Kailyn Toussaint

Based in beautiful New England, Kailyn has been a part of the DONUT team since January 2021. When she's not writing positive stories or keeping readers up to date with the latest Sports, Media & Entertainment news, she works as a professional vocalist, touring with multiple groups and singing around the world. Kailyn spearheads our Positive DONUT newsletter, sharing awww-inspiring stories from around the world every Tuesday.

Kailyn Toussaint

Latest Articles by Kailyn Toussaint

Positive
  |  November 18, 2025

🐓 A clucking good time

We’ve all seen goat yoga and puppy yoga, but let me introduce to you… chicken yoga. 

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Positive
  |  November 18, 2025

"Cool car" birthday surprise

Nadja Jovanovic posted asking if someone with a cool car could stop by for her son’s 4th birthday.

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Positive
  |  November 4, 2025

Comet Lemmon’s close approach last month was a once-in-a-millennium event.

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Positive
  |  November 4, 2025

🎭 Tiny stage, huge heart

In the mellow town of Great Malvern, Worcestershire, a once-forgotten gem just reclaimed the spotlight.

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Positive
  |  October 28, 2025

🐘 Cute baby alert

Sound the trumpets… because a second healthy elephant calf has been born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium this year, marking a major win for the endangered species’ population.

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Positive
  |  October 28, 2025

🛹 Kick, push, revolution

In Addis Ababa, the sound of progress isn’t always loud — sometimes it’s the quiet rumble of skateboard wheels on uneven pavement.

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Positive
  |  October 21, 2025

Francine finds her way home

Francine the cat could be what some consider a local legend at the Virginia Lowe’s where she’s lived for the last nine years.

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Positive
  |  October 21, 2025

When spooky season has a soft side

Every October, Jeff Robertson’s front yard in Holly Springs, North Carolina, transforms into something magical — and just a little macabre.

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Positive
  |  October 14, 2025

No, your pet doesn’t need its own tracksuit...

Adidas just launched a new Fall collection for pets and the ads are cuter than a puppy with an early-case of the zoomies.

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Positive
  |  October 14, 2025

🍰 Because everyone deserves cake

In Charlotte, North Carolina, birthdays are getting a little sweeter — thanks to a baker who believes everyone deserves to be celebrated.

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Positive
  |  October 7, 2025

An Australian farmer really went above and beyond with his proposal to his girlfriend at the end of canola crop season.

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Positive
  |  October 7, 2025

✈️ When family finds you

Two pairs of distant cousins from opposite sides of the Atlantic literally bumped into each other while visiting the same ancestor’s grave in England last month.

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Positive
  |  September 30, 2025

🧸 The ultimate stuffie sleepover

The Pinecrest Branch Library hosted a sleepover adventure for a group of beloved stuffed animals from kids around the Miami-Dade area.

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Positive
  |  September 30, 2025

🐦 Rehabilitation all around

At first glance, a state prison isn’t where you’d expect to find orphaned squirrels or injured blue jays.

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Positive
  |  September 23, 2025

🦆The duck hut

Ducks in Taiwan are living it up in floating pinecone-shaped huts designed by artist Cheng Tsung Feng.

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Positive
  |  September 23, 2025

Special delivery: 72 years late

An Illinois teen’s postcard from the U.N. just reached him—seven decades and one cross-country move since he sent it.

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Positive
  |  September 16, 2025

🍦 Is that one scoop, or two?

A bear raided a California ice cream shop—strawberry didn’t survive.

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Positive
  |  September 16, 2025

🫧 The bubble judge

Forget rice or rose petals— one Texas judge is making courthouse weddings pop.

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Positive
  |  September 9, 2025

From stray to stay

Wellington, a stray pig who roamed Maryland’s streets for months, just found his forever home in Pennsylvania — and he’s living like a dog.

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Positive
  |  September 9, 2025

You’ve got (dad) mail

A dad’s daily notes to his daughter inspired the Dad Letter Project, sending free handwritten letters of kindness worldwide.

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