Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. In rural Colorado, the kids of coal miners learn to install solar panels. Where the mines once provided steady employment, solar energy now offers jobs for the next generation. – Source
2. Teen creates an app to help care for a grandmother with dementia, releases free for millions of caregivers. – Source
3. AC/DC frontman, Sarasota resident Brian Johnson donates $335,000 property. The proceeds from the property’s sale will go to Sarasota’s All Star Children’s Foundation, which plans to soon open its Campus of Hope & Healing. – Source
4. Woman, 81, knits hundreds of items for typhoon victims over winter. – Source
5. U.S. lab chimps were dumped on Liberia’s Monkey Island and left to starve. Their caretaker saved them. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Twice as many monarch butterflies are in Pismo, CA, USA this year. Here’s why that’s ‘great news’. – Source
7. A man gave away $12,000 in Christmas toys, starting at the low-income complex where he once lived. – Source
8. ‘Happy Little Accidents’ exhibition will feature 32 original Bob Ross paintings in Penticton. – Source
9. Hallmark Channel reverses the decision to pull same-sex couple commercials. – Source
10. Chicago prosecutor to vacate 1,000 marijuana convictions. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Animals at rescue shelters get to choose their own presents from under the Christmas tree. – Source
12. Goldman Sachs leads among US banks with a commitment not to fund Arctic drilling. – Source
13. Botswana cancels hunters’ licenses for killing an elephant. – Source
14. Malls across the US opening early so kids with autism can visit Santa in a calmer environment. – Source
15. A blind man asks facebook group for descriptions of their dogs and gets internet gold in return. – Source
