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Weekend
Submitted By: Steven Andrews
Date Submitted: 5/1/2008
One weekend afternoon, my brother and I were really bored. Dad kept on telling us to find something... Read More
Go out and BE the church
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 3/6/2008
This past Sunday morning, our pastor told us that we could leave the church and do random acts of kindness... Read More
MY LIFE
Submitted By: Mama Anne
Date Submitted: 3/12/2008
I have a lived a hard life. I was abused physically, emotionally and mentally. Life as an adult was... Read More
Just Faith
Submitted By: JvM
Date Submitted: 3/15/2008
We found out 02.27.08 that my 27 yr old fiancée has cancer. Our lives were just coming to order... Read More
He Calls Me Mama
Submitted By: Kathleene S. Baker
Date Submitted: 4/27/2008
HE CALLS ME MAMA
By Kathleene S. Baker
When playtime rolls around, Chance Armstrong prefers painting... Read More
Peek-a-boo of Life
Submitted By: Shamim Sadiq
Date Submitted: 4/22/2008
Have you ever participated in a game of peek-a-boo with kids? You start chasing them, they run as fast... Read More
Candy bars
Submitted By: carrie grist
Date Submitted: 4/21/2008
I’m sure most of you have heard of the natural disaster Hurricane Katrina, I know I have. The... Read More
Paper Boy
Submitted By: Don
Date Submitted: 4/20/2008
Dreams are best when you can realize some of them. When I was still in the single digits, I dreamed... Read More
Helping With Homework
Submitted By: Miles Cornish
Date Submitted: 4/20/2008
On a Friday afternoon, after coming home from school I realized how much homework I needed to do and... Read More
nobody alone in hospital
Submitted By: pgalaxy
Date Submitted: 4/19/2008
I have a family back home, but I travel a lot. A couple of times in the past few years, I have had to... Read More
Activity- More kind deeds
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
- Take 7 walnuts and open them being careful not to chip or break them, remove the meat. Write an inspirational... Read More
3 Things
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
Besides showing kindness,there are 3 other things we need to be able to do
People have a lot in life... Read More
A Little Difference that can make a Big Difference
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
Just want to share this little thought with you.....
Many of us these days are too scurried in doing... Read More
Sticker Kindness
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
When I was younger, I used to play soccer with a couple of friends at the park. We decided that I should... Read More
The caring of a busy pharmacist
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
I work downtown in Washington DC in a very busy area. I have extreme anxiety/obsessive compulsive disorder—so... Read More
Zone kindness
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/28/2008
Jasmine noticed a little girl sitting alone at the Zone carnival. She couldn't help but notice that... Read More
Need a little Help?
Submitted By: Emily Rose McIntyre
Date Submitted: 4/18/2008
My parents and I were walking toward the entrance of the Greece Mall. When I reached the door, I held... Read More
Find Kind Stories and Share
Submitted By: Peter
Date Submitted: 4/16/2008
I am a children's book author and illustrator whose mission is to inspire kindness and creativity. I... Read More
Poor Little Girl, Big Heart
Submitted By: Stephanie Sanderson
Date Submitted: 4/15/2008
One time, there was this girl with really bad feet, she was born that way. Everybody used to stare at... Read More
A Real Story
Submitted By: Anam Hamzeh
Date Submitted: 4/12/2008
This story happened in 2005 in my native country before immigrating to Canada.
While I was reading... Read More
Had a baby for my sister
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/10/2008
I just want to say that I’m grateful for my sister. I'm single mom of a special needs child and... Read More
Kindness to someone forgotten
Submitted By: Martin
Date Submitted: 4/10/2008
Back in the 70's, my dad worked as a temp in a troublesome school in a suburb of Stockholm. In the class... Read More
Drive-Thru Drill
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
One Sunday, after church,my family and I went to Taco Bell for some lunch. When we pulled up to the... Read More
Peek-a-Boo...I See You!!!
