Comments on: Monday RAKs – is it a stretch? & Spring Fling!

By: Holly of HollYarns

Holly of HollYarns — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:39:24 +0000

I end up with a lot of lotions/facial products (that I don’t use) from silly, wasteful trips to the drugstore. I don’t end up using them because my face is pretty much just okay with cetaphil cleanser and lotion or cream–anything else irritates it. I guess I just get sold on all the promises that the beauty products “promise”!

By: BethC

BethC — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:42:18 +0000

I live in the DC area and traffic here is outrageous. I have been making a concerted effort to let people in and have been giving up the close parking spaces. May not seem like a lot, but I sure get a lot of smiles!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:46:36 +0000

My random acts of kindness this month? I baked dozens of cookies for a friend’s church. They have a living nativity and last year had over 40,000 visitors, to whom they provide free cookies. My friend told me about it so I offered to help bake. It was good to give back! I also made a flannel quilt for a friend who is going through a rough time and is keeping his heat low to save money. It will also be a great snuggle blanket for his children who are here for Christmas after a very painful, devastating divorce. There were others…making cookies for my elderly neighbors who aren’t able to do it themselves this year, letting the lady with the little kids have the close parking spot, etc. I don’t care of I win the contest, I’ve gotten more out of doing little RAKs this year than I ever would have imagined. But it would be NICE to win! )

Have a blessed Christmas,
Carolyn

By: Grace Brunelle

Grace Brunelle — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:29:24 +0000

Dear Sheri,
We a Rak Christmas every year! For instance, last year we gave christmas to a family at my brother in law’s school, they lost their home and everything, even clothing etc in a house fire. So, our family all purchased what they needed for clothing and toys and we got together to wrap gifts and have cookies and cocoa the week before christmas.
Then for my gift to my siblings families on Christmas day, Instead of presents last year for all my siblings, we decorated ordinary EMPTY white soup bowls with really pretty cellophane and a bow on top.We put a note inside each bowl telling them about how their gift fed a child for 3 months with soup! Everyone LOVED IT.
We gave funds to www. LifeToday.org They have both mission feeding where they feed and care for over 400,000 children each month in countries from Sudan to Mozambique. These kids don’t have anything, and Life Today goes to places where NO one else will go. In fact the mix they make to feed the kids has the highest vitamin and mineral and protein etc content , it is so Excellent that Unicef has come to see their recipe! It is like a porridge. The kids who eat from LIFE are so poor they would travel like even 20 miles and use dirty tin cans for dishes . Well, for only $1 added to your donation, Life will give each kid an orange bowl that can be used for this hot porridge and the child keeps the bowl and keeps coming to be fed as long as needed. They also clothe the kids and give them medical attention.
I know there are a lot of needs in the world but with Life, they are PROVEN to give all the funds to the kids. They also have a Missions water program, so next year we will give CUPS decorated so kids can get a CLEAN cup of water. Thousands of babies and children die from disease from Water borne illnesses.
We just felt that we are so blessed to have hot water, clean water, food and homes and warmth that we wanted to help.
This year we are giving out of our surplus, and our whole family is doing one of those Yankee Trader games, We limited it to only $5 ao we can give to the poor.
The year before we gave notes on giving a goat, or chicken or formulae from different Samaritans Purse programs.
Every year since my daughter was a teen, we started to give our christmas meal funds to the poor and eat soup instead. It became a fun and relaxed tradition. We have now done this for many years, as she is 27 and it really brings the family together, as we eat soup we watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” or “The Littlest Angel”
So that is how we RAK Christmas!! I hope this gives you an idea for YOUR family for RAK Christmas
Our family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve Day so I am posting early.
May each of you find the True meaning of the season this year.
Please enter me too, Sheri, in the contest.
blessings, grace in VT

By: Grace Brunelle

Grace Brunelle — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:24:12 +0000

