The Latest Good News
Today’s Good News: High School Students Make Care Packages For Isolated Seniors
A high school student and her younger brother are making care packages for isolated seniors. Hita Gupta, 16, and 10-year-old Divit have sent out nearly 100-thousand handwritten cards and packages to nursing homes. … Read More
Today’s Good News: Handyman Helps Elderly With Free Repairs
A handyman in the U.K. has spent over $75,000 of his own money fixing people’s plumbing and heating issues for FREE during the pandemic. He mostly does it for … Read More
Today’s Good News: 13 Year Old Donates $50k To Animal Shelter
A 13-year-old girl won an essay contest put on by Petco that came with a $50,000 grand prize. And now she’s donating ALL of it to her local cat shelter. … Read More
Today’s Good News: 101 Year Old Fighting Covid Gets Birthday Wishes From Celebrities
A woman in Texas who’s still recovering from the virus turned 101 on Friday. So someone at her nursing home asked Twitter to send happy birthday messages, and THOUSANDS of … Read More
Today’s Good News: Woman Helps Homeless Family Get Housing
Erica Robbins recently met a single mother with six children who had been living on the streets and helped her find a place to call home for the holidays. They … Read More
Today’s Good News: Hospital Janitor Raises Money For Kids
A janitor at a hospital near L.A. has raised a bunch of money by asking coworkers to donate their spare change, even if it’s just a penny. In week one, he … Read More
Today’s Good News: Alexa Device Helps Save Puppy From House Fire
A couple credits a little-known feature on their Alexa device with saving their home and puppy when a fire broke out. Jonathan and Kathy were at a friend’s when they got an alert from … Read More
Today’s Good News: Caring Kids Replace Stolen Tips
Someone at a restaurant in Minnesota recently stole an envelope with around $300 in tips inside. So a group of five kids stepped up to help. They’d made some money … Read More
Today’s Good News: Man Uses Savings To Open Food Pantry
A man in India decided to cash in his life savings of around $70,000 during the pandemic. And he used it to set up a free 24-hour food pantry to make … Read More
Today’s Good News: Officer Buys Woman Groceries
A cop used his own money to buy Christmas dinner for a family in need instead of charging two women with shoplifting. Officer Matt Lima, with the Somerset, Massachusetts police, … Read More
Today’s Good News: Man Makes Pizzas For Charity
A man in Philadelphia has been raising money for charity by making pizzas in his kitchen, and then using a pulley system to drop them to people from his second-story … Read More
Today’s Good News: Family Gets Help From Community After Fire
A New Jersey community is pitching in to help a family who lost their home and in a Christmas Eve fire. The Fuccile Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping … Read More
Today’s Good News: Update! Preschool Director Given New Car
We recently told you about Renee Dixon, a preschool director who took a second job driving for Uber and Lyft to make money to buy Christmas gifts for all of her … Read More
Today’s Good News: Teen With Autism Is Given New Car
The owners of a Florida McDonald’s have given a new car and those famous golden arches to the family of a 15-year-old with autism. Tim and Tracy Johnstone heard about Devon Winters, who has … Read More
Today’s Good News: Supermarket Gives $200K To Struggling Restaurants
Schnucks Supermarket chain has given $200-thousand in gift cards to help restaurants struggling during the pandemic. CEO Todd Schnuck calls the initiative to give 14-thousand Schnucks workers gift cards to local … Read More
Today’s Good News: Woman Sends Thousands Of Xmas Cards To Soldiers Overseas
A restaurant manager in Pennsylvania has collected and sent 3-thousand Christmas cards to military members serving overseas. Patty Beam encouraged customers at her restaurant to drop off cards for soldiers and … Read More
Today’s Good News: Homeless Man Saves Shelter Animals From Fire
A homeless man rushed into an Atlanta animal shelter when it caught fire. Keith Walker saved several cats and dogs trapped inside W-Underdogs shelter earlier this month. Shelter founder Gracie Hamlin calls him … Read More
Today’s Good News: 7 Year Old Gives Out Free Masks To Homeless
Olivia Tyler has been on a mission to help the homeless population in Chicago stay safe. The seven-year-old has been giving out face masks to people living on the streets … Read More
Today’s Good News: Kids Deliver Snowmen To Brighten Spirits
A group of teens in western Pennsylvania has been dressing up as elves and installing giant, inflatable snowmen in random people’s yards. They were doing it at night to surprise people . . … Read More
Today’s Good News: Good Samaritan Sends Homeless Man Home For The Holidays
