Jan 03 2009
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Happy Saturday! Good News for January 3, 2009
The first weekend of the new year and my first GOOD NEWS post for 2009! An entire new year stretching ahead loaded with opportunities and challenges always inspires me. Does it you?
Searching for good news was not difficult today. It’s out there waiting to encourage and uplift. I hope you receive something positive from these stories today. Have a great weekend!
4 Precincts in New York City Murder Free For Whole Year
Four New York City precincts ended 2008 with zero homicides for the entire year. This is contrary to the citywide rise in homicides of about 5 percent. As of the end of the year there had been 521 homicides citywide.
The precincts were in West Village, Queens, Brooklyn, and Central Park. None of the commanding officers could say why there were no homicides in their precincts in 2008. Each cited some mix of neighborhood affluence, community relations, proactive officer deployment, and just good luck.
“It’s just basic, old-fashioned policing,” Inspector Caroli said. “You put a cop on a foot post, and he gets to know the neighborhood and the neighborhood gets to know him. It’s going to be a deterrent.”
Donations of $450 Million Hit UN Emergency Fund Target
The UN emergency relief fund, created to ensure quick response to those experiencing hardship from natural and man-made disasters, has reached its US$450-million annual funding target for the first time ever.
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) now stands at US$452.5 million and was created by the UN General Assembly in 2006 to allow the world fast access to its accounts and thus potentially saving thousands of people facing sudden crises.
The generosity of donors has enabled the international community to strongly respond to humanitarian emergencies around the world.
Amazing Pay it Forward – Donate a Kidney to a Stranger
Carey Barrett saw ABC’s World News Tonight over a year ago and heard about a program called “Never-Ending Altruistic Donor.” The program matches up a person in need of a kidney with a person willing to donate one of their own kidneys. The program targets family and friends of people needing a kidney because often family and friends want to donate a kidney but are not good matches. These potential donors then enter a database when their family or friend receives a kidney and they then promise to give a kidney when they match someone in need. And on and on it is supposed to go.
Barrett flew to Texas to donate his kidney to Brenda (the woman his kidney matched with)…a woman he had never met. Both Barrett and Brenda have recovered from surgery and are doing well. One of Brenda’s family members will now donate a kidney to a complete stranger in need.
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