It’s been about four years since I last made a post about the goings-on across the United States. With all of the shite-has-hit-the-fan news all over town and reddit posts about employers not taking the current world-wide situation seriously, I wanted to know what good, uplifting, and reassuring things are happening across the country. I don’t mean the ignorance-is-bliss sort either.
Alabama – Ghost Train Brewing Co. and curbside beer
Alaska – Cargo shipments continue (for now at last I imagine)
Arizona – Holiday lights are coming back (good idea or bad idea?)
Arkansas – Businesses help with free WIFI and PBS education materials
California – Netflix’s $100 million fund and look at all the non-traffic
Colorado – Free eggs in Loveland
Connecticut – Distillery making hand sanitizer
Delaware – Doghead Fish also making sanitizer
Florida – Miami Dolphins donate $500,000 and Omari Hardy
Georgia – Arthur Blank Foundation donates $5.4 million, Atlanta Hawks donate food, Atlanta Braves’ relief fund
Hawaii – Seal pup birthrate in 2019
Idaho – free 5-pound dog food
Illinois – Jazz band practice virtually Also, stay at home.
Indiana – Niles factory and light medical equipment
Iowa – Cats (not the musical)
Kansas – sending KS love
Kentucky – More distillery sanitizer
Louisiana – Crawfish farmers and Chili‘s (they could do more especially since not everyone who gets CV19 has symptoms, and people can get sick for other reasons)
Maine – Adopt this dog and a skunk takes a swim
Maryland – Helping the homeless
Massachusetts – Hannaford Supermarkets donate food
Michigan – GM and more hand sanitizer
Minnesota – Wanting to make masks not bags
Mississippi – Foster cats
Missouri – Christmas reappears
Montana – Make art
Nebraska – Art for seniors
Nevada – Gotta keep building (I get why it’s not the best idea but what better time to build when street closures or traffic won’t be a hindrance, n’est-ce pas?
New Hampshire – Teen meets his rescuers
New Jersey – Governor on party-goers
New Mexico – Getting creative
New York – Good question
North Carolina – Carolina Hurricanes doing good
North Dakota – Woman organizes meet and swap of goods
Ohio – Coaches talk
Oklahoma – National guard activates
Oregon – PSA: stop flushing non-flushables
Pennsylvania – Conserve energy
Rhode Island – Masks donated
South Carolina – And stop lying
South Dakota – Protecting the homeless and the definition of community
Tennessee – Good on the owner (but he should probably save the beard)
Texas – Billy Bob Texas
Utah – Even more hand sanitizer and don’t be this guy
Vermont – Resort donates food
Virginia – Trying to get people jobs
Washington – Getting creative as well
West Virginia – Horse racing (but should it still go on, really?)
Wisconsin – Fire departments need help
Wyoming – Animal shelter needs help
Washington DC – Don’t be like these people
Puerto Rico – Curfew crackdown
Guam – Meanwhile
US Virgin Islands – Meanwhile
Map cred: usgs