Positive News Media

09/07/2025

Making this beach accessible to all.

C**n Fork Beach and Lake Altoona Beach offer custom Beach Wheelchairs for use at the dayside beach! 🏖️ (Funding from the Eau Claire County ADRC helped purchase these chairs.) They can be used by anyone who would like assistance in accessing the beach and water areas.

To reserve a time to check out a chair, please see the park attendant or ranger on duty or call the county park’s office. For Lake Altoona call, (715-834-9042) and for C**n Fork call (715-286-5536)

08/07/2025

We all need to be able to communicate with each other. Many people communicate in ways, not the same way you are I do. Sometimes it’s a personality thing, sometimes it’s cultural, sometimes it’s generational, sometimes it’s just the way we hear or listen, or other things. Just a little extra time and effort to improve communication where they may not usually be any, goes a long way.

Thirty kindergarteners at Hickerson Elementary gave their beloved custodian the most heartwarming birthday surprise ever. Mr. James, a 60-year-old deaf janitor who has been part of the school for 15 years, is more than just a staff member—he’s a daily presence of kindness and quiet strength. Known for teaching students bits of sign language and showing them that communication isn’t just about spoken words, Mr. James has touched many lives.

So, on his 60th birthday, two teachers came up with a meaningful plan. Over the course of several weeks, they taught their students to sign “Happy Birthday” in American Sign Language. When Mr. James entered the classroom, he was greeted by 30 little hands moving in perfect unison, signing the song just for him.

Overwhelmed by emotion, Mr. James was brought to tears. “This is the best birthday present you could’ve given me,” he said, deeply touched by the effort and love shown by the children.
But this wasn’t a one-time gesture. The teachers make it a daily practice to teach their students how to communicate with Mr. James, helping them learn to sign “thank you” and “I love you.” These everyday acts of inclusion go far beyond academics.

This story reminds us that the most meaningful lessons are often those of kindness, empathy, and connection. Mr. James proves that being different doesn’t make you any less—it makes you irreplaceable.

08/07/2025

Congratulations to those who benefited from Donald Driver’s donation. Cancer cost so much more than radiation, chemo, and or surgery. It often takes out of the household income in many other ways as well.

LATEST NEWS: Legendary superstar Donald Driver has unexpectedly paid the medical bills for 125 cancer patients totaling $115 million in Tampa, Florida, as part of the ongoing charitable efforts of the legendary icon.

18/06/2025

A positive move to improve.

Dan Price slashed his own $1.1 million CEO salary so that everyone at his company would earn a minimum of $70,000 a year. He made the change after learning one of his employees was working full-time but couldn’t afford rent. Critics called him naive and said that his company Gravity Payments would go out of business.

They were all wrong. Since the change, Gravity’s revenue has tripled. Its customer base doubled and more than 70% of employees paid off their debt. Many bought homes for the first time and were finally able to save and invest money. Employee turnover dropped by half.

The company became a Harvard Business School case study on how paying workers fairly can actually strengthen a business. Dan didn’t do it for praise. He did it because someone on his team was struggling and he had the power to change that. This is what it means to really make a difference in someone’s life.

📸 (Photo: Dan Price)

27/05/2025

Thank you you Orgas for sharing this great positive story about the Milwaukee Brewers and allowing their employees and players to donate to many organizations and people can use a little extra funding right now.

28/01/2025

These folks are supporting folks with cancer in trying to give them pride to items as they go through the journey.

28/01/2025

What a positive outlet for teens and do needed!

https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/teenn-out-lounge-a-safe-haven-transforming-lives-of-milwaukee-teens-planned-for-hampton-ave?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14odzoYbRm9INg6y4qXs3i6oupRO28ateY5-vuYmsPdvTJ7WvOZuheBNQ_aem_K8xb53ROk4oAqtQmAGYSWA

Designed to be a safe and welcoming spot, the Teen'n Out lounge will provide teens with a place to hang out, be themselves, and simply enjoy being kids.

20/09/2024

Let’s all go out and be kind to ourselves into each other! Check it out the Kkndness Campaign with daily activities between now and Nov. 8 (but you can take it on anytime) and join at

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest " —Mark Twain Whether you choose to take part in our campaign on your...

28/07/2024

Look at the awesome gentle energy between these two!

26/07/2024

Positive news indeed! Let’s get the rest of the population on board. Join us and sharing positive news in this last week of July, which is Positive News Month.

Despite what feels like a constant flow of bad news these days, a majority around the world say they feel well rested and joyful. And young people are the most positive of all.

23/07/2024

This share comes from @ Cheryl Turner. What did you fill your cup with today and what are you going to fill it with tomorrow? Does this share change what you might have said five minutes ago?

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.