Utah teen’s viral letter about her dad’s alcoholism

Good News Notes: “Preslee Scott spent more than one afternoon in her early teen years picking up her dad’s empty beer cans and dumping them in the outside trash can after he’d fallen asleep on the couch. So in December, when the Utah teen was asked by her 10th-grade English teacher to write an essay…

Singer Meghan Trainor helping to feed Connecticut health care heroes

 Good News Notes: “This week, Connecticut hospitals will receive lunches from local restaurants — thanks to a Grammy-winning musical artist. Meghan Trainor, a singer/songwriter whose hits include ‘All About That Bass’ and ‘Lips Are Movin,’ is donating funds to feed health care workers at hospitals in greater Hartford, in conjunction with local restaurants. Trainor was…

Celebrities call for donations to aid Navajo Nation in COVID-19 response

Good News Notes: “Tribal leaders issued a call for medical volunteers and additional donations of personal protective equipment Wednesday as COVID-19 continued its spread across the Navajo Nation. A celebrity-studded public service announcement by Protect the Sacred – a grassroots group organized in response to the growing COVID-19 crisis on the Navajo Nation – called for…