It’s gradation season. Time for parties, diplomas, and throwing caps in the year to celebrate the class of 2021. It’s also time for feel good stories that show some things a just a little more important than walking across the stage. A grandmother in New Jersey tragically broke her hip two days before she was…
If you have kids you’ve absolutely gone through that new parent phase where all the expenses start adding up and it can feel overwhelming. Especially the diapers! Who knew you’d spend so much on a product that gets thrown away more times that you can count in a day. This one couple in Los Angeles…
Let’s be honest it’s almost impossible to see a kid selling lemonade and not stop to buy some. Always great to support their first business venture. It’s even better when they are selling it for a good cause too. This five-year-old girl in Kentucky started selling lemonade at her house so she could get enough money to buy…
Good news for anyone in the restaurant or bar industry. Apparently people have been feeling quite generous since covid started. This one research study was done in Toronto but I’m sure it’s been the case everywhere lately. It found that people started tipping more as soon as the pandemic hit. Before Covid, the average tip…
If you’ve ever purchased used or previously owned vehicle you may have come across something in the car from the previous owners. Some sunglasses, a pack of gum, but probably nothing like what this family found. A nine-year-old kid in Indiana found an envelope filled with $5,000 under a floormat of the new car his…
Graduation season is here and with that comes feelings of accomplishment, excitement, and giving back in big ways. Last Friday a telecommunications CEO named Robert Hale Jr. was giving his commencement speech at Quincy College near Boston. Shocking all the grads he announced he would give each of the 490 graduates $1,000 each. Talk about…
After more than a year of covid restrictions things are starting to open up again here in Connecticut and around the world. Some places are getting creative with their reopening celebrations, Like this one bar that just reopened in England. They’ve been closed for over a year now and when they opened their doors back…
If you aren’t a golf super fan like I am and don’t normally watch golf on TV, this is the week you should! Because one of our very own Connecticut golf pro’s is competing in the PGA Championship down in South Caroline. How cool is that?! His name is Pete Ballo. Pete’s a Stamford native…
This is such a great story during graduation season. Talk about being committed to your goals. A 78-year-old woman in Alabama just completed a lifelong goal of graduating from college! If you’re asking what took her so long, she was a single mother back in the 1960s so she had to complete school bit by…
Anytime a giant hot dog on wheels pulls up to any occasion it’s sure to put a smile on people’s faces. But especially now when the famous Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is doing some good for people by partnering up with Meals on Wheels to deliver food to people in need. Elderly, disabled, starving, just doing their part…