The good news never ends and lucky for us or we’d run out of material to share with you in our weekly Good News Report. Today’s report covers a super healthy and flexible 83-year-old granny, a man who treats his mugger to a meal and little girl who gets mail from God!

Good News Links For May 15, 2009:

1. Supergran proves yoga keeps you young and fit. (Source: Mail Online)
2. God lives in the post office. (Source: Dog News Daily)
3. Digital Samaritans crop up on the Net. (Source: The New York Times)
4. Man takes his mugger out to lunch and gets his wallet back! (Source: StoryCorps)
5. Couple and community creates a fun beach program for inter-city kids. (Source: Reader’s Digest)

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

Who wants to hear some good news? Who doesn’t?! The news with a positive twist always lifts me up, just like inspiring movies about giving make me want to give! That’s why I love researching and writing these weekly Good News Reports.

Here in the 7th installment, we give you an example of technology, as well as a bank and student, doing good. There’s also a heart-tugging story on birthdays for homeless children and a book review that may help you change the world in a very specific way.

Good News Links For May 8, 2009:

1. Charity focuses on celebrating the birth of homeless children. (Source: boston.com)
2. A bank who does good - and is succeeding because of it! (Source: reuters.com)
3. Technology helps increase the quality of life for a turtle. (Source: msn.com)
4. Eckhart Tolle suggests we can contribute to the world by practising peace. (Source: odemagazine.com)
5. Twenty-four year old buys African orphanage. (Source: thesun.co.uk)

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

It’s Friiiiiday! And also May Day, which marks the end of the uncomfortable wintery half of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. So why don’t we celebrate the warmer seasons and the beginning of a new month with a little good news (like we need a reason to hear good news ;)?

In today’s report, you’ll find Do Gooders using pedals to clean up their town, Craigslist to help people in need and a formally abused dog who has become a surrogate mom to several different species of baby animals.

Good News Links For May 1, 2009:

1. Pedal People Put the Cycling in Recycling. (Source: Yes Magazine)
2. Pittsburgh Do Gooder takes a ‘Pay it Forward’ weekend trip to Chicago using Craigslist to find 5 people in need. (Source: The Windy Citizen)
3. Jasmine, an abused Greyhound, welcomes and nurtures new animals to sanctuary, from pups to chicks and even a fawn! (Source: HelpOthers.org)
4. Woman opens home and feeds town on a weekly basis, caters local fundraisers and events, too. (Source: IndyWeek.com)
5. Five stories of kids helping kids, some with parental guidance and some who influence their parents to Do Good. (Source: Reader’s Digest)

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

It’s Friday and here’s some good news to make sure you end the week feeling fine. In this week’s Daily Challenge Good News Report, you’ll find Do Gooders in Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and West Michigan:

Good News Links For April 24, 2009:

1. Investment banker pays-it-forward full-time and educates girls in Southeast Asia. (source: Wall Street Journal)
2. A father’s story about a noble sacrifice his 8-year-old daughter made. (source: HelpOthers.org)
3. Two anonymous Do Gooders run amok in Michigan doing good - video. (source: CNN)
4. Bringing peace to the middle East by building schools and bridges, one penny at a time. (source: CBS news)
5. One people, one family. A man’s dream for a united planet. (source: HelpOthers.org)

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

It’s Good Friday today and what better day to hear some good news around the world?

This week’s Do Gooder Report covers stories from Toronto and New York to the Atlantic Ocean and Kenya. Hopefully these uplifting stories will make your day even better!

Good News Links For April 10, 2009:

1. Toronto pays it backward, raises money for charity and breaks a world record! (one source: Metro.ca)
2. Subway hero saves life. (source: NYTimes.com)
3. Young man rows across Atlantic for cancer. (source: CNN.com)
4. Ancient tortoise befriends rescued, baby hippo in Kenyan animal sanctuary. (source: npr.org)
5. Project Destiny uses chess to help troubled youth. (source: USAtoday.com)

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

It’s not only Friday but it’s also the first day of Spring! Let’s celebrate with some good news, shall we?

This week’s Good News Report features stories of inpsiring kids, humans and a wild Orangutan working together to save lives and a store that gives away it’s wares!

Good News Links For March 20 2009:

1. Orangutan mother saves baby with human help.
2. Youth making a difference with radio show in Ghana.
3. A store that ’sells’ free stuff.
4. Anyone order a kinder boss? A movement begins.
5. Young inventor engineers portable shelter for homeless.

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

Last week Darius introduced the first installment of the Daily Challenge Good News Report and it was well received by the community. So without further adieu, here’s this week’s dose of positive and uplifting news:

1. The Healing Toddler: A story about how a child transformed the mood in a doctor’s office waiting room.
2. Black is the New White: A 13-year-old becomes an expert in green computing.
3. Elderly Couple’s Generosity Shocks Town: 70 neighbours are shown appreciation from secretly wealthy farmer couple.
4. Be Happy Anyway: Looking on the bright side of the economic downturn.
5. Spin Dry: The washing machine that takes just one cup of water.

To share your feel-good stories, email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

Every time we turn on the TV/Radio or browse through the net we are bombarded with a plethora of bad news. We all know that there are lots of very serious issues going on throughout our precious planet, but that does not mean that our focus must always be placed on how horrible things are.

This segment of The Do Gooder Daily will be committed to sharing positive and uplifting news. Every week we will be showcasing stories, pictures and video posts that demonstrate the good in humanity. We hope you enjoy it and encourage you to submit your own Good News so that we can share it with all of our readers.

To share your stories email us at goodnews {at} dailychallenge {dot} org.

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