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A Little Bit of Awesome: 1/19/2021 Edition

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A Little Bit of Awesome: 1/19/2021 Edition

NFL Fans are awesome. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson got knocked out of their playoff game against the Bills on Saturday with a concussion.
So, to show him some love, Bills fans started donating to Lamar’s favorite charity, “Blessings in a Backpack“. They make sure kids have enough food at home. And in just 36 hours, over 13,000 Bills fans chipped in and donated more than $360,000.
That’s awesome.


Michael Piper is a janitor at a hospital in Salt Lake City who cleans COVID rooms, and normally takes the bus to work. But his bus wasn’t running on New Year’s Day. So instead of calling in sick, he rode his bike 37 miles to get there and help. So now his co-workers are raising money on GoFundMe.com to buy him a car.
Everybody there is awesome.


Extra Awesome:

A YouTuber with the channel Device Orchestra, hacked his toaster, two toothbrushes, and a typewriter . . . and had them play “The Imperial March” from “Star Wars”.


 

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