11-Year-Old Arkansas Boy Donates Mullet Competition Earnings to Foster Care

Good News Notes: “Eleven-year-old Allan Baltz of Jonesboro, Arkansas, is familiar with the foster care system. When he and his twin sister Alice were only four, they came to live with Derek and Lesli Baltz. Lesli said she and her husband became foster parents with the intention of helping kids reunite with their families, but their plans…

Rescue Labrador Retriever Adopts Orphaned Kittens

Good News Notes: “A rescue dog is paid it forward by looking after a litter of orphaned kittens. According to a release from the U.K. animal rescue charity Battersea, Bertie, a one-year-old Labrador retriever, is helped the Battersea shelter that found him a forever home raise a group of kittens. Bertie started looking after the seven kittens…

RI nonprofit helps 27K+ families put food on the table throughout pandemic

Good News Notes: “The founder of local nonprofit organization tells 12 News that they’ve helped a record number of families put food on the table since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last March. Project Hand Up, created several years ago by Coreen St. Jean, is a food supplement program that offers a variety of products in…

Inspiring Indiana: Restaurant owner looks to inspire kindness

Good News Notes: “It’s been an incredibly tough 10 months for so many people and so many businesses struggling to stay open. How do you stay positive? Chelsea Wetzel, who co-owns Union Jack Pub in Broad Ripple, said she’s found herself pondering that a lot, especially over the last week. ‘I was just watching the…

Donation will provide more school lunches

Good News Notes: “A generous donation will ensure that kids in the area will be able to eat lunch in school. Bell Bank presented the Fargo Public Schools Foundation with a check for $12,350 for the Emergency Lunch Fund. The Emergency Lunch fund helps ensure that every child has access to a nutritious school lunch…

Act of kindness inspires others to pay it forward at Taco Sombrero

Good News Notes: “One customer’s act of kindness at Taco Sombrero in Gulfport inspired 78 other drivers to pay it forward. Taco Sombrero Drive-Thru Cashier Makenna Morgan said, ‘At first, we were kind of shocked. We thought it would just be five cars maybe, then it just kept going and we were like ‘whoa.’ Then…

Creativity, kindness, and the butterfly effect

Good News Notes: “Random, mysterious acts of kindness have begun appearing on doorsteps. Tucked into gift bags of wine, notes, and food, there’s always a telltale clue: butterflies. One woman’s gift from a friend gave flight to the movement known as The ROC Butterfly Effect.” View the whole story here: http://13wham.com/news/local/creativity-kindness-and-the-butterfly-effect

Dual transplant patient makes donation to Ronald McDonald House

Good News Notes: “After receiving a dual organ transplant at Mayo Clinic, a man from the Washington, D.C. area and his wife are showing their gratitude. The couple, Ronald and Joanna High, made a donation to the Ronald McDonald House Friday morning. They have been staying in Rochester since early October, 2019. Ronald had been…