FOX 9 Positive Moments: Photos and videos that made us smile on April 2

Please email your videos and pictures to fox9news@foxtv.com. Your clip might air to help brighten up our newscasts during the COVID-19 crisis.

Wisconsin school therapy dog connects with students through Facebook amid closures

Educators are facing all sorts of obstacles when it comes to distance learning, but a Wisconsin special education teacher is finding ways for her students to connect with her therapy dog Frannie. 

Minnesota nurse heads to New York City to answer call for help

Health professionals from across the country are now heading to New York City to join the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them is a nurse from Minnesota.

St. Joseph's Hospital staff write encouraging messages on windows

It's a trying time for health care workers, but staff at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul are sharing messages of positivity amid the COVID-19 crisis.

9-year-old's gymnastics team surprises her with birthday car parade

Paige’s 9th birthday party was cancelled and she missed out on spring break this year, but her gymnastics team wouldn’t let her birthday go unnoticed.

Love Your Melon donates 50,000 masks to children's hospitals amid COVID-19 pandemic

Love Your Melon, a Minnesota-based company that creates hats for children battling cancer, is now making fabric face masks to help patients and their families stay protected from COVID-19.

Stuck in isolation at hospital, supporters hold parade for Minnesota girl fighting cancer

The young girl whose cancer battle has been an inspiration for the Golden Gophers saw some incredible support this week while she is stuck in isolation at the hospital.

#songsofthevirus: Minnesota music teachers spearhead musical messages of safety

With many Minnesotans home right now and more starting this weekend due to the Governor’s stay-at-home order, some of them will join a group of people putting their musical talents towards spreading the message of safety.

Community sings happy birthday to Riverside boy after party was canceled due to Stay at Home order

Browen Bell was about to celebrate his 9th birthday, but unfortunately due to California's Stay at Home order that was issued Thursday evening by Governor Gavin Newsom his birthday party had to be canceled. 

Group launches First Avenue coloring book to support music community during COVID-19 pandemic

Minnesota artists teamed up to create a coloring book inspired by the music venue First Avenue, with proceeds benefiting local gig workers struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minnesota school resource officer keeping up his daily doodles despite school closure

A school resource officer in New Brighton, Minnesota known for his daily doodles isn’t letting the fact that schools are closed keep him from trying to brighten students’ days with his drawings.