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Daily Good News 54: Woman saves kids from car fire, Breakthrough in blindness research

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First, a woman witnesses a car become engulfed in flames. She also realized that there were kids inside:

A passer-by rescued the children from the vehicle after it burst into flames while their mother was collecting a prescription from a nearby pharmacy. The pair, along with an older child and their mother, were taken to hospital.

A central ambulance communications spokesman said three children were taken to Palmerston North Hospital with smoke inhalation and burns; a 13-month-old and 3-year-old with minor injuries, and a third child, believed to be 7, with moderate injuries.

So young! At least someone was able to help out.

Next, there was a breakthrough in research for choroideremia, a rare and incurable form of blindness:

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Daily Good News 53: Helping prostitutes, Donation of $15k opens health clinic, and Woman saves man in wheelchair from fire

I’m gonna borrow this photo that Nia used in her post.

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Alright, first order of business. There are agencies trying to get our young ladies off the streets. Here’s a little something:

Mary Carol Melton runs the “Off The Streets” program for Cincinnati Union Bethel. She knows a lot of the girls at the service. Melton says it’s a hard process, but the program works and saves lives. Chantall Nunnally says she tried several programs. Tried to stop selling herself, tried to stop using drugs. Nothing worked until she met Melton. Thanks to them she is three years sober, has a full time job and is moving up to a management position.

Yeah, not everybody can be helped, but, it can be worth it even if one person is saved.

Next, a man donates $15k to help open a new clinic:

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Wednesday Word: We Can’t Quit

This video I’m about to show you becomes that more powerful when you read the description for it on YouTube. I’ll share it here:

A POWERFUL excerpt from a message by Pastor Dalton who was taken home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 5, 2014. He was 58 years of age. He laid out the vision for the church during both services that day and then the Lord took the baton out of his hand and gave it to the church only a couple of hours afterward. Pray for Lakecrest Baptist Church and enjoy this short excerpt.

This is some of what he said that day:

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Daily Good News 52: Fashion Saves Lives; Parrot saves the day

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Fashion Saves Lives. That’s the theme from American Breast Cancer Foundation. Here’s some details of the event:

The American Breast Cancer Foundation is hosting the “Fashion Saves Lives” fashion show at the Port Discovery Children’s museum. Tickets are $25. The money raised will go to the American Breast Cancer Foundation, to help them foot the bill for early detection screenings and tests for women who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford them.

This went down Jan. 14th so it’s all over. Still, the impact of the raised funds is yet to be made.

I hope you have a box of crackers in hand for this hero. Family pet parrot alerted the family of a fire.

Laurajean Niesel said she wasn’t surprised her parrot, Pearly, alerted them. “When I got him I remember they told me to be very careful with frying pans made out of Teflon because if that burns it could kill the bird,” she said. “So they’re very sensitive to smoke or even heat.”

I’ll be honest here: The parrot wasn’t an intentional hero. He was probably a bird freaking out. Still, if there was no parrot, would the family get out in time? And so, we have to give this bird some love.

Okay, have a good one!

-DALANEL

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Dante’s Opinion: If a friend/family member asked for there to be no funeral after their death, would you respect their wishes?

I’m back! Dante has returned with all kinds of thoughts. First question is from Jill B:

If a friend/family member asked for there to be no funeral after their death, would you respect their wishes? Why or why not?

Yes, I would. If that’s what they want, then I’m all for it. I personally care for one myself.

Ok, how about neither funeral or memorial service then? 🙂

Well, it would hurt me if they wouldn’t want a memorial service. But, again, that’s up to them. We gotta respect their wishes. I think, in the sense of a memorial service, you can have a group of close family members get together. Unlike a typical funeral, you wouldn’t make this public. I think that’s fine.

Next is by Anon:

Should you try to hold gas in while going to the bathroom? i was in my dorm bathroom and had to pass gas ,so just let it all out even though my roommate was in the other room, was that gross/rude?

Nah, the bathroom is like the only place you can freely let loose; especially in public places. It’s the bathroom. You’re free to let loose the bodily functions and such. You might feel embarrassed or your roommate might feel that way too but there’s really nothing wrong with it.

This last one is from anonymous939948859930:

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Daily Good News 51: Cop pays for man’s fee, Teen saves man trapped under ATV

Good news!

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First news is a good one. I mean, they’re all good.

WSBTV reports that the man, who only gave his name as James, had received a ticket for a crash. As his car was a wreck, he had no other way of arriving at court on time — except walking. Setting off from a downtown Atlanta shelter at 1 a.m., he spent eight hours huffing and puffing through the cold. “No way to get up there, so I walked,” he told Channel 2 news, adding, “As soon as the air hit my lungs it took my breath away because of the wind. That was the major thing, the wind.”

So, an officer decided to give a helping hand:

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