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Sandra Bullock Donates $100,000 to Help Save Animals Affected by California Fires

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The actress made a $100,000 donation to The Humane Society of Ventura County, which is on the ground helping the non-human victims of the wildfires in Southern California.

"Our efforts for rescuing and caring for evacuated animals from the Hill and Woolsey fires had caught her attention and her team reached out to the shelter to show their support," the organization wrote on Facebook. "Sandra Bullock and her family have reached out to other nonprofit organizations both during this incident and in the past.

However, this time she wanted to contribute to those on the frontline rescuing animals in peril and hope others will choose to do the same."

The group said the donation will help provide care for the animals -- from horses and bulls to donkeys and ducks -- evacuated from the fires.
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Bruno Mars Doneates 24,000 Thanksgiving Dinners to Needy Families

Kudos to Bruno for helping needy families for Thanksgiving, more here.

This Thanksgiving, thousands of families in Hawaii will be smelling that "24 karat magic in the air" -- thanks to Bruno Mars. As part of his 24K Magic World Tour, the singer will be bringing a bit of magic to his home state of Hawaii.

He'll be providing Thanksgiving meals for 24,000 in need, The Associated Press reports.

The nine-time Grammy winner donated money for the food to the Salvation Army's Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division, he announced Sunday. The holiday meal program is an annual event hosted by the Salvation Army. Hawaii has one of the nation's highest homelessness rates.

Mars stopped at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu last week, performing for three nights in a row. "Let's show love and aloha to everyone driving down and attending the concert," the Hawaii native posted on Instagram ahead of his first show on Friday. "I've missed you all and I can't wait to perform and sing on the island I call home."

The performer's 200-date tour is in support of his multi-platinum 2016 album, "24K Magic," which won six Grammy Awards earlier this year.


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Bruno Mars is donating Thanksgiving meals to 24,000 families in Hawaii.

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What a beautiful thread. Wow, I liked Bruno Mars before but now I love him :love_heart:. Feeding 24,000 is like Jesus feeding 5,000...x5! Oh yeah, but he only had 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish to do it with :applause2:. I guess Bruno's not Jesus but he's certainly a generous and thoughtful

guy. Good for him.


Now...about all those forgotten people in Panama City FL after hurricane Michael :(
 
This cat was missing for seven months after the family moved into their new home. Thanks to a microchip, someone was able to get the cat to the vet for identification. The little boy who lost his cat was very surprised and happy to see him again.

 
Frugal Social Worker Left $11 Million Dollars to Children's Charities

This kind man saved his pennies and when he passed on, he left eleven million dollars to children's charities. More here.

lan Naiman, a Washington state social worker, died of cancer this year. All his life, the 63-year-old was known for his thriftiness, but those closest to him had no clue there was a reason to his frugality. They found out after his death -- when Naiman left a surprising $11 million estate to children's charities, The Associated Press reported.

Naiman's beneficiaries and best friends were shocked by the amount of money he had saved up. For two decades, he worked for the state Department of Social and Health Services making $67,234 a year. He also worked side gigs to earn extra cash. Sometimes, he worked three jobs at a time.

He repaired his old, battered shoes with duct tape. He bought clothes from the grocery story. He loved cars but drove beat up ones on solo road trips.

He would go to grocery stores and delis at closing time to get deals. His best friends said he would take them out to cheap fast food joints. He was thrilled when he was finally eligible for senior discounts.
The whole time, Naiman was sitting on a fortune.

Before working at the state Department of Social and Health Services, handling after-hours calls, Naiman was a banker.His friend from his banking days, Shashi Karan, said he inherited millions from his parents, and saved millions from his own jobs.

He saved $11 million by the time he died in January 2018, and all of that money was given to charities that help poor, sick, disabled and abandoned children, the AP reported.

Naiman was unmarried and childless. His friends said he rarely spent money on himself because he saw how unfair life could be for children. He was a compassionate man, and his friends said he was devoted to his brother who had a developmental disability. Friends believe his brother inspired Naiman.

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Man reunites senior with his pup after standing on a street corner with 'Lost Dog' sign for three hours.....

Rather than advertising a yard sale or car wash, this compassionate guy spent his Saturday holding up a sign for a lost dog he found running in and out of traffic. 40-year-old Jason Gasparik first spotted Roxy the chocolate Labrador when he was driving back to his home in Charlotte, North Carolina the night before. Due to the dog’s frantic state, it took Gasparik and several other good Samaritans an entire hour to calm her down enough to get her into his car.

He then brought the pup back to his home and posted photos of her to several social media outlets and community websites for lost pets. He even took her to a 24-hour veterinary office to see if she was microchipped – but all to no avail.When all of this failed to find Roxy’s owner, Gasparik did the only other thing he could think to do: he grabbed a piece of cardboard, a magic marker, and made a sign.....read on...

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-stands-on-street-corner-with-lost-dog-sign-for-3-hours/

(what a nice act of human compassion this is) :)

 
High school seniors wake up at 4am so they can shovel neighbor's driveway before her dialysis

Rather than sleeping in on a snow day, a group of high school students got together at 4:30AM so they could make sure that an elderly woman could get to her dialysis appointment. Brian and Patrick Lanigan are both students at Parsippany High School in New Jersey. They also live next to an older woman who relies on ambulance transportation to bring her to her dialysis treatments. Brian, who works as an EMT, had shoveled his neighbor’s driveway last week in order to make way for the ambulance – but then the weather forecast called for eight more inches of snow. The night before the snowstorm, the brothers knew that they had to help their neighbor, but since Brian had work early in the morning, they knew they wouldn’t be able to clear the driveway before the ambulance arrived at 6AM.....read on.....

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/high-schoolers-wake-up-at-4am-to-shovel-neighbors-driveway/

(very caring young men they are) :)
 
Keesha said:
For some reason I thought this was a thread about religion. When I was younger there was a group called ‘Good News,’that I use to read.

Here this 93 year old women stays out on her porch as California fires burn around her, hoping someone will notice her

https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news...es-93-Year-Old-Woman-From-California-Wildfire
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We use to get that Good News Mag too. it did help us to make a couple changes.

Good news today is nobody got shot in Jacksonville today. And we woke up this morning and had a great day.
 
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