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LEGO is now piloting a new project that will use the bumps on their iconic bricks to help teach the Braille alphabet to blind and visually impaired children. LEGO “Braille Bricks” will be moulded with the same number of studs used for individual letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet, while remaining fully compatible with the LEGO System in Play. To ensure the tool is inclusive allowing sighted teachers, students and family members to interact on equal terms, each brick will also feature a printed letter or character. Full Story

The nurses and staffers at this children’s hospital were thrilled to receive a surprise pizza party thanks to a message that was written on one of their windows. The message was courtesy of 18-year-old Cole Favro. The young man has been going to Golisano Children’s Hospital for his cystic fibrosis since he was a child – so when the day finally came for him to be transferred to an adult hospital, he wanted to do something special for his beloved caretakers. Full Story

It has been almost five years since these college students turned down over $40,000 in order to do the right thing. Reese Werkhoven and his two friends from the State University of New York first found the wads of cash in May 2014. They had just been preparing to cozy up onto their newly-purchased secondhand couch when they reached into the couch cushions and started finding envelopes stuffed with cash – and lots of them. Full Story / Video