Blue Ridge Highlander

Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain Highlander

The Blue Ridge Highlander is a creative community site on the Blue Ridge and Smoky mountains. From inception in 1997 we set forth to portray the best these mountains have to offer and have always kept that goal in mind. The Highlander is a Travel and Relocation Guide, showing our readers the riches these mountains have to offer.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

A Feel Good Mountain Story in Difficult Times

During a time when we hear so much negative news, we are shown a bright light shining out of Washington DC. 

Gorilla Haven Donation by Max Block
This bright light is a young man named Max Block, a mere 10 years. Max earned $2,500 from his lemonade stand this summer and chose to donate it to Gorilla Haven.

I am not sure which I am more impressed with, the fact that he chose to make such a selfless gesture, or that he could earn $2,500 in one summer from a lemonade stand. Way to go Max!

Good things are still happening every day, even during these hard times, we just don't hear about them. Hearing positive stories makes our hearts sing, and gives us hope for the future. There is hope people, and it starts with faith and acts of kindness.

Gorilla Haven has recently begun giving scheduled tours to raise money for the ever growing expenses of this wonderful wildlife sanctuary.  

If you or someone you know would like to go on a tour of Gorilla Haven and or can make a donation to this wonderful wildlife sanctuary, click here to find out more about them. Gorilla Haven.

We would like to share other positive stories with our readers, so if you have any "feel good stories" that relate to these mountains, please write to us and share them.

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