Dear Sheri,
We a Rak Christmas every year! For instance, last year we gave christmas to a family at my brother in law’s school, we got together to wrap gifts and have cookies and cocoa the week before christmas. Then on Christmas day, Instead of presents last year for all my siblings, we decorated ordinary EMPTY white soup bowls with really pretty cellophane and a bow on top.We put a note inside each bowl telling them about how their gift fed a child for 3 months with soup! Everyone LOVED IT.
We gave funds to www. LifeToday.org They have both mission feeding where they feed and care for over 400,000 children each month in countries from Sudan to Mozambique. These kids don’t have anything, and Life Today goes to places where NO one else will go. In fact the mix they make to feed the kids has the highest vitamin and mineral and protein etc content , it is so Excellent that Unicef has come to see their recipe! It is like a porridge. The kids who eat from LIFE are so poor they would travel like even 20 miles and use dirty tin cans for dishes . Well, for only $1 added to your donation, Life will give each kid an orange bowl that can be used for this hot porridge and the child keeps the bowl and keeps coming to be fed as long as needed. They also clothe the kids and give them medical attention.
I know there are a lot of needs in the world but with Life, they are PROVEN to give all the funds to the kids. They also have a Missions water program, so next year we will give CUPS decorated so kids can get a CLEAN cup of water. Thousands of babies and children die from disease from Water borne illnesses.
We just felt that we are so blessed to have hot water, clean water, food and homes and warmth that we wanted to help.
This year we are giving out of our surplus, and our whole family is doing one of those Yankee Trader games, We limited it to only $5 ao we can give to the poor.
The year before we gave notes on giving a goat, or chicken or formulae from different Samaritans Purse programs.
Every year since my daughter was a teen, we started to give our christmas meal funds to the poor and eat soup instead. It became a fun and relaxed tradition. We have now done this for many years, as she is 27 and it really brings the family together, as we eat soup we watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” or “The Littlest Angel”
So that is how we RAK Christmas!! I hope this gives you an idea for YOUR family for RAK Christmas
Our family celebrates Christmas on Christmas Eve Day so I am posting early.
May each of you find the True meaning of the season this year.
Please enter me too, Sheri, in the contest.
blessings, grace in VT

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:03:10 +0000

It isn’t much, but when I’m in the checkout line, I look to see if there is someone behind me with only a couple items, and I let them go first. They act like it is a big surprise, but I have been in long lines when I only needed a couple items. It is hardly any wait at all.

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:12:59 +0000

For my RAK, I sent a pair of baby socks knit in Koolade dyed yarn and a hat to Mossy Cottage Knits for a woman whose husband died. She’s expecting a baby soon. It seemed so tough to be without your mate at Christmas with a baby on the way. You should see all the beautiful things sent in.

By: danielle

danielle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:17:33 +0000

I missed the original post…. What’s an RAK?

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:58:34 +0000

My RAK this week involved my being a temporary and unpaid postal employee.

I went to the post office nearest my work to mail something Global Express Guaranteed, but (after waiting in a long line) I found out they didn’t have the forms and wouldn’t for several days. I had to mail this item (a birthday gift) so I went to another post office (with another line) about 6 blocks away. I picked up a bunch of the GEG forms and went by the 1st post office the next day to drop them off. The employees there (who are always very friendly) were shocked that someone would think to bring them forms!

Hopefully I saved some people from having to walk to another post office and wait in line twice.

By: moirae

moirae — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:40:20 +0000

RAK

There is probably only truly random act here. It is a long story so here goes.
My boss on Monday morning asked me if I wanted to be the lunch speaker at Kiwanis the next day. No pressure. He would have understood if I didn’t want to do it on such short notice.

I said yes. I hate public speaking, but there’s only one way to get better at it.

While there I heard about the Kiwanis Holiday Food Drive. They raised 17,000 lbs from a community of 8-9000 people. Nice huh? My boss promised to write a press release and send it to his media contacts. In the car, I asked if he wanted me to do it. After checking that it was okay with me, he agreed.

So I wrote the press release.

I volunteered my husband to go help sort the food yesterday for two hours. I went for about half an hour and stayed for another ten minutes interviewing the Holiday Food Drive Coordinator.

So we did random community service in the middle of the week . I’m not going to log that half hour either, although it’s still a small gesture. I DID get my husband to go though. I guilted him into it.