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Check out Some Wholesome Stories You Can Feel Good About for a Change

It’s pretty easy to get depressed over the endless stream of bad news right now. That’s why the folks at Wokesloth compiled a pretty perfect collection of counter-examples.

It’s tough to look on the bright side, what with all the…everything. But we shouldn’t forget that there’s plenty of good out there too, both on the large scale and the small.

1. Helping him live on

2. This kid is more popular in kindergarten than I’ve ever been

3. Those sweet, sweet upgrades

4. Reconnecting with someone you’ve never actually met

5. When jokes lead to more saved lives

6. Getting looked out for by a stranger

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7. Whether this is true or not, it’s amazing

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8. Notes from kids are the best

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9. When you hustle to help and hustle is life

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10. When you remind someone they do have family

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11. When you suddenly don’t feel so underappreciated

12. It’s the little things that sometimes mean the most

13. Sometimes all you need is a little color

14. Cheers!

What’s something you’ve encountered recently that gave you a case of the wholesome feel-goods?

Let us know in the comments. Seriously, we need this right now.

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Celebrity Chef José Andrés Has Served More Than 500,000 Meals for Free in the Storm-Ravaged Bahamas

José Andrés runs a humanitarian relief nonprofit called World Central Kitchen and has dished up over 500,000 meals on three islands in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

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Chef Andrés started the organization to help Haiti after their devastating earthquake in 2010. Since then, they’ve donated meals in other areas hit hard by natural disasters.

Andrés and his team began setting up before Dorian made landfall at the Abaco Islands on September 1 as a category 5 hurricane. The hurricane had incredible maximum sustained winds of 185 mph.

They waited out the massive storm so they could immediately serve in the aftermath.

Grand Bahama Island saw the hurricane, still a category 5, the next day, where it stalled over the island before heading to Florida on September 3. Dorian is the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas—the damage is caused was estimated at over $7 billion and at least 50 people died, with an additional 1,300 still missing.

Andrés tweeted about their efforts there and kept followers informed of the situation with videos. He met with Bahamian officials, aid groups, other chefs and tourism companies with yachts, cruise ships and helicopters—anyone else who could help—all while he coordinated three kitchens, each on different islands, to keep the food moving.

Tens of thousands of hot meals, fruit and sandwiches were served daily. There were even vegan and gluten free options. Every day of the effort, boats and helicopters arrived with hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh supplies. He was determined that not a single person there would go hungry or thirsty.

It’s important to remember that there was no electricity, so they also handed out solar lamps that could charge cell phones—many to families who were living in cars.

There didn’t seem to be a problem he and his team wouldn’t tackle.

 

Then, there were also Florida and the Carolinas to look after.

Anywhere there is a humanitarian crisis, World Central Kitchens is there, building kitchens, serving meals, talking to locals and always helping. From Puerto Rico to Guatemala, Tijuana to the Bahamas, you’ll find Andrés on the ground, surveying the situation and setting up his kitchens.

He has multitudes to feed.

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