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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  |  April 27, 2023

Need a 'Peptoc'?

🙁➡️😀 The news, for most people, has felt especially heavy lately. Pair that with pandemic fatigue and general winter blues, and it's understandable that many people are feeling down and discouraged. Sound familiar? You could probably use a Peptoc...

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Positive
  |  April 26, 2023

Yes, we CAN!

A group of students from Oldham County Middle School In La Grange, KY, recently won the local "Canstruction" contest.

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Positive
  |  April 25, 2023

In the spotlight

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Positive
  |  April 25, 2023

Introducing: the world's newest superhero

🦸‍♀️💪💐 Following three years of extreme drought, California has experienced an extremely wet winter – which is not exactly how you'd expect a superhero origin story to begin.

Kailyn Toussaint & Peter Nowak
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Positive
  |  April 24, 2023

Mouse house

🐭 Gez Robinson, like many people, picked up a quirky new habit in his older age. 

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Positive
  |  April 21, 2023

Furry Friends Friday: An unlikely duo

Meet Cinnamon and Felix, a once-homeless bonded duo who have been on quite the journey to find their forever family.

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Positive
  |  April 20, 2023

Calling all Kyles

The city of Kyle, TX is attempting to break the world record for most people with the same name gathering at once.

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Positive
  |  April 19, 2023

No one on the field have swagger like us

A team of three aerospace engineers just broke the world record for for the farthest flight by paper airplane(yes, there's a record for that).

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Positive
  |  April 18, 2023

Line me up, Vernon!

✂️ Vernon Jackson is the owner of Noble Barber and Beauty in Cincinnati, Ohio. The dedicated barber has a full client list, which means he spends most of his days cutting hair and chatting with locals – but it's his "VIP clients" that have the town talking.

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Positive
  |  April 18, 2023

Take a load off

🪑 For anyone who takes public transportation, it's always frustrating to walk to the bus stop after a long day and not have anywhere to sit.

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Positive
  |  April 18, 2023

🦌 Moose on the loose

Employees and patients at Anchorage’s Providence Alaska Health Park had an unexpected visitor wander into the lobby last week: a wild moose with an affinity for plants

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Positive
  |  April 17, 2023

Pipes aren't just for Mario and Luigi

Lowes employee Dave Urban ran into the Getty family looking at pipes in the PVC aisle. With them was their son Will, who has quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy; they were hoping to build two parallel bars to help Will learn how to walk.

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Positive
  |  April 14, 2023

Furry Friends Friday: What happens in Vegas...

🍟 When Fergie the camel was rescued from a home in Colorado, her new owner Brandon Nobles didn't realize she had an affinity for french fries.

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Positive
  |  April 13, 2023

The friendly skies

✈️ Bette Nash was recently named the oldest and longest-serving flight attendant in the world. 

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Positive
  |  April 12, 2023

Besties for the resties

Keith Laughton and Martin Dowle have been best friends for more than 50 years... 

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Positive
  |  April 11, 2023

Girls just wanna make friends

Holly Cooke founded The London Lonely Girls Club on Facebook in an attempt to meet some new people.

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Positive
  |  April 11, 2023

The story of Will Robinson, the triple crown trailblazer

For Will “Akuna” Robinson is the first Black person to achieve the triple crown of hiking. 

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Positive
  |  April 11, 2023

Have you leop-(he)ard the news?

Now THAT👆 is a cute kitty. Click to read the story behind the pic.

Kailyn Toussaint & Peter Nowak
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Positive
  |  April 6, 2023

Like mother, like daughter

Eleven years ago, Lexi Donelson wore a turquoise gown to prom with her high school sweetheart, Dewey.

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Positive
  |  April 5, 2023

Community at it's finest

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