We all have tough weeks and most of the time the news just works to bring us even deeper down into a sad place. It's rare we even get a chance to see any headlines that can really bring us up. But those stories are happening every day and they impact so many people and things in our world.
Here are 10 good things that happened this past week that you maybe didn't hear about:
1. Alex Trebek donated $100,000 to Hope of the Valley homeless rescue mission
2. An Arkansas police officer took a girl to the father-daughter dance after learning her father passed away in the line of duty
3. A New York pizzeria is attaching fliers for adoptable dogs to their pizza boxes
4. Biker's Against Child Abuse is helping escort children that are victims of family abuse
5. Robert W. Coleman Elementary in Baltimore replaced detention with yoga and mindfulness classes
6. This 13-year-old boy is sewing bowties to help get animals at his local shelter adopted
7. This mom raised $1M by skiing 125 miles across Norway for her daughter's rare genetic disorder
8. Joseph Speidel scored his first college basketball points after recovering from a serious brain injury
9. One Starbucks employee is a viral sensation for his incredible voice
10. After recovering from alcohol abuse, Bobby Ryan scored the hat trick for his team