Saving Deers and The Best Anniversary Gift Ever
Saving deers and best anniversary gift ever…just a couple of our good news stories for Friday!
1. Wildlife officials in Alaska saved two young deer they found swimming four miles from shore. It’s not that weird to see deer swimming from one island to the next. But they were obviously in trouble, because they swam right up to the boat.
The officials helped them on board, dropped them off on dry land, and they ran off into the woods. (Here’s the Alaska Wildlife Troopers rescued two deer they spotted struggling in cold waters four miles from land. pic.twitter.com/8m4lHxGuq2
2. Have you ever ordered something small from Amazon like ChapStick, and it came in a box that was WAY bigger than necessary? They’re finally doing something about that.
They’ve got a new system that makes custom paper bags and boxes for smaller products. A fulfillment center near Cleveland just became the first to switch over to it. It also means more of their packaging can be recycled.
3. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving: A couple in Kentucky had their anniversary and claimed a $1 MILLION lottery prize in the same week. The husband bought the ticket and joked he got his wife a million bucks this year.
4. A doctor in Virginia saw a 67-year-old patient last month named Robin Sipe, who’d been dealing with depression . . . so he prescribed her a cat. (???)
Her 15-year-old cat passed away recently, and he thought it was time for her to get another one. He literally wrote down, “Get a cat.” And she did.
On the way home from her appointment, Robin stopped to buy corn at a roadside stand, and they happened to have five kittens they were trying to adopt out.
One of them was missing a paw, and that’s the one she chose. The doctor’s name is Earl King, so she named it “Earlene.” She says the prescription worked. She’s doing much better now.
5. A man in South Carolina needed a new kidney, and was on the transplant list for a year when he found out his cousin was a match. He didn’t even know she’d been tested. She did it on her own.
6. A 43-year-old mom in Florida named Kelly Avery paid tribute online to a former coworker who recently passed away. Because five years ago, he saved her life.
In 2018, she was working at a nursing home with a guy named Gary Blanchfield, who saw a small mole on the back of her arm and urged her to get it checked out. It turned out it was melanoma.
She had it removed, and she’s okay. But her doctor said if she’d waited a few more months, it would have been a different story.
So there you go! Saving deers and best anniversary gift ever…just a couple of Good News stories 🙂
