Encouraging Update: A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear | A Sign of Progress

Encouraging Update: A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear | A Sign of Progress

Why this story matters: In a world often dominated by negative headlines, stories like this remind us that meaningful progress is happening every day. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to new york city, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. The Grandma Stand – credit, Graham Meyers for the City of McKinney From Canada’s “As it Happens” comes a story by way of Texas of a “Grandma Stand” where volunteer elders offer to lend an ear to anyone beset by troubles. Anyone can walk by the purple lemonade stand and sit down across from a real grandmother to chit-chat, ask advice, or just vent a little to someone who’s seen it all. The idea was dreamt up by the New York City reporter Mike Matthews, who recommended a female coworker call his grandmother for a talk. The coworker, whom he described as a guarded Brooklyn hipster, admitted it was the “weirdest thing that anyone’s ever said,” to her. Would you like to read more good news about New Yor…