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

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  |  July 29, 2023

🤿🐴 Furry Friends Friday: Fancy a swim?

🐎 The 98th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim took place on Wednesday off the coast of Virginia.

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  |  July 28, 2023

⏱ Unearthing old memories

⏲️ Twenty-six years ago, teacher Peggy Bennett and her middle school class buried a time capsule under a willow tree.

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  |  July 27, 2023

🦙 Drama with the llama

🦙 The Kings County Sheriff's office in Washington received an unusual call last week from a delivery driver unable to deliver a package due to a stubborn llama in the road.

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Positive
  |  July 26, 2023

✉️ You've got mail

📨 When Portland, Maine, resident Jessica Means went to check her mail last week, she was surprised to find a postcard from an unknown sender.

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Positive
  |  July 25, 2023

⚽️ Who run the world?

The Philippines is making history thanks to a new contingency allowing players of other nationalities join the team as long as the player is of Filipino descent.

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Positive
  |  July 25, 2023

💐 Will you be my flower grandad?

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Positive
  |  July 25, 2023

🥛 What goes around, comes around

🥛 Mick Tutton has been delivering milk around his small suburb of Hertfordshire, England, since 1976. But not for much longer.

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Positive
  |  July 22, 2023

🚒🐾 Furry Friends Friday: A fitting name for a fire pup

Smokey the Dalmatian puppy spent the day visiting Lynchburg Fire Station.

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Positive
  |  July 21, 2023

🚣 Paddling away from the haters

Competitive kayaker Dougal Glaisher circumnavigated Britain in a kayak faster than anyone else. Oh – and he also has Type 1 diabetes.

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Positive
  |  July 20, 2023

A message finds its way...

University of Michigan senior Cassidy Beach was studying abroad on the island of South Caicos in the West Indies when she stumbled upon a message in a bottle.

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Positive
  |  July 18, 2023

🐦 Bob's miraculous journey

Bob is an experienced homing pigeon from the North-East UK. He was on a routine trip from the Channel Islands to his home in Gateshead when he took a wrong turn somewhere along the route.

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Positive
  |  July 18, 2023

🐾 Poppy's pawsitively lucky day

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Positive
  |  July 18, 2023

🕺 May I have this dance?

🕺 A 95-year-old veteran returned to the nightclub where he met his wife 74 years ago for a dance.

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Positive
  |  July 18, 2023

You've got a friend...

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Positive
  |  July 15, 2023

Flippery Friends Friday: Homeward bound

🐬 A mama and baby dolphin duo were rescued after two years of being trapped in a lake following Hurricane Ida. 

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Positive
  |  July 14, 2023

Beagle besties

A group of beagle siblings rescued from an abusive facility celebrated their first birthday together last week.

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  |  July 12, 2023

😋 You want syrup with that?

🥞 Officials of the Calgary Stampede Festival in Alberta, Canada just broke the world record for most pancakes served in eight hours, cooking up an impressive 17,182 pancakes.

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Positive
  |  July 11, 2023

👴🏻📸 Grandpa's still got it

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Positive
  |  July 11, 2023

How to save a life (x2)

Six years ago, paramedic Kristi Hadfield saved John Cunningham's life.

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Positive
  |  July 11, 2023

Jackie and the cactus stalk

Earlier this year, Georgian woman Jackie Flournoy was leaving her home when she noticed a peculiar stalk growing out of a succulent in her yard.

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