Friday JohnKu – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

~ John W. Howell
Courtesy of DC Snow Heroes / The Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs (via Instagram)

 

Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network

‘DC Snow Heroes’ Shovel Neighbors Out of Trouble After Winter Storms

By Andy Corbley –
After low winter temperatures battered multiple regions of the country with snow, heroes in Washington, DC, stood up to be accounted for.

With major thoroughfares taking priority for District plows and employees, the ‘DC Snow Heroes’ hit the blocks, shovels in hand, to clear sidewalks for the elderly, the young, the disabled, or even just the overwhelmed.

Organized by the mayor’s office, Serve DC is a volunteer program that includes a special segment whose mission it is to shovel snow and clear ice—both of which had accumulated in the District at the start of this week.

“As a community, we have to stick together, we have to do what we can do for one another, and it’s a lot of people that [are] unable to do things, so that’s where we come in,” David Ford, one of the Snow Heroes, told DC News Now.

“Service is the gateway to all success,” remarked another volunteer when asked why he volunteers his time shoveling snow.

The storm had dumped mounds of dry snow 10 inches high on Sunday, which promptly refroze over the evening, making it treacherous to walk on.

Volunteers cleared both the snow and the ice in front of homes like that of Shirley Thomas, a DC resident who needs a crutch to get around.

“It’s not too many people in the world like that,” she said watching the Snow Heroes do their heroics.

Organized by the mayor’s office of Muriel Bowser, anyone living in the area looking to be a hero, as David Bowie said, just for one day, can go to the Serve DC website.

“It is outstanding… This is really neighbors helping your neighbors, showing the kind of community and love that the mayor thrives off that we are building, and making sure that we sustain a district,” said Lamont Carey, Director of Community Affairs for the Mayor’s Office.

The good news in this story is that people are helping people. The JohnKu discusses Service. I hope you have a super weekend.

Helping  John W. Howell © 2026

No work is greater,

Then that done for another . . .

Grace is in sharing.

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65 thoughts on “Friday JohnKu – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News”

  1. What a story to kick off the weekend Sheriff.

    Yanno, the superheroes in the comic books and the silver screen have some company with these peeps doing their thing for the folks of the District. Here’s to them!

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  6. “Grace is in the sharing” — absolutely. Thank you, John, for gifting us with a beautiful, uplifting account of love in action. 😊

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  10. What an awesome story! I paid a small fortune for somebody to clear only my driveway. I’ve long thought high school kids (perhaps on athletic teams or honor society) should band together to rake leaves and clear snow for the community. It would teach them compassion and selflessness … better lessons than vegging indoors on a PlayStation!!

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  12. There was a Jeep factory worker who, instead of going straight home after he got off work at 6 in the morning, he would travel neighborhoods in the South End of Toledo and plow out the driveways of homes with handicapped ramps. Once he figured out where all those homes were, no one in them ever had to shovel their driveways again, he was there 7 days a week.

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  13. Fabulous, marvelous, exactly what I wanted to hear. Wish we were that lucky in Charlottesville. Both my husband and I are too old to shovel and it’s hard to even find someone to pay to do the job although sometimes we can get lucky and get the guys who shovel the walks for the neighborhood to shovel out the back of our cars after the snow plow blocks them in. It’s a townhouse community with assigned parking spaces all of which open up on one of the neighborhood streets. So there is no evading being blocked by icey plowed snow and we don’t get much sun there in the winter to help melt the snow.

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  23. I like this community helping community.

    There was not enough shovelers out, over here, but our community has 2 food banks. There are many elderly, poor and not healthy in my hood.

    I agree with the sharing JohnKu!

    Thank you, John!

    🐂 🐂

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