The spread of COVID-19 has caused our minds to be flooded with negativity, fortunately, there is good news out there! Our goal is to shed light on some of the things we might miss due to our preoccupied minds – the POSITIVE news surrounding this virus. We are living in unprecedented times.  Our outlook may tend to take on a negative tone…I get it.  With everything we hear about how grim the future will be and how we have given up what we once knew as normal,  it’s hard to be that beacon of hope, determination and assuredness.  With all that said, we at Firehouse Bounce aim to be a beacon of light for our Family and Friends.

In order to brighten your day, take a look at Some Good News (SGN).

SGN WITH JOHN KRASINSKI

Weekly good news with John Krasinski is important right now. John’s YouTube Channel has taken off in the past couple weeks due to his weekly lifting up of society.

This week in Some Good News:

• A boys birthday wish for a Jeep parade is answered
• Captain Tom Moore receives tens of thousands of birthday cards for his 100th birthday
• A family in Hartford that makes up for the cancellation of the Olympic games
• Two girls in California that compliment people from their driveway
• A man gets a lift bucket to see his wife in a nursing home on their 61st anniversary

These stories and more in this installment of Some Good News. Click here to watch this weeks episode

We’re all in this together and together, we’ll get back to normal.  We hope this video makes your day a little bit brighter.

Happy CINCO DE MAYO!

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott detailed plans on Monday to reopen the state for business amid the coronavirus pandemic – allowing places like retail stores, restaurants and movie theaters to open up to customers at a limited capacity by Friday May 1.  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said wearing masks will be encouraged, but will not be required.  The move by Abbot puts Texas – the country’s second-largest economy behind California – at the forefront of the movement to reopen state economies that have been basically brought to a standstill as the U.S. grapples with the outbreak of COVID-19.  “We’re not just going to pen up and hope for the best,” Abbott said during a news conference on Monday in Austin. “We’re going to open in way that will also contain the virus and keep us safe.”

He added: “A more strategic approach is required so that we don’t open only to close down again.”  Along with retail stores, restaurants and movie theaters, Abbott said that museums and libraries can also reopen on Friday at a 25 percent capacity. Sole proprietors of businesses can also open and doctors and dentists can resume normal operations as well.

Abbott added that hospitals will still have to keep 50 percent of their capacity for patients suffering from COVID-19.  Churches and places of worship, which were allowed to remain open during the state’s stay-at-home orders, are also allowed to expand their capacity provided safe social distancing measures are still enacted.  The governor’s plan, which he said has the backing of both state and federal health officials, is part of larger strategy in Texas to gradually reopen businesses. Abbott noted that by May 18, if there are no new spikes of contagion in Texas than he will move on to phase two of the plan, which allows businesses to operate at 50 percent capacity.

From Foxnews.com – The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Greetings Firehouse Bounce family! I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your business and your loyalty for these last 12 years. When I purchased this company from Brent Parker 10 years ago, I was excited to continue the legacy he created with the founding of Firehouse Bounce. This company has been my passion from the first time I became involved with it. It was almost my second child! I cared for it, encouraged it, always tried to keep it pointing in the right direction and then corrected it when it went off track. I have worked hard and put in many hours and sacrificed so much for this company. The goal was and will continue to be to provide each of you with a quality product, fair pricing and a superior level of customer service .