Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Two hairstylists with the coronavirus wore masks. So did their 140 clients. Of those tested, none got sick. – Source
2. Ontario new math curriculum to introduce coding, personal finance starting in Grade 1. – Source
3. Dolly Parton, drag star Nina West launch charity collection benefitting LGBTQ+ youth. – Source
4. When twins Kamari and Kamera opened a lemonade stand, someone questioned if they had a permit to run it. So, they got one and last week, they had an hour-long wait for lemonade. – Source
5. 60 percent of fathers feel closer to their kids due to lockdown measures. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. US honeybees are doing better after a bad year, survey shows. – Source
7. After the viral video, GoFundMe for Chicago ice cream man surpasses $35K for his retirement. – Source
8. A new church in Tennessee exists purely to help residents vote early. – Source
9. Nigerian kids make a cheap low budget version of ‘Extraction’ trailer. Impress the directors so much they get invited to the sequel’s Premiere. – Source
10. Parkinson’s disease reversed in mice by converting astrocytes into functional dopamine neurons. A single treatment to block an inhibitory protein, increased number of neurons in the midbrain by ~30%, and restored dopamine to normal levels. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. A convicted murderer in a US prison has taught himself the basics of higher mathematics, enabling him to solve a complicated arithmetic problem. And he has been passing on his math passion to his fellow inmates. – Source
12. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electric utility, to spend 3 billion and create 3,000 jobs on renewable energy projects. – Source
13. 114-year-old Ethiopian ‘recovers from coronavirus’. – Source
14. Parents create ‘Common Sense Camp’ to teach their kids basic life skills. – Source
15. She was furloughed. So she became ‘Lasagna Lady,’ and made 1,200 pans of free lasagna for those in need. – Source