Lottery Winner Gives Out Gift Cards To Strangers: Feel Good News

Let's kick off the weekend with some good news.

NewsNation has partnered with Patch to bring you uplifting stories each week from communities across America. This week's collection of stories includes a lottery winner paying it forward, a boy's dinosaur "emergency," and an award-winning New Jersey artist with autism showcasing his talent.

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Woman Wins Lottery, Hands Out Gift Cards To Strangers At Grocery Store

A Louisville woman who won over $100,000 in the Kentucky Lottery saw her good luck as an opportunity to pay it forward. She deposited the money, and then stopped at Meijer, where she bought $2,000 in gift cards and gave them at random to shoppers in the store.

"I believe in paying it forward and I wanted to pass it along," Dunn said in the news release.

FL Boy Needing Dinosaur Calls 911 For Help: Orange County Sheriff

A little boy in Orange County recently faced what he thought was the ultimate emergency — he needed a dinosaur.

Having just learned about what should be done when there's an emergency, the boy called 911, thinking that's what he needed to do, the Orange County Sheriff's Office shared on Facebook.

'Wonderful Gift' Of NJ Artist With Autism On Display, May Help Others

Lance Bannister, an award-winning artist from South Jersey who has autism, began drawing at an early age, according to his mother Amy. Before long, Lance was filling sketchbooks that his mother said she showed off proudly, as any parent would of any child's artwork.

In time, educator Joe Smargisso of the REACH program at Haddon Heights High School — which seeks to place all special education students in classrooms with their general education peers — told Mrs. Bannister that her son had extraordinary abilities.

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