What went viral this week: People helping people + John Krasinski’s good news

This doctor’s family lost their home after this photo went viral (and so many people are helping them)

As reported by Business Insider , last week Dr. Jared Burks, a resident physician at Saint Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, went viral thanks to the touching photograph above.

Burks was separated from his family because of his work on the front lines of the coronavirus battle and could only see his son through a window. That window is part of the home belonging to Burks’ wife’s parents. His wife, Alyssa, and little Zeke (seen in the above viral image with his dad) went to stay there so that Burks could stay in the family home while working in the hospital.

But now he can’t because the couple’s house was destroyed by a tornado. “Our house is gone. Jared was inside, but he survived by the grace of God,” Alyssa wrote on social media over the weekend.

A friend quickly set up a GoFundMe to help the Burks . The goal was to raise $2,500. It has raised more than $78,000, with more than 2,000 people donating to the cause.

One day this dad will be able to live with his son again, but until then he will at least have help securing a place to stay while practicing social distancing.

The Backstreet Boys’ virtual concert goes viral, raises spirits

The Backstreet Boys recently reunited (virtually, from the privacy of their own homes) for Elton John’s iHeartRadio’s Living Room Concert for America , and the internet can’t stop sharing the video.

It’s all over social media because it’s the kind of content people need right now: It’s a reminder of a simpler, easier time (1999 was when “I Want It That Way” came out) and a reminder that we’re all in this together.

The guys showed up in sweatpants and with their kids hanging around in the shots, the same way many working parents are showing up on Zoom calls this week.

Drake shares first photos of his 2-year-old son, Adonis

Drake is going viral this week and not because he dropped a new single but because he is sharing the first photos of his son, Adonis.

Drake shares 2-year-old Adonis with fellow Canadian Sophie Brussaux and they have kept Adonis out of the spotlight until now. It seems like Drake is missing his little guy as the rapper has “reportedly been in self-isolation at his Forest Hill mansion in Toronto since earlier this month when the COVID-19 pandemic worsened,” CTV News reports. Drake needed to isolate because he’d been spending time with NBA players who may have been exposed.

“I love and miss my beautiful family and friends,” Drake wrote on Instagram. “I can’t wait for the joyful day when we are all able to reunite. Until then please keep your lights on.”

Viral indoor scavenger hunt is the activity parents + kids need right now

If you are running out of things to occupy the kids indoors, check out this viral post from teacher Jessica Nicole Barker.

“I found these for my students to use at home but anyone with families needing something fun to do, I found these off one of my teaching blogs and put all the ones she’s posted together in one post for easier finding and usage. So please feel free to share. I found these from Primary Playground page if you wanna follow for more. She usually posts a new one each day so far!”

Barkers post has been shared more than 100,000 times since Friday and we know many parents are following her lead and following the Primary Playground page.

John Krasinski’s good news video goes viral

We know John Krasinski as an actor, but the former star of The Office has become an at-home amateur news anchor, launching his new show Some Good News on YouTube.

We love how this dad has built a show that is dedicated to uplifting news stories in the time of coronavirus.

Steve Carell stopped by the first episode and YouTube commenters are loving it. “I’m pregnant and bawling my eyes out. SGN is hitting me right in the feels. Such an amazing concept,” one YouTube user wrote.

We so agree.

This math teacher is going viral for giving a student a 1-on-1 lesson while social distancing

South Dakota Math teacher Chris Waba lives across the street from one of his students, 12-year-old Rylee Anderson, but she didn’t expect to see him in person for a while as her classes are now all online.

But when Rylee emailed about the problems she was having with her math work Mr. Waba went low-tech: He grabbed a dry-erase marker and a whiteboard and went across the street to her front porch.

Though a glass door he showed Rylee how to graph a function, and Rylee’s dad, Josh Anderson, took a pic that has now gone viral.

“I’m a better communicator face-to-face than (on) the telephone and I think students learn better that way,” Waba told CNN. “Teachers all across the nation have been thrown into a situation like this. I think we’re all more comfortable being in front of our classes and that’s where we’d rather be.”

And teacher all over the country are doing their best, just like Waba is. And they’re all heroes.

The Rock teaching his daughter to fight coronavirus with a ‘Moana’ song is #dadgoals

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Before my showers now, Baby Tia (mama mia) demands I sing the rap portion of my song “You’re Welcome” from MOANA, while I wash her hands. We realized a few weeks ago that the rap portion of the song is perfect timing when getting your little ones to have fun washing their hands. Stay healthy and safe, my friends. D And gotta love how at the start of this vid, baby Tia is like, “just shut your mouth and sing daddy” 😂

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We love when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shares sweet dad moments , and he just shared an adorable “sheltering at home, pre daddy’s shower ritual” that he shares with his daughter Tia, who is nearly 2 years old.

The Rock posted a video to Instagram showing how he shows his little daughter how to wash her hands to protect against coronavirus.

His caption read, in part: “Before my showers now, Baby Tia (mama mia) demands I sing the rap portion of my song “You’re Welcome” from MOANA, while I wash her hands. We realized a few weeks ago that the rap portion of the song is perfect timing when getting your little ones to have fun washing their hands. Stay healthy and safe, my friends.”

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