Minion Saves Girl’s Life

Those Minions from the Despicable Me series have really made a name for themselves. Now, after a career of being bad, they are saving lives of the innocent.

The girl broke her arm, but Colorado Springs police say she held on to the toy and it cushioned her fall Thursday night. Police said the girl was playing in her room when she fell backward out her bedroom window. She dropped about three stories to the ground.

Five year old girl managed to fall out of window. I hope we can do something about that to make sure that isn’t likely to happen again. Yikes. But, her love for her Minion saved her life, apparently.

There Is A Storm Coming. A Positive Storm

Look in the skies. I hope you have good insurance coverage, because there is a storm coming. It’s brewing for quite some time, but forecasts weren’t completely sure of its impact until now. Next Friday, July 24th, there is a storm coming to the internet.

My sources tell me that this storm is actually a helpful one. A positive one. Apparently, such a storm isn’t rain or thunder. This isn’t a hurricane or tornado. This is a storm of good news. The impact of such a storm is constant. Apparently, every hour of the 24th, there will be a good or positive news story published.

Experts say that this storm is running at the same time as another storm on Dante’s Funny World. Both of these storms seem to be on purpose though. This isn’t a random occurrence. The owner of this blog and Dante’s Funny World is sending this storm as a representation of a birthday. His birthday.

What better way to celebrate blogging and birthday than to party all day long with posts that make these blogs as successful as they are?

We have a quote from the owner of the blogs

I’m trying to prepare for this storm. In order to do that, I gotta shut my daily posts down for a time so I can pull all resources to survive the storm.

Interesting. So, what about you, the readers? How can you survive the storm? Well, you can always turn on alerts so that when the storm makes it hourly strike, you’ll know it. F5 is your friend. Do what it takes so that this storm doesn’t pass you by without it impacting you. Yes, you need this storm. We all do.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a bunker to hide in.

The Daily Positive: Policeman Helps Shoplifting Mother

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The title may seem off but it’s true. A mother was caught shoplifting and the policeman called to the scene decided to help this struggling mother of six.

Sarah Robinson, a mother of six from Kansas City, Kansas, went to a Walmart store earlier this month, after running out of diapers for her 2-year-old twin daughters, ABC News reported. The family had fallen on hard times after Robinson’s husband died a few years ago and without money to buy what she needed, the mother tried to steal diapers, wipes and shoes.

The officer listened to Robinson’s story and learned that the family had been struggling financially. After issuing Robinson a citation for theft, Engraville went into Walmart and used his own money to purchase the items the family needed, The Kansas City Star reported.

But it doesn’t stop there.

Following the incident, Police Chief John Morris and Sgt. Randy Costlow helped Robinson set up a bank account, Prairie Village Post reported. And as the news of Engravalle’s good deed spread, local radio stations also got involved in helping the family. Hosts of KMBZ’s radio show “Dana and Parks” put out a call for donations and brought in more than $6,000 for the family. KCMO, another station, organized a donation drive to collect some basic essentials for the family as well as other monetary donations.

Take a look at the entire story.

 

The Daily Positive: Man Gives Kidney to Neighbor

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Nice story, as the title would suggest.

Shad, a 42-year-old father living just around the corner from Charlie in Derry, donated a kidney to his neighbor in May. Charlie and Shad met about 13 years ago through Shad’s wife Amy, who grew up in Belmont, Mass., with Charlie. The pair lost touch following high school, but discovered they were neighbors again — this time in Derry — when they ran into one another at a doctor’s office around the time of Charlie’s first transplant.

Quite a story in the link.

The Daily Positive: Girl Saves Grandfather’s Life

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Ten year old Sophia noticed her grandfather was having a stroke. She, her mom, and her mother’s father (Sophia’s grandfather) were together. Take a look:

“He dropped a bag of apples, my mom tried to ask him what was wrong,” she said. “He looked confused and his face was strange. It looked like he could not pick anything up. When he tried to say something, we couldn’t understand what he was saying. I knew what was going on when it started happening.”

Sophia learned the signs because she did a school project on it.

“She worked really hard on a science project for about six months and learned all she could about strokes and the different types. When she told my daughter I was having signs of a stroke, she knew more than my daughter,” Bolderson said.

Steve Bolderson is the grandfather. Anyway, it’s a great story and I love it when kids are able to step up to get stuff done.

The Daily Positive: Chicago Woman Fighting Violence

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Diane Latiker is one woman who had decided to do something about the gun violence in Chicago. It has grown into Kids Off the Block.

So, let’s look at this story a bit, but you will need to hit the link to go deeper. Just sharing some key points.

Latiker decided to invite the children in and figure out what interested them. She wrote them corny rap songs to perform. She took them skating, swimming and to the movies. The kids had a blast. The next week, three or four others showed up. Then two or three more.

“Within a couple of weeks we had 30 kids coming to the house,” Latiker said.

Latiker said she’s seen young people change their lives, leave gangs, stop carrying weapons, and go to college. Despite the success, space is a challenge. Latiker is still mainly running the program from her house.

And a bit from one of the kids:

Among this year’s kids is Daqwon Hargrove, 12, who began coming to Kids Off the Block in the spring and is enrolled in the summer basketball tournament.

“In Roseland, there’s a lot of shooting and stuff. It’s not safe to walk around at night. Around like eight o’clock, be in the house,” he said. “Miss Diane treats me like I’m her own son. And I treat her like she is my own mom. That makes me feel like somebody cares about me, other than my family.”

HIT THE LINK.