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Sing It Loud!

Have you ever heard of a “tuneless choir”?  A woman on Vancouver Island in Canada just started two of them. They’re choirs of people who SUCK at singing. There are 30 in England.  The first one formed 10 years ago next month.  A woman named Sharon Marnell has led three of them there, and recently relocated to Vancouver Island. She says she’s seen how powerful singing is, even if…
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A Mom and Dad for Christmas

After 974 days in foster care, a boy in Tennessee got adopted just in time for Christmas.  His name is Khaza, and he’ll be three this spring. A couple named Anna and Brenden Koon stepped in as foster parents when he was 18 days old. The plan was to reunite him with his biological mom someday, but then that couldn’t happen.  They say they’ve thought of him as their own…
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The Internet Comes Through

An animal rescuer in Maryland named Amy Creel is in the news after a few more Amazon boxes than expected showed up on her doorstep last month. She went on social media and asked people to donate food and other pet supplies for Christmas, and the Internet came through in a big way . . . THOUSANDS of boxes.  She joked that her poor Amazon driver probably hates her now.