Good News Notes: “Seattle is allocating $13 million from a grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to help people experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. The funds, from the Washington State Department of Commerce COVID-19 Emergency Housing Grant, will go toward a number of resources in the city, including sustaining hygiene services, reducing crowding in shelters…
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National Gallery of Art Acquires Its First Painting by a Native American Artist
Good News Notes: “The National Gallery of Art has made a landmark addition to its collections: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s I See Red: Target (1992), an 11-foot-tall mixed media work on canvas. The acquisition—the first major painting by a Native American artist to enter the museum’s collections, according to a statement—comes nearly eight decades after the Washington, D.C. cultural institution opened its…
Star-studded online party benefits charity that helps homeless youths in DC area & worldwide
Good News Notes: “A star-packed coronavirus concert Monday night, featuring music and celebrities, will raise money and awareness for an international organization that has helped D.C.-area youth for 25 years. Covenant House works in six countries to give housing, food and health care to children and youth facing homelessness in 31 cities now stressed by…
Great news: Island Marble Butterfly protected under Endangered Species List
Good News Notes: “he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has made the final determination to list the island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus) as an endangered species and designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The island marble, a beautiful, medium-sized, white butterfly with green ‘marbling’ on its wings,…
10 Selfless Sports Stars That Are Giving Back To Their Communities In Very Powerful Ways
Good News Notes: “Whenever news breaks of an athlete being signed to a multimillion-dollar contract or endorsement deal, most of us have a tendency to roll our eyes. Of course, we sometimes think, they’re now going to spend it on luxury clothes and a fancy mansion — and all they do is throw a ball…
Ryan Zimmerman Pros for Heroes Relief Fund
Good News Notes: “Ryan and Heather Zimmerman have felt the support from the Nationals community throughout Ryan’s 15-year playing career, so when the coronavirus pandemic happened, they were compelled to give back The Zimmermans founded the Pros for Heroes COVID-19 Relief Fund, a campaign initially designed to provide health care professionals at the Inova Fairfax…
D.C. firefighter uses bagpipes to give a welcome pause from pandemic
Good News Notes: “The lone bagpiper, dressed in blue jeans, a flannel shirt and a baseball cap, stood beneath a flagpole in front of a hospital. He played “God Bless America.” Five nurses in scrubs listened nearby, one lying on her back in the green grass, soaking in the sun. They work at MedStar Montgomery…
Technology To Clean And Reuse PPE Is Being Deployed To Hotspot Hospitals
Good News Notes: “Several large metal shipping containers are lined up in a warehouse under a large American flag. Their doors are ajar and workers stream in and out, power tools buzzing. These are no ordinary shipping containers: They represent a huge scientific breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19.” View the whole story here: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/30/823803831/technology-to-clean-and-reuse-ppe-is-being-deployed-to-hotspot-hospitals
Celebrities provide coronavirus pandemic relief with donations
Good News Notes: “Bunkered down at home or not, celebrities all over the world are stepping up to do what they can to combat the coronavirus pandemic by making charitable donations to those in need. As the numbers of those infected with COVID-19 rose to over 200,000 worldwide as of Wednesday morning, the world’s biggest…
Firefighters rescue dog from burning house in Vancouver
Good News Notes: “Vancouver firefighters rescued a dog from a burning house Saturday morning. The Vancouver Fire Department responded to a report of a house on fire with people inside at 11020 NE 87th St. at around 9 a.m. Crews arrived at the scene within 5 minutes and found a two-story house on fire.” View…