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The Serenity Prayer
For one of my classes this semester I had to sit in on an (open) Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and they ended with the Serenity prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr. We recited it as a group, holding h…
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Teacher Spots Elementary Student Biking to Get Help for Diabetic Dad
A South Carolina student may have saved his father’s life after his teacher spotted him biking on the road, searching for help. Cameron, a young student at Ellen Woodside Elementary in Greenville County, was able to get his diabetic dad the help he desperately needed, thanks to his former teacher, Keller Sutherland.
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5-Year-Old Girl Now Cancer-Free After Dentist Noticed Tumor in Her Jaw During Routine Visit
Visiting the dentist isn’t just good for your oral health — it could save your life. During a routine check-up last year, Dr. Harlyn Susarla, ordered a panoramic X-ray for Hunter Rose Jonesthis link opens in a new tab, then 4, when she noticed the child had several loose teeth, which was unusual for her age, ABC affiliate KOMO Newsthis link opens in a new tab reported. The Washington-based dentist then discovered a tumor growing in the child’s jaw.
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Teacher who donated most of his salary to the poor wins $1 million global prize
A Kenyan teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor won a $1 million prize on Sunday for his work teaching in a government-run school that has just one computer and shoddy Internet access. The annual Global Teacher Prize was awarded to Peter Tabichi in the opulent Atlantis Hotel in Dubai in a ceremony hosted by actor Hugh Jackman.
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Middle-school volleyball players prevent suicidal California woman from jumping off bridge
Members of a middle-school boys volleyball team prevented a 47-year-old Fresno woman from jumping to her death from a bridge on Thursday. The boys, who are in grades 6, 7 and 8 at Keppler Neighborhood School were jogging when they saw a woman on the Tuolumne Street Bridge about to jump to the railroad tracks nearly 100 feet below, according to 6ABC.
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How a simple act of kindness transformed a boy's birthday
How do kids behave when there are no grown-ups around? Donette Mabes of South Brunswick, New Jersey, says you never really know. "Because you're not watching them at that moment, and at that time," she said. She had always just assumed her son was good -- until recently, when 13-year-old Gavin Mabes got caught on tape showing his true character.
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Childhood sweethearts separated as kids reunite years later and get married
Natalie Crowe was a bored teenager during the summer of 2012 when she stumbled across her mother's old address book in a storage bin and decided to search for a specific name. The first person to pop into her head was Austin Tatman, who was her best friend when they were 5 years old. The two had lost touch after she moved from Florida to Connecticut with her mother and siblings.
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Abandoned dog is now K-9 cop, sniffing for explosives
Karma was abandoned and left for dead last year. Now, she’s officially a K-9 with the Denver Sheriff Department.
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Classmates learn sign language to support fellow kindergartener who is deaf
A kindergartener from Maine got a very warm welcome at her school this week. Six-year-old Morey Belanger is deaf, and her classmates learned phrases in sign language so they could support her. Morey came to Dayton Consolidated School in 2017 and became its first deaf student, according to reports. The school wanted Morey to feel welcome, so over the course of the school year, they started learning sign language.
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A mom buys 1,500 pairs of shoes in closing Payless for kids in need
Carrie Jernigan of Alma, Arkansas, took her daughter to a Payless going-out-of-business sale to get her a new pair of shoes. She ended up leaving with every pair in the store. At Payless, Jernigan’s daughter 4th-grade daughter, Harper, saw a pair she wanted to buy for her friend, whose shoes she had noticed were too small.
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California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am
Students of California, go ahead: Hit that snooze button. A new law signed by governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday will push back public school start times in an effort to help kids get more sleep.
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Grandfather buys bus to take his 10 grandchildren to school
A grandfather in Oregon wanted to do something special for his grandkids this Christmas, and his idea makes for a pretty unique gift that can be used for years to come.
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This Chick-fil-A employee has become a local celebrity after a video of his drive-thru demeanor went viral
A Chick-fil-A employee in Wilmington, North Carolina, has caught the attention of his community with his infectiously upbeat customer service and bright attitude. A regular customer took video of employee Jeremiah Murrill one day as she placed her drive-thru order at the restaurant.
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Woman Is Reunited With Her Lost Dog After Seeing Her On A Beer Can
Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton recently teamed up with Manatee County Animal Services to help spread the word about adoptable dogs. One of the dogs pictured on a beer can, Day Day, is going to her forever home, but she wasn't adopted.
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A 101-year-old British man was infected with coronavirus. He fought it for two weeks — and won, hospital says.
A 101-year-old British man has returned home after beating coronavirus, according to the hospital that treated him. The man spent two weeks battling the virus at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, England, according to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals National Health Service Trust. The BBC identified the man as Keith Watson; the hospital released only the patient's first name.
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Walkers found after 19 days in NZ wilderness
Two missing walkers have been found in the New Zealand wilderness, 19 days after they set off. Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23, began walking in the Kahurangi National Park on 9 May, and expected to be gone for six or seven days. But after getting lost in fog they were both injured in a fall. They found water and were rescued when a search helicopter noticed smoke from their camp fire.
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Five-month-old Brazilian baby survives coronavirus after 32 days in coma
After spending a month in an induced coma due to Covid-19, Dom, a 5-month-old Brazilian baby, gets to go home and celebrate his 6-month birthday. A few months after he was born, Dom was diagnosed with Covid-19 at the Pro-Cardiaco hospital in Rio de Janeiro. He spent 54 days in the hospital -- 32 of them in an induced coma and connected to a ventilator, Dom's father, Wagner Andrade, told CNN.
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A 10-year-old girl has sent more than 1,500 art kits to kids in foster care and homeless shelters during the coronavirus pandemic
A young girl with a big heart has found just the way to cheer up other kids stuck at home during the pandemic. Chelsea Phaire, a 10-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut, has sent more than 1,500 children in homeless shelters and foster care homes art kits to give them something uplifting to do when they're feeling down. The kits -- which include markers, crayons, paper, coloring books, colored pencils, and gel pens -- are sent to schools and shelters across the country as part of Chelsea's Charity, an organization founded by Chelsea and her parents.
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Teen Cleans Up After Protest, Gets Rewarded Big Time
Antonio Gwynn Jr. heard that Bailey Avenue in his town of Buffalo, New York, had glass and trash strewn all over after a Sunday night protest last week. Knowing people would need to be able to access the street to get to work the next morning, the 18-year-old high school senior started cleaning at 2am and kept at it for 10 hours. Eventually, an organized neighborhood group showed up in the morning, planning to tackle the disarray—but Gwynn was already nearly done.
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Diego the tortoise, father to hundreds and saviour of his species, finally retires
Diego, the giant Galápagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, has been put out to pasture on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador’s environment minister said. Diego was shipped out from the Galápagos national park’s breeding program on Santa Cruz to the remote and uninhabited Española.
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