32 Random Acts of Kindness

On Saturday, Tiffany, Melissa and I spent our entire day being AWESOME!  Well, we are ALWAYS awesome, but Saturday we were EXTRA AWESOME!!!!  We carried out 32 Random Acts of Kindness!!!

Why 32?  … Great question!!

This year we all turn thirty-two.  We figured rather than receiving gifts this year, we’d GIVE instead.  One act of kindness for each year we have been blessed with.  The three of us always try to be as kind and as positive as possible and thought it’d be pretty amazing to dedicate an entire day to it.  Our birthdays just gave us a reason. 🙂

So we made a plan…  spend $32.00 (yes 32, see the pattern?)  and spread as much kindness as we possibly could… And that is exactly what we did!!

Before I show you how we spent our day, we wanted to give a special thanks to two generous gentleman who donated toward our cause…  Pat Herman, who is always there to support and cheer us on, we love you Pappa Herm!  And Chris Godfrey, who overheard what we were doing and kindly wanted to help us make a difference.  Thank you both! YOUR random acts inspired us even more than we already were!  You ROCK!!

We made little notes to leave behind so anyone who would stumble across our “random acts” would know exactly what it was….

OUR 32 RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

1.  Took baked goods to our local Rescue Squad.

2.  Took baked goods to the DEA.

3.  Participated in the local pill drop-off and disposed of our expired meds properly. 

4.  Took baked goods to our local Library staff.

5.  Donated crayons and coloring books to the Homeless Shelter.

6.  Left baked goods with our tip for the waitress at breakfast.

7.  We held doors everywhere we went.

8.  Donated clothes.

9.  Took coffee to our favorite bridge officer.

10.  Paid for a few cars crossing the bridge.

11.  Smiled all day.

12.  Left quarters on parking meters.

13.  Hid dollars in the toys at the Dollar Store.

14.  Left bones at the dog park.

15.  Donated Food.

16.  Left cookies for our mailmen.

17.  Let people get in front of us when ever we could.

18.  Cleaned up trash.

19.  Left bubbles in the park.

20.  We each wrote a nice note to a friend, just because.

21.  Kept the sweet woman who locked her keys in the car at the Post Office company while she waited for her husband.  Also gave her a lottery ticket  and told her we hoped her luck would change.  She loved us!

22.  Left quarters at the Laundromat.

23.  Got a car wash and donated money to the Children’s Miracle Network.

24.  Left coupons for those who could use them.

25.  Left lottery tickets on some windshields.

26.  Gave up our parking spot.

27.  Visited our darling Tini at work with her favorite tea and cookies.  She really wanted to join us!  Next year Teen Been!  It just wasn’t the same without you!!

28.  Left quarters by the candy machines.

29.  Left flowers on windshields in the employee lot at the hospital.

30.  Took flower arrangements to the hospital.

31.  Left cards and magazines in the waiting room.

32.Left quarters on the vending machine.

WHAT.A.DAY!!!!

Saturday was so empowering that we made a pact… this is how we will celebrate our birthday’s EVERY year!  The day was full of smiles, hugs, gratitude and overall happiness.  I’m pretty sure I can speak for Tiff and Melissa when I say, it was one of the best days we have ever had.  It was absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

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Speaking of AMAZING… We weren’t the only ones paying it forward on Saturday.  My super awesome Dad and husband spent the day being selfless and giving back too.  I figured since this post is all about Acts of Kindness I’d give them a quick shout out! 🙂

They spent the day escorting wounded vets to and from the local American Legion.  They served them lunch and celebrated them as the heroes they truly are.  What a wonderful thing to do!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SERVED FOR OUR COUNTRY!!!!  You deserve unconditional respect!!

Jim and my Dad in all their awesomeness…

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

~ Sophocles

Have a beautiful day, be kind & pay it forward!

xx Heather