Feel Good Friday
“U.S. coal use plunged more than 13% in 2019, the most in 65 years, as power plants shut down across the country. That’s poised to happen again this year.”
+ 11-year-old Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza qualifies for Olympics.
+ My friend Jeff O’Keefe made this great ad for Liverpool’s soccer club. Warning, you may need to touch your face.
+ Founder of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods transfers business to employees.
+ Kindergartner dresses as school security officer for ‘Dress As Your Favorite Person Day.’
+ Reddit lets users support one another with Crisis Text Line partnership. (Crisis Text Line is awesome, and a reminder that there are good things about the internet and connectivity.)
+ Family restaurant in Clarkesville launches a ‘giving board‘ to help customers in need.
+ An 11-year-old Star Wars fan got an R2-D2 bionic arm. Mark Hamill called her a hero.
+ Best friends in Philadelphia learn they are sisters after 17 years. (My kids would be thrilled to learn they’re actually just acquaintances…)
+ Boy bullied for love of reading gets 100,000 followers on book review account.
+ Why this Delaware principal opened a barbershop inside his school.
+ Scientists Found a Caterpillar That Eats Plastic. (They should let him try Covid 19…)