Comments on: Random Acts of Kindness, Week Two

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:06:12 +0000

A co-worker and her daughter decided to help out her daughter’s co-worker, who was recently divorced and had $5 to last 10 days. We adopted the family and brought in gifts for her and her 2 daughters, ages 3 and 5. I bought toys for the little ones and kitchen necessities for the mom. When my friend delivered the stuff to her in the parking lot, she filled up her trunk, back seat, and front seat. with gifts. This woman had tears in her eyes and was so grateful to us… She was thankful even with a 5-lb bag of potatoes! It sure felt good to be helping others at this time of the year. It will be a great Christmas for the family.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:09:01 +0000

Oops! I had the wrong email address – left out the n in msn.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:08:12 +0000

Whenever I do something nice for someone else, I feel like I’m the recipient of the random act of kindness as well because I find so much joy from trying to do little things for others.

I love to shop at estate sales and thrift stores so I try to find items that will benefit someone in our refugee community or someone else in need which helps me avoid bringing home more loot for us. Lately I have been finding used Paul Revere or Farberware and cleaning the pieces and giving away. Much better cook ware than the cheap pans available to those on serious budgets. Sometimes they are acts I think of myself like buying and cleaning the pans; sometimes the situation just presents itself. Like the other day at Target, as I’m getting out of my car, I hear a car horn alarm. I noticed an older woman in a car two parking spaces away, sitting with the door open looking forlorn. I walked up and asked her if I could help. She had been studying her car manual trying to find out how to make the noise stop for some time. Of course how could she focus sitting in the car with that awful noise? Anyway, I asked her if she had her keys and we quickly found the right button to put an end to the alarm noise. As I walked into the store, they were just about to page the store for the owner of the “blue HOnda” that was honking. I was able to assure them that the problem had been solved. Yea!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:59:43 +0000

We donated to a homeless shelter collecting outside the grocery store. I knit fingerless mitts for the children of co-workers, just because. Hopefully more to come!!

By: lauragayle

lauragayle — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:57:11 +0000

I work PT at a LYS that also carries needlepoint supplies and does finishing. A customer called when I was working Sat. — requesting that her newly finished item be mailed to her daughter, as her husband’s lung cancer was worse. As she gave me the daughter’s address, I realized that I could drop it off by her daughter’s on my way home. Yes, it was about 3-5 miles out of my way, but it would make sure her daughter(and grandson, who the finished item was really for) had the item this weekend to go on their Christmas tree. So, that’s what I did.

By: cls

cls — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:48 +0000

I gave my sandwich to a co worker I know didn’t have anything to eat. I also found a group that is teaching young people to sew, and donated some fabric.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:40:43 +0000

I helped an older woman at Costco loading things into the trunk of her car. I just imagined it was my 82 year old mom..sure, she could have done it, but I know it is nice to have someone help with that extra strain. Every little bit helps. I think when you get older and less in shape it takes more effort to to everyday things……She was happy and so was I !!

By: Julianne

Julianne — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:18:34 +0000

This isn’t very big . . but my RAK consisted of making faces at an unhappy toddler on a crowded bus. I live in Ecuador, so my fair hair and blue eyes are a novelty. I distracted the child long enough that she stopped crying. The mother was grateful .. . . .as were the other passengers on the bus!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:57:41 +0000

Last week I gave to our local food bank. My gift inspired my husband to drop off another check this week! Cool.

My RAK was to give a friend of mine a skein of yarn that she saw in my stash that she said she absolutely loved. I told her to take it home. She was so excited. Fun to share the yarn love!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:51:32 +0000

My RAK is that I did not yell at my dad – I went to TX for my mom’s graduation – a masters in landscape architecture at TX Tech, went to wrap my dad’s x-mas gift (which I dropped off in Aug because I did not have a way to transport this weekend) and found he already drank all 12 bottles of collector brew! 4 of which were for my mom!!! I was sooo pissed, and still am, but for the family, I did not say anything.