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.
Latest Articles by Kailyn Toussaint
Positive
| January 14, 2025❤️🐾 A pawprint on the heart
🐾 One California vet going above and beyond for animals in need.
Science & Emerging Tech
| January 10, 2025This pharma company🤝Indigenous communities
🏥 Variant Bio announced a $50M multi-year research partnership with Novo Nordisk, to go towards investigate little-studied Indigenous populations (who receive a cut of profits).
Positive
| January 10, 2025Post Malone and Shaboozey walk into a bar...
Bartending the Christmas Eve shift at her hometown Houston bar, single mom Renee Brown had no idea she had two of country music's biggest stars at one of her tables.
Media & Entertainment
| January 9, 2025Streamers are seeking to diversify their advertising pool
📺 Comcast will soon launch Universal Ads, a platform aimed at attracting small- and medium-sized businesses to keep up with the industry's ever-changing landscape.
Positive
| January 9, 2025A gift 46 years in the making
Construction company owner Tim King was renovating the bathroom in his parents' home when he found something unexpected in the wall: a lost Christmas gift from 1978.
Media & Entertainment
| January 8, 2025A look back on pop culture in 2024
🧑🎤📲 Whether you’re social media-less or more plugged in than TMZ – gather ‘round for a look back on some of the top pop culture moments of 2024.
Positive
| January 8, 2025What a helping hand looks like
Batesville High School Senior Kaylee could see the finish line during the final race of her high school career when she noticed a fellow runner on her knees.
Positive
| January 7, 2025Inside one man's journey to find family
❤️ Adopted at birth, Dixon Handshaw always wondered if he had any siblings.
Positive
| January 7, 2025The secret to a long life
Herbert Stern is 106. His advice for living such a long life? He "did everything [he] shouldn’t do.”
Positive
| January 6, 2025🎶 Its the cliiiiimb
Last month, blind-climber Jesse Dufton scaled El Matador, a 500-foot rock face in Wyoming, and claimed it was his hardest climb yet.
Positive
| December 23, 2024🚘 A jeep for a janitor
🚘 Happy birthday to Francis Apraku, a James Madison High School custodian who just received the birthday surprise of his life.
Sports
| December 20, 2024The future of skiing could be snow-less
⛷️ In the coming years, snow-skiing in swim trunks may be less of a viral social media post and more of a reality.
Science & Emerging Tech
| December 19, 2024This startup aims to harness the healing power of music
🎶🧠 You know when your favorite song comes on, and you instantly feel a little better? Startup LUCID aims to harness that phenomenon for whenever you may need a mental boost.
Positive
| December 19, 2024🏆 Super Scrabbler
Nigel Richards just won the world Spanish Scrabble Championships- despite not speaking a word of Spanish.
🔥Hot Corner
Hot Corner
| December 18, 2024🔥 It’s Wednesday, December 17th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.
Positive
| December 18, 2024🦾 The ultimate Christmas gift
Colette Baker, Finley Jarvis, and Zoey Pidgeon-Hampton all received the gift of a lifetime this year just in time for Christmas- their very own bionic arms.
Positive
| December 17, 2024Cassowary on the loose
The Rockhampton Zoo had quite the "scare" in a recent safety drill...
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