Good News: Thanksgiving Hero, Food Banks, and Competitive Cleaning
Here are a few more Good News stories making the rounds . . .
1. Someone gave a food bank near Seattle $800,000 to help them expand and move into a bigger facility. The donor was described as a “generous businessman” who wants to remain anonymous.
2. A 15-year-old girl in California named Madison Atkinson was a HERO on Thanksgiving, after she helped a three-year-old relative, who was found floating face down in a pool. The little girl’s uncle pulled her out, but didn’t know CPR.
Madison stepped in and started performing CPR, which she’d learned in a sports medicine class. After a couple minutes, the little girl opened her eyes and started breathing again. She’s since made a full recovery.
3. Japan just hosted the first World Cup for picking up garbage. (???) It’s a real sport someone came up with in 2008 called SpoGomi. (spuh-GO-mee) It’s a mash-up of the Japanese words for “sport” and “trash-picking.”
Each team of three people has 45 minutes to clean up as much litter as they can, but you’re not allowed to run. You can only speed-walk.
21 countries, including the U.S., took part in the inaugural SpoGomi World Cup in Tokyo last Wednesday. A team from the U.K. took home the title this time. Across two 45-minute sessions, they collected more than 125 pounds of garbage.
