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 26, 2022

Finding Freda

Victoria Hogan was out walking her two border terriers Freda and Bert when the worst imaginable scenario happened; Freda, out of curiosity, raced directly down a badger's hole.

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  |  April 26, 2022

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  |  April 26, 2022

Gordon and Amelia

💭 Imagine this... you're a zookeeper who has devoted your life to helping and caring for animals, but even after all your studies, there's one species that makes you nervous to be around: the sloth.

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  |  April 22, 2022

Furry Friends Friday: Corbin and His Kittens

Corbin Is a 150-pound Great Dane who's taken on quite the responsibility: fatherhood. The massive dog loves his group of foster kittens, cuddling and caring for the cats as if they were his very own.

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Positive
  |  April 21, 2022

Nicholas Pays It Forward

Seven-year-old Nicholas Perrin has saved up his money for two years to eventually make it to Disney World. The determined Pennsylvania boy had saved up an impressive $250 towards his dream of the Magic Kingdom when he found out about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

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Positive
  |  April 20, 2022

Sea-ing the Beauty

A nonprofit organization aiming to save our oceans through art, Washed Ashore is run by volunteers picking up trash along more than 300 miles of shoreline. 

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Positive
  |  April 19, 2022

Duke Finds a New Home

🐶✈️ Duke was a stray dog in Afghanistan who became friends with a troop of American soldiers. Bringing them daily cuddles, tail wags, and love, Duke soon became part of the family. Now, after months of organization, he's making his way to the USA for good.  

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Positive
  |  April 19, 2022

Run, Jacky, Run

Jacky Hunt-Broersma has woken up every morning since mid-January with one goal: to run a full marathon that day. The amputee woman is aiming to break the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive marathons- running 102 of them in 102 days 🤯.

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  |  April 19, 2022

🪑🚲For the duration of their more than 50-year marriage, Bill and his wife Glad loved to bike ride together. Devastated when Glad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and lost her ability to walk, Bill was determined to still share their favorite hobby.

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  |  April 14, 2022

A Sari Saves the Day

🛑🚂A quick-thinking woman in India potentially saved nearly 200 people on a train headed straight towards broken tracks. Standing in the middle of the railway and waving her red sari in the air, she was able to alert the conductor just in time. 

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  |  April 13, 2022

Skydivers Over Sixty

A group of 107 skydivers over the age of 60 set out to break a world record in California. The group, Skydivers Over Sixty(SOS) gathered from around the world to make a 107-person human snowflake in the air.  

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  |  April 12, 2022

The Lego Lover

Igor Sidorov and two of his sons fled Ukraine in late February just before the Russion invasion. Eleven-year-old Andrii was devastated when he realized he'd have to leave behind his most prized possession: his beloved Lego collection.

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  |  April 12, 2022

The Parksville Fire Department released an official press statement last month welcoming their newest member to the team: 3-year-old Oliver Lipinski.

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  |  April 12, 2022

An Everyday Hero

Quinn Dombrowski, along with around 1300 other librarians and archivists, is racing the clock to save Ukraine's cultural history and heritage by backing up as much as she can to external hard drives and digital software.

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  |  April 11, 2022

Why Did The Seal Cross the Road?...

Police were urgently called to an intersection in Southampton, New York last weekend. The officers, however, were not there in response to an accident, but rather a baby seal - scooting slowly across the road.

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  |  April 8, 2022

Feathery Friends Friday: All the Ducks In a Row

🦆🐥 One Mama duck chose the perfect place to build her nest in preparation for her ducklings' arrival: a Jacksonville maternity ward.

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  |  April 7, 2022

In Loving Memory

Robert Perkins and his love Rhonda met at only sixteen years old. After her passing in 2006, the Nova Scotian man dedicated himself to keeping Rhonda's animal-loving memory alive by building a wildlife refuge sanctuary - right in his backyard. 

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  |  April 6, 2022

Sing Us a Song, You're the Tomato Man...

🏆🍅 Douglas Smith already held one world record after growing the tallest sunflower in the UK back in 2020. Now, the impressive gardener has done it again- this time going for the gold with an impressive amount of tomatoes. 

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Positive
  |  April 5, 2022

Merrill Pittman Cooper attended Storer College in West Virginia from the years 1934 to 1938. Having to drop out of school just before graduation to help support his mother, the one-hundred-one-year-old man always regretted not receiving his diploma. 

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  |  April 5, 2022

Friendly Firefighters

🚒👕 Allison Marois wanted to do something special for her retired-firefighter Dad's birthday. Hoping to collect a firefighter t-shirt from each of the 50 states, she posted on Tiktok asking for help finding shirts. The response she received was overwhelming. 

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