Category Archives: Inspiring

This Kid Is Going Places and Bringing the World with Him

Posted on November 19, 2012 by russtowne

Meet Kelvin Doe, a 15-year-old from Sierra Leone, who took scraps from garbage cans and created his own radio transmitter to create his community’s first radio station. He broadcasts daily, even the community only gets electricity about once per week. … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Dreams, Following Your Passion, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Stories That Touched Me, Youth | Tagged "It's a movement", cans, garbage, inspiring, Kelvin Doe, MIT, radio station, radio transmitter, scraps, Sierra Leone, youtube | 6 Comments

I LOVE This–And The Potential is HUGE

Posted on November 2, 2012 by russtowne

Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction http://dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian-kids.php What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakthroughs, Children, Creativity, Education, Ingenuity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Potential, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged children, computer, computers, create, creativity, education, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, experi ment, kids, learning, MIT, MIT Technology, MIT Technology Review's EmTech conference, Motorola, Nicholas Negroponte, OLCPs, tablet, tablets, Zoom | 3 Comments

Endeavor

Posted on September 21, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw the space shuttle Endeavor being flown over Silicon Valley headed south from what used to be called Moffett Field. It was a great moment for me. I remember the beautiful posters my then-young boys had hanging in … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiring, True Stories I've Written | Tagged Endeavor, Moffett, shuttle, Silicon Valley, space, Space Camp, space shuttle Endeavor | 10 Comments

$700,000 Happy Ending For Bullied Bus Monitor

Posted on September 11, 2012 by russtowne

A Canadian man who thought he’d be able to raise $5,000 to send on vacation a 68 year old woman who had been bullied by students while doing her job as a bus monitor has actually raised over $700,000. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullying, Generosity, Inspiring | Tagged $700K, Bullied bus monitor, Canada, Canadian, students, suspended | 22 Comments

Forgotten Story of 9/11: World’s Biggest Boat Lift

Posted on September 9, 2012 by russtowne

Many people don’t know that on 9/11 500,000 people who were trapped in the chaos and devastation of new York City escaped via the world’s biggest boat lift. It was bigger than what occurred at Dunkirk. Attached is an inspiring … Continue reading →

Posted in Generosity, Inspiring, Making the World a Better Place, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged 9/11, boat lift, New York City | 4 Comments

Reconciliation of former combatants inspires, heals

Posted on August 10, 2012 by russtowne

Reconciliation of former combatants inspires, heals.

Posted in Courage, Friendship, Healing, Inspiring | Tagged courage, former enemies, friends, heal, inspire, inspiring, pilots, planes | Leave a comment

An Award & Some Things About Me That You May Find Interesting

Posted on August 6, 2012 by russtowne

Thank you Grandmother Musings at http://grandmothermusings.com/ for nominating and for and presenting this blog with The Inspiring Blogger Award. I enjoy her blog and recommend that you check it out. One of the requests is to share 7 things about … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards: Sharing The Love, Challenges, Dreams, Inspiring | Tagged adopt, blog, blogger, grandmother, Grandmother Musings, inspiring, Inspiring Blogger, investing, investing management, musings, profitable, race, RinTinTIn, spiritually, spiritually profitable | 28 Comments

The Mighty Ocean in the Drop

Posted on August 5, 2012 by russtowne

You are not just the drop in the ocean. You are the mighty ocean in the drop. – Rumi

Posted in Attittude, Inspiring, Observations, Potential, Quotes I Love | Tagged drop, mighty ocean, Rumi, you | 6 Comments

Overflowing With Joy

Posted on July 25, 2012 by russtowne

I am touched and honored when I receive a comment that a post about people and animals helping or showing kindness toward others brought tears to readers’ eyes. That’s because I believe such tears occur when eyes experience such a … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiring, Joy & Happiness, Making the World a Better Place | Tagged Happiness, help, Helping, honored, humbled, joy, kindm, kindness, others, people, tears, tears of joy | 5 Comments

Nikki’s First Touchdown

Posted on July 25, 2012 by russtowne

Dominic “Nikki” is a special needs child. He has Prader Willi Syndrome, a very rare condition. The clip below shows what happens when both coaches from OG football in American youth football league decided to put him in a play. … Continue reading →