The #GoodNewsEcho: Week of May 18th
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1. Meditation and sleep app Headspace is offering a free year of full access to all COVID-19 frontline responders and unemployed Americans.
2. The Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics are selling new t-shirts in an effort to raise money for frontline workers in the D.C. area.
3.With doggy day care closed, this FedEx driver has begun bringing his dachshunds (Chorizo & Cocoa) along with him on his route.
4. Tuesday, May 19th at 8 PM ET D.C’s Chicago/Detroit dive bar Ivy and Coney & craft cocktail bar Columbia Room will debate over one of life’s greatest questions : is a hot dog a sandwich?
5. Father Tim Pelc responsibly administered holy water from 6+ feet away via squirt gun during Holy Week last month. To his surprise, he became a meme.
6. Using the platform 6ftCloser, you can send a video message to healthcare employees working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. The platform was founded in April and over 1,000 workers have since received a personalized video “thank you note."
6. As a show of appreciation to frontline workers, a Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra violist and her family played an impromptu concert outside of the GW Hospital in DC.
8. Good boy! A Virginia Tech therapy dog named Moose is set to receive an honorary diploma for “pawsitive” contributions to the university.
9. From 80s night to “Red Carpet Ready,” this family in Maryland has organized over 50 themed dinners during their time in quarantine.
10. Beginning on May 31, DC Fray will host “Sunday Funday Bingo” every week at 6 PM ET. It’s $5 to enter and 50% of all proceeds go to a local business or charity!
11. After his daughter’s graduation ceremony was cancelled, a dad in Memphis, Tennessee built a makeshift graduation stage for his daughter in their driveway.
12. Earlier this month, penguins from the Kansas City Zoo took a special trip to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art to take in some Impressionist and Baroque collections. Check out highlights from Bubbles, Maggie & Berkley’s special day.
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