, study finds:
2019 Home Run Derby:
Local church pays off medical debt for nearly 2,000 families:
Drunk man orders Uber to save baby bird’s life:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/drunk-man-saves-baby-bird-by-calling-uber/
All stories from Good News Network, Sunny Skyz, and Positive.News
Fast Food Hero:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3378/Fast-Food-Hero-Jumps-Through-Window-To-Save-Child
Teen Saves Toddler from from Falling WIndow in Turkey:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3373/Teen-Saves-Toddler-Falling-From-2nd-Floor-Window-In-Turkey
A couple of guys named Darius make a charitable difference in their own special ways; Vitamin D possibly helps cancer patients who have trouble with meds; guy buys out a Girl Scout Cookies stand; Go outside for 2 hours a week to really feel benefits; Vets feel better after cleaning corral reefs; 20,000 sign petition to remove Good Omens from Netflix even though it’s an Amazon show.
SunnySkyz.com
Divers Set World Record Cleaning Trash:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3360/Divers-Set-World-Record-For-Cleaning-Trash-From-Ocean-Floor
Police Officer Talks Suicidal Man Off Bridge by Offering a Hug:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3358/Police-Officer-Talks-Suicidal-Man-Off-Bridge-By-Offering-A-Hug
Substitute Teacher Gives Shoes Off His Feet So Student Can Walk Across Graduation Stage: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3357/Substitute-Teacher-Gives-Shoes-Off-His-Feet-So-Student-Can-Walk-Across-Graduation-Stage
Researchers Figure Out how to Convert All Blood Types to Universal Type 0:
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/3355/Researchers-Have-Figured-Out-How-To-Convert-All-Blood-Types-Into-The-Universal-Type-O
Good News Network
America's Renewable Energy Capacity is Now Greater Than Coal:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/americas-renewable-energy-capacity-is-now-greater-than-coal/
John legend changing tables:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pampers-installing-5000-changing-tables-in-mens-restrooms/
Elsewhere
Honey on tap bee hive:
https://www.honeyflow.com/
The guys explain a study’s finding on personality traits of those who see a 50% full water glass as half full or half empty and more on this week’s edition of Humpday Heroes.
Build beach in back yard guy:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/formerly-homeless-man-makes-backyard-beaches/
Seeing a glass half-full:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/what-seeing-glass-as-half-full-says-about-personality-onepoll/
PE Credit for doing yardwork for seniors and disabled:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/school-gives-students-pe-credit-for-doing-yard-work/
All United airline flights from LA are now powered by biofuel:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/united-airlines-flights-from-la-powered-by-biofuel/
69 year old collects cigarette butts for mosaics:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pharmacist-has-collected-120000-cigarette-butts-for-art/
Tulsia Gabbard Approaches Bipartisanship Sensitively:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/congresswoman-used-toffee-to-unite-republicans-and-democrats/
Log Cabin for Mice:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-builds-log-cabins-for-mice/
A schoolteacher runs barefoot down the street to warn students and families of impending tornado; A man carries his blind dog on a 800 mile hike to help the dog get its confidence back; students at Dayton Consolidated School learn sign language to welcome their first ever deaf classmate.
Stories:
Couple Spends 20 Years Planting an Entire Forest and Animals Have Returned:
https://mymodernmet.com/sebastiao-salgado-forest/?fbclid=IwAR1KXZIKDNnpkEvrv3qT6XKtzFDX3-val_hT-pviDagbsGK-cmPFnYfbe3k
Tornado Teacher:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/barefoot-teacher-pictured-runs-ahead-of-tornado-to-warn-families/
Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theimpromptustyle/
Man Carries Blind Dog 800 miles:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-carries-blind-dog-for-800-miles-so-she-can-build-confidence-walking-the-rest-of-the-epic-hike-on-her-own/
Minnesota Bee Landscaping:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/minnesota-to-pay-landscaping-costs-for-bee-friendly-greenery/
Pollinator Garden Network: http://millionpollinatorgardens.org/
Albino Panda Bear:
https://z6mag.com/2019/06/02/look-rare-albino-white-panda-spotted-in-sichuan-china/
School Learns Sign Language to Welcome First Ever Deaf Student:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/maine-school-learns-asl-for-first-deaf-student/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-WpNtJzKUE
Michael Salah Helps Reduce Racism:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mohamed-salah-spurs-drop-in-hate-crimes-and-islamophobia/
Toy Houses and Childhood Development:
https://lifehacker.com/what-your-kid-can-learn-by-playing-with-a-toy-house-1834960414
Guardians of the Vibe create amazing, aesthetically pleasing posters for venues about consent; Brightmark Energy creates a plant the converts plastic into fuel; One Canadian saves another in Florida; Oregon to open schools catered to students in addiction recovery.
Guardians of the vibe:
https://www.guardiansofthevibe.com
Good News Network Stories:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/construction-begins-on-first-ever-commercial-plastics-to-fuel-factory-in-the-us/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-pay-tuition-with-plastic-waste-instead-of-money/
4th Dimension Recovery Center:
http://4drecovery.org/?fbclid=IwAR2JWXLl4QD7ev0QiNnLNfsDy9pg19lDv4mceusRFgxQs-r4tel8Y-SEmBs
Oregon Recovers:
https://www.oregonrecovers.org/about/
Recovery High School Initiative:
http://www.oregonrecoveryschools.org/
Do-gooders knit thousands of nests for baby birds; a mother and son graduate together; a judge chooses to educate kids in juvie, leads to convincing them not to be racist; dogs can improve your social life; library of congress provides online access to digital versions of over 100 ultra-rare children's books, apologizes for insensitive messages from the past; an effective HIV treatment has been developed that prevents patients from spreading the virus to their partners; one man quit his high paying corporate gig to volunteer full time, eventually creating his own non-profit and couldn't be happier; a radio program improves a refugee camp.
Stories:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/watch-college-give-degree-to-mom-skipping-her-commencement/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/judge-sentences-teen-vandals-to-reading-books/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/having-dogs-is-good-for-your-social-life/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/library-of-congress-digitizes-rare-childrens-books-2019/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-of-couples-shows-drug-treatment-eliminates-hiv-transmission/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-gave-up-high-paying-job-to-work-with-homeless-teens-good-talk/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/30-minute-peacebuilding-radio-program-in-refugee-camps/
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A teacher saves Mongolia's snow leopards; Far-right activists' attempts to villainize gays backfires; Sir Ian McKellen goes on tour to raise money for the theaters he's performing in.
Most stories from https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
This week on Humpday Heroes we get an update on last week's touching sibling story, and go to Germany and Australia for some amazing anecdotes that probably couldn't happen where the Bros live in Portland, USA.
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A 13-year-old buys his mom a car; immunologist James Allison has a documentary, “Breakthrough”, made about him; the Too Small to Fail initiative brings reading lessons to otherwise bored children at laundromats and other unusual locations; a Humpday appearance by Keanu Reeves.
Most stories from https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
A 26 year old Indian solves the drought problem for his village and others by going door-to-door; A class of 9-year-olds teach us compassion; A man creates a wonderful invention for children in hospitals; these stories and more on this week's HumpDay Heroes.
Most stories from https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
Welcome to Humpday Heroes! Each Wednesday, Joe and Ben are going to deliver positive stories from the news to help alleviate the midweek mopes. Hear stories about a man who survives for five days on taco sauce, a dog that has its own seeing eye dog, and more on this first ever Wednesday update.
Most stories from https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
