Dec. 22, 2025

Santa and Mrs. Claus give blood

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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting news stories. An 88-year-old Army veteran in Detroit receives over $1.5 million through a GoFundMe campaign for his retirement. In Tennessee, a deer causes holiday havoc in a Christmas shop. In Switzerland, a charity creates a massive 300,000-piece Lego mural for a world record. Detroit unveils an 11-foot Robocop statue after 15 years of efforts. Lastly, Santa and Mrs. Claus participate in a blood drive to encourage community giving.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Just in time for the holidays. Is

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the story of a stranger, a GoFundMe, and a lot

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of generosity. Eighty eight year old army veteran ed full

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time at a grocery store in Detroit, eight hour shifts,

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five days a week because he never received the pension

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he should have earned. His wife passed away a few

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years ago. He's been supporting himself ever since. TikToker Samuel

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met Ed at the store and decided to try something bold.

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He launched to go fund me to give the veteran

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the retirement he deserved. Donations poured in. Not only did

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they hit the million dollar mark, they blew past it.

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In a few days. More than one point five million

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dollars was raised. TikToker sam told supporters every dollar will

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go directly toward Ed's living expenses, medical care, in the

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everyday comforts he's long gone without. He explains, Ed fought

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for this country. He worked his old life in outsur

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turn to fight for him. In Jonesboro, Tennessee, a deer

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decide to get a jump on holiday shopping by breaking

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into a Christmas theme store and tearing through the place

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like it owned it. Police were called to Gabriel's Christmas

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and More they found the deer in the shop. According

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to police, the deer sniffed ornaments, inspected gorland, gave some

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side eyes to the nutcrackers, and galloped around like he

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was trying to remember where he parked the sleigh. The

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chaos only stopped when the deer attempted to squeeze through

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the bottom of a chair and got stuck. That gave

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the officers a chance to grab it and bring it outside.

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Officer Adams said they initially hoped the deer would just

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leave on its own, but it didn't, so when it

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got wedged in the chair, I was like, gotcha. Once free,

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the deer bolted away. No harm done. Lisa owns the store,

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she said. Nobody thought it was real. I mean she

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probably wanted to come and do some shopping and get

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last minute gifts. She knew where to come. In Switzerland,

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a charity event tried for a Guinness World Record by

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building a massive mural out of three hundred thousand lego bricks.

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The finished piece stretches nearly seventy nine feet long and

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is more than six feet tall. Was created for the

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Swiss telep which raises money for people living with rear

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genetic diseases. The artwork is awaiting official review from Guinness

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to determine whether it can claim the record for world's

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largest lego mural. In Detroit, the eleven foot tall bronze

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RoboCop statue has finally arrived after nearly fifteen years of planning, fundraising,

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and delays. The sculpture is two and a half tons.

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It's outside the Free Age Production studio in the city's

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Eastern Market. Jim owns the studio and said the statue

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is already drawing curious visitors. He says, I love it.

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It looks great, it's super impressive, and it's already brought

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a lot of nice people around. The idea for the

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statue goes back to twenty eleven, when a Twitter user

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suggested Detroit erect a monument two RoboCop. The guy that

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was mayor back then said there were no plans to

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do anything like that, but that inspired fans and launch

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a Kickstarter that raised more than sixty seven thousand dollars.

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The statue was finished in twenty seventeen, but they had

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to figure out where to put it and get legal

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clearance from MGM, which controls the RoboCop rights. All that

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has worked out and now you can go RoboCop statue.

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Nice job by Santa Claus and Missus Claus. They're pretty

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busy this week, but they still had time to stop

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off at the Rock River Valley Blood Center's blood drive.

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The Clauses say donating blood is a great way to

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give back to the community. Santa himself said, what a

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proud thing to give the gift of life. It's so easy,

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doesn't hurt, Santa doesn't for the cookies. Those are your

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five good news stories for Today, Back tomorrow.