The #GoodNewsEcho: Week of April 13th

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1. With many Meals On Wheels volunteers over the age of 55 staying home, college students are now stepping up to make sure the meals get delivered.

2. Starting to lose it a bit in your home office? From the hum of a laser printer to your coworker eating lunch, this website has the ambient office space noise that you miss the most.

3. Hey girl, it’s so hard to stay away from you. The video team at Mashable created a new slow jam, “Six Feet Apart,” with puppets lamenting the need for social distancing.

4. 26.2 miles worth of Boston Marathon daffodils are being placed outside of hospitals throughout the city as a show of support to medical staff working around the clock.

5. Need a creative outlet? Local artist Carlos Carmonamedina is offering his illustrations of DC area sites as coloring book pages completely free of charge.

6. With everyone stuck at home, people are starting to get creative with ways to pass the time. Check out this special quarantine obstacle course and how this dog & cat had… different approaches to the challenge.

7. Searching for some fresh meals to spice up quarantine? Why not look to the past for inspiration. The WWI Museum’s latest exhibit features recipes from The Great War.

8. Here’s a great way to add some pizzazz to your next meeting: invite a farm animal! Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary The Sweet Farm is offering “Goat 2 Meetings” featuring their Animal Ambassadors.

9. Move over Pizza Rat, it’s Pizza Groundhog’s time to shine! Check out this hungry rodent and some curious K9 onlookers.

10. A high school Robotics teacher in Lake Ridge, Virginia is using 3D printers to make PPE equipment for medical professionals in need.

11. Want to travel the world at home? From Rome to Madrid to Times Square and beyond, this site allows you to view live Skyline webcams in locations around the globe.

12. DC’s Capo Deli is paying homage to the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci with “Fauci Pouchy” cocktails available for delivery throughout the district.

13. A 99-year-old WW2 veteran has raised £17 million pounds (over $20 million) for the NHS simply by walking laps in his garden.

14. For all of you architecture buffs out there, 12 of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings are now hosting virtual tours on Instagram.

15. Raise a glass to Coors, which made a 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman’s day by delivering 150 cans of Coors Light to her house after she was photographed asking neighbors for help with her dwindling supply.

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