Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week

1. LEGO launch their first sustainable blocks made from sugarcane and they hope to roll it out to most products by 2030. – Source
2. When no one shows up for 4-year-old’s birthday, Chuck E. Cheese employees buy him presents. – Source
3. A dog with cancer crosses “Find a Home” off his bucket list. – Source
4. Pearl Jam raises millions to help Seattle’s homeless; local businesses join forces with iconic band. – Source
5. Kevin Hart’s charity launches $600,000 scholarship fund that will help 18 students earn a college degree. The actor and comedian say “this is just the beginning.” – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Man plants a tree every day for 39 years and creates a lush forest. – Source
7. Top economics student in Singapore gave up a ticket to the high life for minimum monthly allowances to make a difference for underprivileged children in Khek Noi, a village in Thailand. – Source
8. Tasmanian farmers sending truckloads of feed to drought-stricken farmers on mainland Australia. – Source
9. California teenager reunites with hero postal carrier who saved her from sex trafficking. – Source
10. Texas town relocates 100-year-old Oak Tree, saving it from the chainsaw. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Governments urged to ring every Church bell in the world to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1 on Nov 11. – Source
12. Elderly man rescues the drowning boy, discovers he also saved the kid’s father 30 years ago. – Source
13. Woman helps man short on cash at Wawa, finds out he’s Keith Urban. – Source
14. Concealed carry holder stops shooter at a school event, saves kids. – Source
15. A young cow is safe at last after fleeing captivity by escaping into the woods of upstate New York and surviving for nearly a year by joining up with a family of deer. – Source
The link to the teen who sold a pig should be https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/08/06/this-teen-was-auctioning-his-pig-to-fight-cancer-four-bidders-in-a-row-had-their-own-plans/?utm_term=.5e40ffe6ecae rather than just to the Washington Post front page, I think.