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A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/10/2020 Edition

Sean LaRochelle decided to use his down time during the pandemic to do something truly awesome in his back yard:…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/9/2020 Edition

The Akron marathon was virtual this year, so Kolt Codner signed up and ran around the hospital where his four…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/6/2020 Edition

Don Shinn is awesome. He’s 100 years old and just set a world record for throwing a frisbee golf disc…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/5/2020 Edition

Here’s a sweet moment between a dad and his little girl as he helps paint her fingernails before they go…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/4/2020 Edition

Nature is awesome, and sometimes scary. This is the sound of a humpback whale nearly swallowing two kayakers off the…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/3/202 Edition

Kevin Cozzi is awesome. Back in August, he saved a woman’s 10-year-old daughter from drowning. So now the mom is…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 11/2/2020 Edition

A retirement home in Iowa did a “Booze N’ Tattoos” event last week where residents could get a temporary tattoo…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 10/29/2020

Lauren Laborde is awesome. She found herself laid off due to Covid, so she started mowing lawns for seniors and…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 10/28/2020 Edition

Nick Harvey, wanted to cheer up his dad, Paul, who’s a former music teacher with dementia. So he gave him…

A Little Bit of Awesome: 10/27/2020 Edition

Phil Heckles, also known as, Hercule Van Wolfwinkle is raising money for charity by drawing bad pictures of people’s pets.…

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