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Boy Writes Book, Has It Published And He’s Only 4
A four-year-old from Craven County, North Carolina, has written his first book and is hoping to claim the title of the world’s youngest published author in the Guinness Book of World Records. From an early age, Bryan Patrick has been fascinated with the alphabet, and his parents have supported his interests with activities like family trips to the Alphabet Museum and creating an alphabet garden at home. In addition to being a writer, Bryan is an excellent reader and also knows how to do multiplication and division. To set the world record, he needs to sell 1,000 copies of his book, and they’re kicking off the effort with a book launch party this weekend. (wcti12.com)
Family Covers Sidewalk Swastikas With Chalk Art
A family in Southern California has turned a symbol of hate into a chance to spread positivity. While walking home from the farmer’s market in her Santa Monica neighborhood, Taylor Coffman noticed a dozen swastikas drawn with marker on the walls and sidewalks. So she decided to do something about it.
Taylor and her husband, Zachary Lupetin grabbed their two-year-old daughter, July, and the sidewalk chalk she uses to draw flowers, hearts and butterflies and got to work covering the swastikas. The mom and her toddler drew over the graffiti, creating colorful pictures and uplifting messages like “Love Lives Here.” Taylor was determined to make sure no one felt uncomfortable and disturbed by the swastikas like she had.
Lupetin captured the transformation and shared the video on TikTok, where it was viewed nearly 500,000 times in a week. Coffman hopes their project will help remind people of how good the world can be. “Imagine a world where every time you saw an act of hate, you matched it up with an act of love in your own community with your own family or, you know, even a chalk drawing outside your house,” Coffman says. “Imagine that world. I stay alive to live in that world.” Source: TODAY
@taylorcoffmanmade Family art project- turning hate graffiti up and down our street into flowers and butterflies. 🌸🌸🌸#love #nohate #spreadlove @Dustbowl Revival ♬ Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Leanne & Naara
Hotel’s Program Rescues Leftover Food To Feed Those Less Fortunate
A new program launched by the Venetian Las Vegas called the Food Rescue Alliance aims to donate excess food from the Las Vegas Strip to locals in need. The initiative seeks to address food insecurity by repurposing excess food from Vegas conventions to help feed the more than 250,000 local residents who don’t have enough to eat.
The program involves the Venetian culinary team preparing the excess food and then loading it into a special delivery truck for donation to nonprofit organization The Just One Project. The partnership makes it possible to rescue and distribute between 10- and 20,000 meals a month, providing crucial support to families facing hunger.
Since starting last September, the Food Rescue Alliance has provided over 66,000 meals to those in need, and has already received recognition from the White House for their work. The program not only helps to solve the problem of food insecurity in Las Vegas, but also is encouraging collective action from the community. Source: KTNV
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Ariana Grande shared the commemorative plaque that Billboard gave to her grandmother on Instagram for being the oldest person to ever appear on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard gift certifies Nonna’s milestone. Ariana collaborated with Nonna on “Ordinary Things” one of the tracks on Eternal Sunshine. She states during the song’s outro, “Never go to bed without kissin’ goodnight. And if you can’t. If you don’t feel comfortable doing it, you’re in the wrong place. Get out.” (Billboard)
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