Here are 10 actually heartwarming things that happened in 2016

From the continued war in Syria to terror attacks and mass shootings to celebrity deaths to a bitterly divisive presidential election, there seemed to be an endless news cycle filled with stories that ranged from terrible to heartbreaking. Inmates and employees at a pair of correctional facilities took part in a friendly competition to collect water bottles for students of Genesee County’s Intermediate School District in Flint, amassing nearly 30,000. Robert Gauthier, an office assistant at Pugsley Correctional Facility who came up with the idea for the water drive, told UpNorthLive.com that the inmates at both Pugsley and Oaks Correctional Facility reached out to members of the community for donations.