A man in Houston saw a homeless man holding up a sign that said he was trying to get back to Alabama. So he stopped to give him five … Read More
Today’s Good News: School Superintendent Gives Kids A Break
The superintendent of a school district in West Virginia cancelled all classes yesterday so kids could go outside and play in the first snow of the year. He talked about how … Read More
Today’s Good News: Woman Does 53 Acts Of Kindness For 53rd Birthday
Debra Ferrell wanted to do something different to celebrate her birthday this year. She decided to do 53 acts of kindness, one for each year of her life. The Roanoke, … Read More
Today’s Good News: Man In Sacramento Gives Back
A man in Sacramento walked into a Taco Bell and gave each employee $100. He says he used to work at a Taco Bell as a teenager, and knows how … Read More
Today’s Good News: Police Put On Their Santa Hats
Police officers in Orlando, Florida, put on their Santa hats to deliver presents to more than 200 kids in need. With holiday events canceled this year, the officers hand-delivered … Read More
Today’s Good News: 300 Santas Break Record To Collect Toys
300 people dressed as Santa went fishing on a lake in North Carolina and broke a world record. The event brought in $15,000 worth of donations for Toys for Tots. … Read More
Today’s Good News: Anonymous Neighbor Replaces Kid’s Stolen Scooter
An act of kindness from a neighbor is restoring a family’s holiday cheer. Their child’s scooter was stolen, but a neighbor replaced it and left a heartwarming note to go … Read More
Today’s Good News: Man Becomes “Grandpa” To Donut Shop Staff
An 81-year-old regular customer at a Dunkin’ in California has become “Grandpa” to the staff there. Gilbert Walker left a $20 tip for each of the 14 employees and since then, they’ve … Read More
Today’s Good News: People Want To Help
Google’s annual Year in Search just came out, and a lot of people searched for how to “HELP” this year. The top “how to help” searches in the U.S. were for … Read More
Today’s Good News: 7 Year Old Raises $20k For Hospital PPE
Hayley Orlinsky has been making bracelets to raise money to buy personal protective equipment for a Chicago children’s hospital. The seven-year-old has generated nearly $20-thousand with the crafts. She’s had some … Read More
Today’s Good News: Woman Bakes Giant Santa Cake For Hospital Workers
A woman baked a six-foot cake showing Santa hugging a nurse to thank healthcare workers on the frontlines. Rosie Dummer spent two weeks creating the life-size chocolate cake with 17 layers and … Read More
Today’s Good News: Secret Santa Gives The Gift Of Sight
A Secret Santa is giving away more than half a million dollars this holiday season and a special education instructor was recently surprised with a gift from him. Kallie has cataracts and didn’t … Read More
Today’s Good News: Man Uses Giant Grinch For Charity
A man accidentally ordered an inflatable Grinch decoration that was WAY too big . . . almost as tall as his house. And it became a tourist attraction in his … Read More
Today’s Good News: A Volunteer Surge
The Red Cross has seen a massive surge in volunteers this year. Including 78,000 new sign-ups in the U.S. alone! The owners of a restaurant in Spain might have enough money to survive … Read More
Today’s Good News: Gold Dropped In Salvation Army Kettle
Someone in Chicago dropped a gold coin and a small gold bar into two Salvation Army buckets over the weekend. Together, they’re worth around $3,700. An Arizona police officer has become a … Read More
Today’s Good News: Secret Santa Surprises Formerly Homeless Mom With Gifts
A Secret Santa in Idaho had a big surprise for Clellie, a mom who was homeless and has overcome addiction to turn her life around. She now works as a … Read More
Today’s Good News: Mystery Woman Pays Off Layaways
A generous stranger helped spread joy to shoppers at a toy store in Australia by paying off layaway accounts. Staff at Mr Toys Toyworld say a mystery woman came in … Read More
Today’s Good News: Stranger Helps Family Reunite
A mom from Georgia was driving to Alaska, so she and her kids could be with their dad who’s stationed there. But she’d never driven in snow . . . … Read More
Today’s Good News: Woodland Dealership Gives To The Animals
Major kudos to Hoblit Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and Ally Financial for stepping up for the animals on Giving Tuesday! They helped a local non-profit animal rescue, All Souls Animal Rescue and … Read More
Today’s Good News: Missing Dog Reunited With Owner After 7 Years
A grateful owner has been reunited with her dog who was missing for seven years. San Antonio Animal Care Services brought in the dog, which they thought was a stray, … Read More
Today’s Good News: Retirement Home Brings Out The Nerf Guns
A retirement home in Canada got creative to keep people entertained and happy. Someone said they missed being able to go hunting. So the nurses used Christmas trees as … Read More