On A Positive Note: Fifth Graders Install School Laundry Room for Access to Clean Clothes
Students at Brooklyn's P.S. 328 are ensuring all of their classmates have access to clean clothes by installing a laundry room in their school. The kids, along with school staff, celebrated the launch of the laundry with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "We wanted to make this laundromat because it helps a lot of people in need who can't clean their own clothes," said Jordan James Emery, student at P.S. 328. "Some people, they don't have their own laundry room and it costs money. This is free."
Many households adopted a pet during the pandemic, according to a survey. However, there were also pets that were raised in isolation in the same period if they weren't adopted. Michael S. Gould, canine trainer and founder of Hounds Town, and Sam Reilly, a dog management specialist and trainer, both joined Cheddar News to explain how they have built up pets' confidence and social skills ahead of being potentially adopted.
Court records show that the Maryland judge who was shot to death outside his home presided over divorce case of the man now identified as person of interest in the killing.
October is Breast Awareness Cancer Month as the disease affects millions of American families. Elissa Kalver, founder of Wegotthis.org, joined Cheddar News to explain how breast cancer inspired her to create her own nonprofit and provided some details of her personal battle while maintaining a family.