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These are great stories....inspirational....thanks.

http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/2134/...s-The-Bees

(03-14-2017, 07:13 PM)willie33 Wrote: [ -> ]
 
 
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.
While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope. After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare.
Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran close to 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada’s Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario. However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at the age 22.
The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning.
To date, over $650 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry’s name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

I saw him run when he passed very near my home town.  brought tears to my eyes and still does.

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I see that too.

Oh my, there is still some good in the world.

Thank you for posting this reilli !

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[attachment=3192]  i believe the mom will realize the seriousness of what she did, and will clean up her act. so, good news.

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Wow Charon , those are very heart moving.

With so much that is negative in the world it is so good to see this and find that there are ones who pass it on.

I can remember one time my car broke down along the interstate and it was going to be a very difficult thing for me to resolve but guess what a stranger stopped and helped me. 
...and that really got me jump started to passing it on .
When I was telling my dad about it he reminded me that now I will have to help someone in need sometime.

So it goes. I do when presented .

The kindness displayed by those rough and ready response folks is so what is right with world.

Thanks to all who see these things and share them on here.

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This is reilli's post.

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Man Moves To New Orleans, Builds 30 Community Gardens For The Needy And Saves The Bees



March 29, 2017
"If we all did our part, if we all did what we could for our community, to help one another, to help the environment as much as we could, could you imagine how peaceful – how wonderful life would be?"
These are the words of David Young, an urban farmer in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans.

Young, who came to New Orleans in 2010 from Indiana, founded a volunteer-run organization, Capstone Community Gardens, to support low income city residents, as well as honeybees that are in need of a safe, environmentally-friendly home.
The gardens, erected in more than 30 abandoned lots leftover from Hurricane Katrina, are all accessible to the community - for free!

In addition to being an important food supply to the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, the gardens also play host to rescued honeybees.
Many homes in the area often become infested with bees and homeowners need a solution. Instead of calling an exterminator, they can now call Young.
Using a vacuum, the urban farmer sucks up the bees and transports them and their hives to his gardens. There, they can live happily and give back to their rescuer by pollinating his flowers and vegetables.

Young invites you to volunteer with him and support his work. Visit www.capstone118.org to learn more and get involved.
Watch the video here: