Good News Florida

Good News FL is a Florida-based website that focuses on sharing uplifting and positive news stories, particularly those relevant to the state of Florida and its communities. The platform highlights acts of kindness, community service, local achievements, and inspiring events that often go unnoticed in mainstream media. By showcasing stories of resilience, generosity, and progress, the site aims to foster a sense of hope, unity, and pride among Floridians.

In terms of its relationship to providing uplifting news, Good News FL serves as a counterbalance to the predominantly negative news cycles that tend to dominate traditional outlets. It emphasizes the positive contributions of individuals and organizations within Florida, celebrating local heroes, innovative initiatives, and heartwarming moments. By focusing on these uplifting narratives, the site seeks to inspire readers to engage with their communities and recognize the good happening around them. Ultimately, **Good News FL** provides a refreshing and optimistic perspective, encouraging both residents and visitors to appreciate the positive aspects of life in Florida.

1. Textured Hair Event Supports Children in Foster Care

   The Spanish River Sharks Chapter of STUDENTS Speak Up for Kids held its highly anticipated Textured Hair Care Event on Sunday, May 4th, 2025, at Downtown Roots Salon, in Delray Beach, FL—a unique, heartwarming experience uplifting children in Palm Beach County’s foster care system by celebrating and supporting the beauty of their natural hair. Back for its second year, this student-led...

2. Fifth Graders Help Build a School

   Inspiring hearts. Transforming futures. At just 10 years old, the fifth graders at North Broward Prep are proving that compassion has no age limit. In partnership with Food For The Poor, these young changemakers are leading a powerful campaign to build a school and a clean water well for children in rural Honduras. With every flyer, presentatipon and enny raised, they’re showing the world what...

3. Ryan Skoog Speaks on Courage at Lifework Leadership

   Ryan Skoog, co-founder and president of Venture.org, was the keynote speaker at a recent Lifework Leadership event at Boca Raton Community Church in April, sharing how “courage motivated by compassion leads to miracles.” At Venture.org, this means serving in unsafe, unreached, and under-resourced areas, addressing injustices like human trafficking, refugee crises, and extreme poverty. Ryan Skoog...

4. Rob Hoskins: Known by Name 

   We’ve all experienced that dreaded moment

5. Handy Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Ribbon Cutting and $1 Million Grant

   Handy (Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth) proudly celebrated its 40th anniversary with the grand opening and ribbon cutting of their new 40,000-square-foot headquarters located at 2101 N. Andrews Avenue in Wilton Manors. The milestone occasion was further marked by the announcement of a special $1 million grant from The Jim Moran Foundation in celebration of its...

6. Omar Aleman: Make My Day

   “Don’t count the days; make the days count. The real risk is doing nothing. Success is walking from failure to failure.” These are just a few of the famous quotes about leading accomplished lives. Nevertheless, success is indeed a complicated consideration whose timing is less than impeccable. By the age of six, Mozart was performing, and two years later he wrote his first...

7. Patrick J. Kelly: Grading Our Investment IQ

   Some believe that our investment IQ goes up at the same pace as our favorite index. Humorous, but all too often true. That is until the index goes into freefall, and we quickly realize the risks we were taking, and, perhaps, just how softheaded towards markets we can sometimes be. Risk emerges when not knowing what we’re doing but thinking that we do. Fiat (paper) money is a miracle of the human...

8. Graduates with Purpose: Voices of the Class of 2025

   As we celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s graduating seniors across South Florida’s Christian high schools, we honor not only their hard work but also their unwavering faith and commitment to living out their values. In this 9th Annual Good News Graduation Section (on pages 25-40), we recognize all the valedictorians and salutatorians whose stories and aspirations inspire us. CLICK HERE...

9. Dr. O.S. Hawkins: The Promise of Salvation

   “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31 NKJV).   It is okay to ask questions. ln fact, there are more than 150 questions recorded in the gospels that came from the lips of our Lord Himself. And these are only the ones that were recorded and found their way into the sacred writ. Jesus was always asking questions. It did not matter whether He was in a one-on-one...

10. Charlie Mitchell: Adding to the Choir: Why City Movements Need More Voices

    Kids today will never truly...