What’s interesting in the news today?
Today, some good news for a change.
1. There’s nothing like a Mother’s love. 🙂
You may need to log in to Facebook to read it all. What a nice outpouring from the public for this youngster as well.
From Facebook “I am Colin’s mom, I created this page for my amazing, wonderful, challenging son who is about to turn 11 on March 9th. Because of Colin’s disabilities, social skills are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don’t like him. So when I asked him if he wanted a party for his birthday, he said there wasn’t a point because he has no friends. He eats lunch alone in the office everyday because no one will let him sit with them, and rather than force someone to be unhappy with his presence, he sits alone in the office. So I thought, if I could create a page where people could send him positive thoughts and encouraging words, that would be better than any birthday party. Please join me in making my very original son feel special on his day.”
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2. 13 reasons why your pet is the best Valentine you could ever hope for.
From TheHuffPost “Valentine’s Day is fast approaching … you know, that special day when Americans are expected to go buy their loved ones everything they can find at their local CVS: cards, chocolate and stuffed animals.
But what if your “special someone” in your life is actually not a human? More specifically, your pet. You’re fine with telling your significant other that he or she is your Valentine, but you know, deep down in your heart, your furry (or not so furry) sidekick takes first place. We understand — humans are so overrated. That’s why we have highlighted 13 reasons your pet is your actual one true love forever and ever.”
My favorite? Number 2. If you’re dog slobbers, it’s cute. We humans can’t get away with that. 🙂
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3. Folks typically don’t look to competitors in time of need. But sometimes help comes from people you wouldn’t usually expect it from.
From MyNorthWest “Chief Bob Vellias with South Pierce Fire and Rescue was among the first to arrive that day and said the silo was too unstable for his crew to save 44-year-old Steve Green, whose body was recovered more than two days later.”
“As an employer, especially a family business, it’s the worst thing you could ever imagine happening,” said Andy Wilcox. “The fact that we weren’t able to find Steve for two days was really tough.” While the Wilcox brothers said it was their first priority, rescue efforts at the feed mill were a small part of what the farm was faced with after the collapse.”
“The loss of life is your number one concern, but the next priority is, ‘How do we feed our chickens?'” said Brent Wilcox, who knew that without feed, the chickens could fall ill and starve to death in a matter of days.”
“Immediately, we had 800,000 hens that need food. A third of those need food within a day,” Andy Wilcox said. “We called up what is typically our competitors and said, ‘Hey, we’re in a terrible situation here.'”
Within 24 hours of the collapse, competitors were shipping truckloads of feed to Roy. National in Everett, Steibrs in Yelm, and Briarwood in Rochester were among those who pitched in to help.”
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4. A display of sportsmanship, and paying it forward.
From GlobalNews “In true Olympic spirit, Canada’s head cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth rushed to help a Russian skier after the athlete crashed in the semi-final of the men’s freestyle sprint and broke one of his skis.
Cross-country skier Anton Gafarov tumbled on the course for the third time Tuesday as he was heading down the hill toward the finish line. With a new ski in hand, Wadsworth rushed toward the struggling athlete and fixed the new ski to Gafarov’s ski boot.”
“During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino the director of cross-country skiing in Norway, Bjornar Hakensmoen, assisted Canadian cross-country skier Sara Renner when her pole broke during the third lap of a six lap relay. Hakensmoen gave Renner his pole and the Canadians came in a close second behind Sweden (Norway came in fourth).”
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5. A pharmacist who goes above and beyond for his customers.
From MyNews13 ” The calls for help come in constantly. On the line are usually working people with insurance who have been diagnosed with a serious illness.
“And when they go to fill their medication they find that their copay, their responsibility is in the hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, on a monthly basis and there’s not a lot of people out there that can afford that,” said Jeff Spafford.”
“In 2009, Spafford and business partner Edward Hensley founded The Assistance Fund with the goal of making access to medicine for all a reality. To date, they’ve helped more than 19,000 people nationwide.
“We really see that as our role, as being their advocates and helping them navigate, helping them get access, so we work very closely with the pharmacies. We work with their physicians. We work with their health care insurance providers to sort of bring everyone together in understanding what that patients situation is,” Spafford said.”
To date they’ve raised over a 100 million from corporations, grants, and even drug companies, to help their customers.
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