Submitted By: A.McNett
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
The other day, I saw a familiar face. I wasn’t quite sure who or where I knew this person from... Read More
A lady in need
Submitted By: Patricia Matheews
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
When I was growing up in a foster home, I was one of the cool kids. There was another girl who was always... Read More
Kind at Work
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
One day I was at work and was doing my job taking someone’s order. This lady ordered a very big... Read More
What-A-Catch
Submitted By: Cindy Crawford
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
The other day when I was at the drive-thru at Whataburger, I noticed a guy that I teach with in a car... Read More
The Towbar
Submitted By: Nicole
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
Several years ago I was stuck in traffic in Santa Clarita, CA and tried to slowly get around the pickup... Read More
little girls wedding
Submitted By: S.White
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
At wedding that I went to a couple of weeks ago, I particapted in the tossing of the bouquet. I caught... Read More
High school parking lot
Submitted By: Bailey Young
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
Getting in and out of school the school parking lot is a real pain. School gets out at 2:45 and it takes... Read More
Alex and the Dean
Submitted By: PAUL OLVERA
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
What started as a school project in my public relations class has now changed my outlook on life. I... Read More
Stop and Smell The Roses
Submitted By: Michelle Romero
Date Submitted: 4/9/2008
One Day, I had to walk to the store for my parents. My little brother and a couple of his friends had... Read More
The man stranded on I-94
Submitted By: Prenta Ivanovic
Date Submitted: 4/6/2008
I am a Realtor and I am always driving somewhere on the highway of life. I was on I-94 going to an appointment... Read More
Camping Trip
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/3/2008
So my brother and I went on a camping trip in Arkansas a couple weeks ago only to get there and realize... Read More
Making people's day
Submitted By: Coolmom
Date Submitted: 4/2/2008
Every morning when we start work, two of my co-workers and myself take turns buying coffee and muffins.... Read More
The Poor Boy
Submitted By: Laila Ziraoui
Date Submitted: 4/2/2008
Once when I was playing in the park with my friends, I heard some one screaming near the monkey-bars.... Read More
Bridge Angel
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 3/25/2008
In college I ran out of gas in the middle of a huge interstate bridge. I didnt know what to do since... Read More
Helping is contagious
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 3/25/2008
I was walking into the mall the other day and noticed an older lady with a walker having some trouble... Read More
Picked up a lost Cell Phone
Submitted By: Johnpaul Ragusa
Date Submitted: 3/29/2008
I was picking up my mother-in-law at the airport the other night here in White Plains, NY. It was almost... Read More
Free Advice That Never Ended
Submitted By: Jen
Date Submitted: 3/24/2008
I went to a local lawyer for some legal advice about a real estate issue. During the process I noticed... Read More
Single Man
Submitted By: Erin E.
Date Submitted: 3/19/2008
Several years ago, my boyfriend and I were eating in a local restaurant. We noticed a middle-aged man... Read More
Mans best friend
Submitted By: Javier
Date Submitted: 3/18/2008
At only 10 months old my best friend Tait, a vizsla puppy, was killed on the highway. He was my first... Read More
Helping an Injured Stranger
Submitted By: Joe
Date Submitted: 3/14/2008
When I was in college, I had wandered down a busy highway late at night as I had become lost in a part... Read More
Life is strange
Submitted By: Peggy
Date Submitted: 3/10/2008
I lost my niece about 4 years ago. I was searching the web for her name (I know her friend has some... Read More
Ashlee's Toy Closet
Submitted By: Ericka Smith
Date Submitted: 3/10/2008
March 5, 2008
This is a great story of a young philanthropist. We should publish kids helping kids... Read More
Not Knowing a Name Doesn't Make Them a Stranger
Submitted By: Kara G.
Date Submitted: 3/6/2008
In November, 1994, I was eighteen-years-old and living in Atlanta. One cold Saturday I was traveling... Read More
One Rainy Day
Submitted By: Mommy in MA
Date Submitted: 3/4/2008
It was raining today. As I sat in my car stopped at a red light, I saw a young woman standing on the... Read More
Angels in the Night
Submitted By: Carrie A. Pasquarello
Date Submitted: 3/4/2008
During the summer of my junior year of high school, my sister and I decided to visit our aunt in Long... Read More
The Gas Man
Submitted By: BiHSkills
Date Submitted: 2/29/2008
My dad and I were going shopping one day and the car’s gas tank was almost empty, and we didn't... Read More
Sharing
Submitted By: KGS
Date Submitted: 4/1/2008
If we share everything we have there will be no more needy people.
