Posted by What do you give someone for their 95th birthday? For Bob Jones, his Ohio neighborhood gave him a parade . . . a parade of school buses! Why school buses? Because Bob has brought joy to kids on those school buses for years. Click the link below to see this special birthday celebration.
Posted by It’s been more than a week since the astronauts returned to Earth, but Stories of Joy can’t get enough of the news from space . . . and from home. Victor Glover returned to a hero’s welcome by his Texas neighborhood. Folks lined the street to welcome him home. He and his fellow astronauts are…Read more »
Posted by At 102 years old, George Strausman unexpectedly became a symbol of joy when a simple video of him shaping clay in a pottery class went viral. What captured millions wasn’t just his age, but his delight in living: a man still going to the office, writing poetry, learning new skills he only picked up in…Read more »
Posted by The astronauts are back on Earth, but we can’t stop looking at the images they sent back from the moon. They’re amazing! Craters. Shadows. Colors. Eclipse. Click the link below to watch the images again and again. Thank you, Artemis, for showing us what we can do when we work together!
Posted by There’s a special partnership between a school and a nonprofit in Virginia. Together they’re sharing help and giving hope. Giving Words is a local nonprofit that takes donated cars, restores them, and gives them to single mothers in need. Louisa County High School has a vocational training program where that work gets done. It’s an…Read more »
Posted by One of the things we notice during the spring season and the Easter season is new life. Green buds on trees. Birds chirping in those trees. Flowers blooming around the yard. Gary Woodland, the PGA golfer, is appreciating the new life he has. Woodland overcame surgery for a brain tumor to win the Houston Open…Read more »
Posted by As we head into the Final Four this weekend, we’re bringing you a basketball story. Today’s Story of Joy is about Amir Khan . . . better known as Aura! He’s the student manager for the McNeese State Men’s Basketball Team. They’re out of the tournament, but Aura made the news for the way he…Read more »
Posted by Have you seen or heard of the Savannah Bananas? They are a fun baseball team that turns the game into a joy-filled show. An 81-year-old baseball coach sent a tryout video to the team, and it went viral. The Savannah Bananas couldn’t resist it and made Robb Herrelson’s dream come true! Click the link below…Read more »
Posted by Anna Maria remembers. She remembers the $50 bill. Her father drove a taxi in Miami, and one of his regular customers gave him a gift, a gift for Anna Maria. What did Anna Maria, a college student at the time, do with that money? She used it to take a chance on a dream. A…Read more »
Posted by Today’s Story of Joy is about a little boy named True. He needed heart surgery, and True needed a home. He found both when he met a caring, loving doctor who answered a voice telling her to act and to do something. She not only did something . . . she did many things to…Read more »
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