Good News Stories

Ex-NASA Engineer To Plant One Billion Trees A Year With Drones

May 25, 2016 / 3,589 views

BioCarbon Engineering, founded in 2014 and based in Oxford, UK, plans to use drones for good, using the technology to seed one billion trees a year - all without having to set foot on the ground.

Watch: Loving Grandson Surprises His Grandpa In The Hospital Before Prom

May 24, 2016 / 2,629 views

A touching moment was captured on film after a teen heading to prom made a stop at Kindred Hospital Clear Lake in Webster, TX.

Officer Who Saved A Young Girl From A Fire 20 Years Ago Watches Her Graduate College

May 23, 2016 / 5,023 views

In June of 1988, Hartford, Connecticut, police officer Peter Getz carried a lifeless 5-year-old girl to safety from a burning apartment building. Nearly 20 years later, the retired officer watched her graduate college.

Watch: Florence And The Machine Give Personal Concert To Teen With Cancer

May 22, 2016 / 15,090 views

On May 20, 2016, Florence Welch and guitarist Rob Ackroyd from Florence and The Machine who came to Hospice Austin's Christopher House to give a private concert to a teen who missed her concert the night before due to her illness.

Florida Brewery Creates Biodegradable 6-Pack Rings That Can Be Eaten By Wildlife

May 20, 2016 / 20,177 views

Florida-based brewing company, Saltwater Brewery, has created the first 100% biodegradable and edible packaging in the beer industry.

5th Grader Spends 6 Months Raising Money To Do Something Special For ALL His Teachers

May 20, 2016 / 20,275 views

Back in October, a 5th-grader named Cody decided to start saving his money for something special. He did extra chores around the house, babysat, helped the neighbors with random jobs and set aside his Christmas and birthday money.

Police Officer Gives His Personal Pokemon Collection To A Boy Who Had His Collection Stolen

May 20, 2016 / 13,111 views

Yesterday, a boy had his Pokemon card collection stolen right out of his hands by another kid. Seeing how upset he was, a local police officer went home after his shift, gathered his own collection from when he was a kid, and gave it to the boy.

Firefighter Embraces 3-Year-Old With Cancer, Makes His Dream Come True

May 19, 2016 / 18,761 views

Three-year-old Trucker Dukes, from Maui, Hawaii, is a patient at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York. At 19-months-old he was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma and transferred treatment to MSK where they specialize in Neuroblastom

'It Had Nothing To Do With The Badge': Officer Comforts Crying Toddler In Emergency Room

May 18, 2016 / 28,844 views

'It had to do with being a human being.'

This Grocery Store On Wheels Is Bringing Fresh And Healthy Food To Low-Income Areas

May 17, 2016 / 7,964 views

It started with an ambitious idea: Bring nutritious food and wellness services to the heart of communities in St. Louis that need these resources the most, and to deliver those things on wheels.

Major Colorado City Will Use $1.5 Million From Marijuana Tax Revenues To Help The Homeless

May 16, 2016 / 11,553 views

One of the largest cities in Colorado is donating millions of dollars raised by taxes on marijuana sales to local non-profit organizations which help the homeless.

MIT Scientists Have Developed a 'Second Skin' That Will Be An Anti-Aging Game-Changer

May 14, 2016 / 10,456 views

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a material that can serve as a 'second skin.'

Rescue Dog Takes Deadly Snake Bites Protecting 7-Year-Old Girl

May 14, 2016 / 20,269 views

The recently adopted 2-year-old dog is suffering from life-threatening snake bites after saving 7-year-old, Molly Deluca from a possible bite from a venomous Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake.

Puppy Abandoned At Baseball Stadium Becomes Team's First Bat Dog

May 13, 2016 / 4,918 views

Two weeks ago, a ticket salesperson at the stadium located in Savannah, Georgia, found a 7-week-old puppy with no tags, collar, or microchip crying alone in the parking lot.

Nurses Organize Beautiful Hospital Wedding For Patient With Stage 4 Cancer

May 13, 2016 / 14,896 views

Destini was planning to elope in Jamaica, but when her nurse, Ashley Shipley-Lovekamp, heard this, she decided to plan an entire wedding for the couple right there in the hospital.

Mama Goose Finds Police And Leads Them To Her Baby Tangled In String

May 12, 2016 / 2,057 views

When you're in trouble, call the police. It's something we're all taught at a young age, but it seems even animals know to seek out the cops when danger approaches.