CNN 5 Things 5 Good Things: A Foster Kid Came for Surgery. He Left With a Family
Mar 7, 2026
A doctor’s quick kindness leads to a family adopting six foster siblings after a child arrived alone for surgery. Volunteers tackle massive trash cleanups around the San Francisco Bay. An app helps foster youth understand their rights and access services. A mother and daughter discover a record coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef. A 77-year-old plans a 50,000-mile motorcycle quest to chase a world record.
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Coordinate With Cities To Multiply Cleanup Impact
- Do organize community cleanups and coordinate with local public works to remove large-scale illegal dumping effectively.
- Andy Wang documents over 100 Bay Area cleanups, fills dozens of 35-gallon bags, and partners with city leaders to haul waste away.
An Anesthesiologist Adopted A Foster Boy And Kept His Siblings Together
- Dr Amy Beethi found a four-year-old foster boy, True, alone before heart surgery and later adopted him into her expanding family.
- She coordinated weekly visits so True stayed connected to his five biological siblings and then helped arrange adoptions so all six siblings remained together.
Access To Rights Changes Foster Kids' Trajectories
- Foster children' outcomes improve when they understand the system and their legal rights, not just when they get new homes.
- Taylor Sartor built Foster Power to translate Florida foster-care benefits and protections into plain language teens can use to access medicine, education, and services.