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British Woman Closes Her Seaside Hotel to Tourists to House Ukrainian Refugees

A community of care, compassion, and hope has blossomed at The Seaward Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, England, which is currently home to 22 Ukrainian refugees. Following a pandemic closure, the seaside hotel only saw a small return of visitors since it reopened. So when Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine in February, owner Nitsa Michael and […]

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The Seaward hotel on a sunny day with plants and chairs out front

13-Year-Old Makes History as She’s Accepted Into Med School: “I’ve Worked So Hard to Live My Dreams”

At 13 years old, Alena Analeigh has already achieved more than your average adult — she was the youngest-ever NASA intern, she’s a triple major undergraduate enrolled at Arizona State University and Oakwood University, and she’s the founder of Black Stem Girl, a program dedicated to providing girls of color access to STEM programs and

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Alena Aleigh smiles and looks at the camera with arms crossed in a white lab coat

How One Teacher Uses an Empty Chair as an Inspiring Lesson of Inclusion

Great teachers have the power to create vivid memories from our youth that we carry with us into adulthood. But one middle school teacher in Montclair, New Jersey, has been using a memory from his own childhood to share an important lesson about empathy and acceptance.  When Daniel Gill was 9 and living in New

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Back view of a male student on a class at high school.

Divers Rescue Woman’s 100-Year-Old Wedding Ring From River: “A Total Miracle”

While it’s often said that not all heroes wear capes, a few in the vicinity of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, do wear scuba tanks, as Emma Lyon can attest. On May 7, Lyon was attending a regatta and had been cheering on a local race participant with such enthusiasm that the ring

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lush greenery and small boats line the River Great Ouse

Woman “Addicted” to Giving Back Donates More Than Half of Her Lottery Fortune

Frances Connolly can’t get enough of giving.  The 55-year-old in Hartlepool, England, won 115 million pounds (about $144 million in USD at the time) in the lottery in 2019, and she’s already given over half of it away to friends, family, and charities.  Connolly has set up two organizations in the years since her and

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