Good News
Follow Aylah Graves as she discusses the Good News from around the world.
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Good news
By Aylah Graves
By Aylah Graves
Heading into the holiday season, it can be an eventful and chaotic time. It can sometimes be hard to focus on the goodness surrounding us when the season can feel stressful and turbulent, but there is still good news all around the world. November was a month filled with war, tragedy, and political change but, with this Good News, we can try to lighten up some of the heaviness.
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Our first piece of Good News comes from a group of grandmothers in Texas who knit gifts for children living in war zones or hospitals. A group of women in Dallas, Texas (The Knit Wits) residing in an elderly care facility, have knitted thousands of articles to give away. They have created hats for infants suffering from health issues, dolls for children in Ukraine enduring the war, and even helmet liners for soldiers. According to the Good News Network, Marianne Mead (a knitter in the group) says, 'When we started this group we were making helmet liners for the troops that were in Afghanistan.'... She was in her 80s then. Today, she’s 102 years old and still knitting." This is a beautiful way to show love and support to those who need it most. The group has helped to show thousands of people that they are not alone and they are appreciated. According to Noelle Walker with NBC 5 Dallas News, Knit Wit member Mary Ann Stover says, “When I moved here I told my daughter, who is a pediatric cardiologist, I said, 'I have no purpose. I'm not doing anything that's important'... 'she got me hooked up with this lady to make these hats and that was important to me.'" The work that these women are doing is important and impactful. They are helping to show support for those in need by their small acts of kindness. Even small things can have big impacts.
The next piece of Good News comes from a teenage girl in Iowa. Lauren Shroeder decided to impact her community positively by personally growing her garden filled with healthy and nourishing vegetables. She then gave away all of her produce to food banks in her community. She donated 7,000 pounds of vegetables. She did all of the work on her own and was motivated by her desire to see good food being given to those who needed it. Her work grabbed the attention of organizations who decided to help fund some of her efforts. According to Andy Corbley with the Good News Network, “After receiving a second grant from Future Farmers of America, she turned her half acre into a full acre, and expanded the number of vegetables to 20 different species.” She is now donating 20 different kinds of vegetables and produce to those in need. Her work is great news for her community.
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The last piece of Good News comes from schoolchildren in Israel. With war running rampant in Israel, the lives of many people are being affected. People are being evacuated and children are being kept from school. According to Ariel Grossman with Nocamels Israel Innovation News, “At a high-tech office in the quiet town of Yeruham, in southeastern Israel, dozens of kids who have been evacuated from their homes near the Gaza border are keeping up with their studies, albeit in a less conventional way…the young people unable to attend their own schools are now studying stimulating courses of their choice on and offline”. This is a very positive thing for the children living in a war-torn environment. The ability to restore some stability and normalcy to their lives is so important and meaningful. Though they might have the conventional school experience taken from them, they are given the opportunity to move past one of the many challenges they are facing currently.
There will always be bad news in the world and it can be overwhelming when the media is flooded with tragedy and conflict. As always, I encourage you to look for the good in the world even when it seems rare to find. There is always something good that can come from even the worst things, sometimes you just have to look a little deeper.
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