Comments on: Random Acts of Kindness, Week Three

By: Gillian

Gillian — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0000

I have a contract where I shop for soft drinks and generally have tons left. I have donated some of the extras to neighbours for the fund raising events held through their jobs. Clears out my space and improves the amount they can raise.

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:26:15 +0000

I read in Ravelry about someone’s total yarn reserves being stolen by an intruder. I am mailing her some choice yarns from my stash. Plus it’s her birthday right now, wanted to make her days a little brighter

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:50:12 +0000

I hope it’s not to late.

I want to tell you about a wonderful gift I received – I’m still gobsmacked from the experience.

One of my friends (and one of your customers) sent me a camera. I’d broken mine while I was in NYC, and lamented online about my loss.

I was so touched and encouraged. What did I do to deserve this?

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:24:38 +0000

Don’t get me started on cats and trees. Especially cats who find their catnip toys that Santa left for them under the tree. FPS…you’d think I’d know better than to let Santa do that!

Here in New Hampshire, we’ve been struggling along without power for a week after the Great Ice Storm of 2008 and finally have it restored. I saw a crew working on my street late last Thursday night on my way home from work, so I turned my car around, went to the local Dunkin’ Donuts (hey, it’s NH…), got 4 large coffees and some muffins and brought them to the wonderful men from Hydro Quebec who had just restored my power after 7 days! The RAK was really theirs for giving up time with their families to be here in horrible conditions working 19 hours a day to bring power back to us. God bless them!! They were very happy to get the hot coffee and muffins and although they didn’t speak much English, the hugs crossed all language barriers!

By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:26:14 +0000

I’m sure I am too late for this week, but what the heck, contests aren’t the reason to do RAKs anyway, right? Anyway, I overnighted my mom a pair of handknit wool socks(even though she lives in Florida and never really wears socks, except for golf socks in cotton, a pair of which I knitted for her for Christmas) becasue she was flying to Denver today for Christmas with my sister, and it is really COLD there right now. I didn’t want her to get cold feet in store-bought socks. Merry Christmas Sherri!

By: Brynna

Brynna — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:49:44 +0000

We ended up not doing a tree at all this year, because our cats would destroy it. So we skipped it entirely, and decorated other things. It actually worked out pretty nicely.

My week has been spent mostly snowed-in, so my one little RAK was to put aside all my unfinished Christmas knitting, and whip out a baby blanket for a friend’s new grandbaby, who arrived early, and the new mom is barely out of her teens (new dad isn’t quite 18 yet) so they’ll have something warm to wrap the new little one in to bring her home, in the snowy crazy we’re experiencing.

I did also purchase a couple books for Borders book drive for children on Sat while I was finishing up my last-minute shopping.

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:58:52 +0000

I brought a load of toys and children’s books for Toys for Tots last week. It is always nice knowing that some child is going to have a little brighter holiday for my efforts.

At a party, myself and a friend filled a dessert plate to bring to one of our friends who couldn’t attend. She really appreciated the chance to get a little holiday chit chat along with the sweets.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:34:40 +0000

Yum! Those bacon-wrapped water chestnuts look so good! My mom always made those for parties, but we used brown sugar instead of white sugar and I don’t think we added the lemon juice. Delicious!

I can’t think of a specific RAK I did from last week, but I did help clean up after our office Christmas party on Friday and even offered to carry garbage bags out to the dumpster in the rain.

By: Cerina

Cerina — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:31:40 +0000

I don’t know if I should post this but, what the hay!!
Here in Gitmo we have lots of folks who rely on the bus system. I always feel for them taking “public transportation” when I practically live in my truck. Because my daughter is in daycare I have made great friends with the ladies that care for her. They are a great group of women who are by majority from Jamaica. Cidney loves them to death and looks forward to seeing them each day… so much that we have to stop at the “flower bush” every morning on the way in (sorry, I don’t know what kind of flower it is… but, it’s yellow!!) to pick a flower for someone everyday… it has changed from day-to-day but, is usually one of the same four people. She was told that she can only pick one flower a day that’s why she decided that she’d start giving leaves too.

I thought I’d take a cue from her and her “flower delivery” to offer them a ride anytime they appeared to need one. I finally was able to give one of the ladies a ride home. It made me feel good even if it was only a few miles.

By: Frances

Frances — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:28:08 +0000

Hope you had a good weekend! On Friday I was downtown and had to park at a meter. When I left, I filled the meter with quarters so the next person wouldn’t have to pay.