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
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| January 12, 2023One wheel for one goal
Nineteen-year-old Avery Seuter embarked in September on an ambitious ride down the entire Eastern Seaboard entirely on a unicycle.
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| January 11, 2023Crunching on Christmas
A group of alpacas and llamas at a farm in Cornwall, UK are filling their bellies with no-longer-needed Christmas trees after the owner posted asking for donations.
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| January 10, 2023Popcorn – apparently not just for eating | How to turn popcorn into presents (besides magic)
Boyscout Jonathan Werner raised over $50,000 in popcorn sales to buy presents for children in foster care.
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| January 10, 2023Around the world in three days
Ali Irani and Sujoy Kumar Mitra just broke the world record for the fastest visit to all seven continents.
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| January 9, 2023We didn't start the fire🎶
🌲As members of The Yosemite Women’s Fire Internship program head to their daily training, they know they are helping benefit both our environment and equity in the workforce.
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| January 9, 2023💌 Poetry in the park
💌 A nightstand full of poetry has begun to pop up around San Francisco parks.
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| January 6, 2023Double trouble
A set of adorable polar bear twins were born in Toledo last month.
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| January 5, 2023Art for a cause
An eight-year-old artist has raised over $15,000 for children's cancer research.
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| January 4, 2023Love of the century
👵🏻👴🏻 Robert and Edith Mae Schaum recently celebrated eighty years of marriage.
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| January 3, 2023McDonald's mayhem
❄️ McDonald's employees Jeffrey Spangler, Kristin Kosha, and Amanda Kendall had quite an eventful snowed-in week.
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| January 3, 2023Penguin pals
🐧⛷ Maddock Lipp recently claimed the unofficial record for the youngest person to ski on all seven continents.
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| December 23, 2022🦭 Flippery Friends Friday: Santa the Shopping Seal
A South African seal that curiously wandered into traffic was safely rescued and released back to the ocean.
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| December 22, 2022A mile in their shoes
👟 A liquor store employee gave their shoes away to a stranger on the street.
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| December 21, 2022Christmas beard, oh, Christmas beard...
🎄 An Idaho man decorated his beard with over 700 baubles to break the world record.
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| December 20, 2022Grandma graduates
📚 Joyce DeFauw recently graduated college- seventy-one years after she first enrolled.
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| December 19, 2022Tampa or bust
Almost the entire population of the small town Tampa, Kansas took a trip to Tampa, Florida.
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| December 16, 2022Furry Friends Friday: Oh, deer...
Employees at Blue and Gray Bar & Grill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, had quite the wake-up call when a deer smashed through the front window and into the restaurant.
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| December 14, 2022The road to love
When Yasushi “Yassan” Takahashi decided he wanted to propose to his girlfriend Natsuki, he didn't realize he would grab a Guinness World Record in the process.
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| December 13, 2022The Samurai Blue cleanup
Japan's football team, Samurai Blue, left their changing room spotless after World Cup matches.
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