Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Trader Joe’s is paying bonuses to store employees amid an ‘unprecedented’ sales increase. – Source
2. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donate $1 million to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada. – Source
3. Rihanna dropped $5M into food banks to serve at-risk communities. – Source
4. The nurse tries to raise $300 for an iPad for a nursing home. Raises thousands and is now distributing iPads around Massachusetts nursing homes. – Source
5. Two 20-something New Yorkers have amassed an army of volunteers, 1,300 strong, to deliver food and medicine to the most vulnerable in the coronavirus outbreak. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Chef José Andrés is transforming eight of his acclaimed restaurants in New York City and Washington, DC, into gourmet soup kitchens for those who are struggling to make ends meet in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. – Source
7. This little boy collects cans for recycling and gives the money he makes to help others; all on his own. – Source
8. Andrew Yang is pledging $1000 to 1,000 families in the Bronx impacted by the growing pandemic. – Source
9. Melbourne’s zoos have decided to live stream some of their animals so that people social distancing won’t miss out on seeing these cute creatures! – Source
10. Maine landlord praised after saying he won’t collect rent due to coronavirus outbreak. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Coronavirus vaccine test opens as U.S. volunteer gets 1st shot. – Source
12. Coronavirus cure hopes as a 79-year-old Italian man successfully treated with an experimental drug. – Source
13. In just a single day, one thousand retired and private practice doctors and nurses answered City Hall’s cry for help, volunteering to join the Big Apple’s medical reserve and help treat their fellow New Yorkers stricken with coronavirus. – Source
14. Irish developed testing kit confirms coronavirus in 15 minutes. – Source
15. Kevin Bacon launches ‘6 degrees of separation’ campaign to encourage social-distancing. – Source
