US high schooler earns ‘incredible’ $9m in scholarship offers

Dennis Barnes’s offers from 125 colleges and universities approach a national record

#FeelGoodStories #Education

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/apr/26/dennis-barnes-louisiana-scholarships-college

Cincinnati barber uses day off to give kids with special needs free haircuts

Vernon Jackson began Gifted Program haircuts at Noble Barber and Beauty after ‘hearing so many horror stories’ at other shops

#Cincinnati #Ohio #Barber #SpecialNeeds #FeelGoodStories

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/13/cincinnati-free-haircut-children-special-needs

US hardware store employee builds life-changing contraption to help boy walk

Dave Urban at Lowe’s built parallel bars so that boy, five, who has quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy could practice walking

#Pennsylvania #Lowes #FeelGoodStories

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/11/store-employee-lowes-built-bars-help-boy-learn-walking

Texas students raise $250,000 for 80-year-old school janitor forced out of retirement

After Mr James’s rent increased by $400, he had to go back to work, but students raised enough funds for him to retire again

#FeelGoodStories #Texas #HighSchool

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/24/texas-students-retired-school-janitor-rent-increase

Trainee train driver rescues puppy on London tracks mid-lesson

Stefan Hug brings Southern train to a standstill near South Bermondsey to recover dog who was uninjured

#London #Dogs #Puppies #Trains #FeelGoodStories

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/trainee-rail-conductor-rescues-puppy-on-tracks-mid-lesson

Tennessee high school students build robotic hand for classmate

#Tennessee #HighSchool #Students #Robotics #FeelGoodStories

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tennessee-high-school-students-build-robotic-hand-sergio-peralta

Just saw some wild-haired guy on the tram aggressively taking up two seats. I gave him an eye-roll. I think it worked. I think he's going to turn his life around. #FeelGoodStories