Keeping a Memory Alive
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 2/22/2008
Our friend, Marie, recently told us a story about a very kind act. Marie's son worked at a bank. When... Read More
Marie's New Years Resolution
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 2/22/2008
Our good friend, Marie, was recently telling us about her New Years Resolution. For the past 50 years,... Read More
Car trouble
Submitted By: Lance
Date Submitted: 2/17/2008
During my first semester of college, I was driving to school one day and there was a woman getting off... Read More
Two Dimes
Submitted By: Maekayla Ward
Date Submitted: 2/15/2008
One day I got a free ice cream pass for the ice cream parlor down the street. I was having a bad day... Read More
Chairs
Submitted By: Cameron Love
Date Submitted: 2/13/2008
Harrison, a kid in my fourth-grade class, picks up our chairs after school almost every day so we don't... Read More
The One Dollar Donation
Submitted By: John R. Clark
Date Submitted: 2/20/2008
I am a counselor in a school located just outside Ft. Worth, Texas. During our St. Jude's Research Hospital... Read More
The Best Meal Ever
Submitted By: Zennebe Sharpe
Date Submitted: 2/18/2008
I remember a few years ago, I went out to eat with a friend of mine. We had a nice quiet dinner at Applebees.... Read More
Helping out a stranger
Submitted By: Ms. D
Date Submitted: 2/15/2008
When I arrived at Aldi's and I went to pay the $.25 for a basket, there was $.25 already in the slot.... Read More
Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day
Submitted By: Michelle Angry
Date Submitted: 2/14/2008
The children of my Ft. Belvoir VA day care home delivered hot chocolate to the entire staff at Martin... Read More
A Small Act of Kindness
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/11/2008
Recently my friend invited me over to her house. It wasn't a big deal or anything but it was a nice... Read More
Lady at gas station
Submitted By: Kelly
Date Submitted: 2/10/2008
A few weeks ago my friends and I were at the gas station picking up some candy to go to the movies.... Read More
Stranger at the gas station
Submitted By: S. Dvorak
Date Submitted: 2/5/2008
Approximately 2 years ago I stopped at a gas station and had trouble with the gas pump credit card slot... Read More
It pays to be kind
Submitted By: Kara
Date Submitted: 2/3/2008
While waiting in line to check in for our flight out of Grand Cayman, I noticed that the people in front... Read More
Window washer guy
Submitted By: Emma
Date Submitted: 1/31/2008
In Australia I drove past this guy who was walking with a window wiper and a bucket. I guess he had... Read More
Why is she ringing that bell.
Submitted By: Michelle
Date Submitted: 1/15/2008
About two years ago around Christmas time my 3 year old son and I had went to visit my grandma and... Read More
from my deathbed back to life
Submitted By: Brian Boyle
Date Submitted: 1/7/2008
Hello to Everyone at Acts of Kindness,
My name is Brian Boyle, I am 21 years old, and I live in Maryland.... Read More
A Angel at Chicago O'Hare at Christmas
Submitted By: Michelle P.
Date Submitted: 12/28/2007
On December 23, 2007 I was cold, hungry, and exhausted at the Chicago airport lost amongst thousands... Read More
A gift of life
Submitted By: Althea
Date Submitted: 12/21/2007
Two years ago, I donated my kidney to my brother. I considered it an ultimate life changing experience,... Read More
Earthquake in Pakistan
Submitted By: Abida Mahmood
Date Submitted: 11/29/2007
"The parable of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is as the parable of a grain... Read More
What can I do to be kind?
Submitted By: Tyler S.
Date Submitted: 11/30/2007
I took all my families recycled cans and gave them to a homeless person. I wanted to help them so... Read More
Missing Bag
Submitted By: K Harrell
Date Submitted: 11/23/2007
I was already late after leaving a store and wanted to get home as quickly as possible. As I was getting... Read More
Taking a Spill
Submitted By: Ryan Ranft
Date Submitted: 12/11/2007
One day at school my friend was walking down the hallway when someone plowed right into him. All his... Read More
Influenced.
Submitted By: Lee.
Date Submitted: 12/6/2007
A young man came to our school. Derek was his name. He told us a story about a girl by the name of Rachel... Read More
What can I do to be kind?
Submitted By: Annie P.
Date Submitted: 11/26/2007
Sometimes around Christmas I go to this specific organization and see if they need help wrapping presents... Read More
What can I do to be kind?
Submitted By: Maia R.
Date Submitted: 11/26/2007
One time when I was at the bakery buying something yummy for myself I looked outside and I saw a homeless... Read More
The Smile Chain
Submitted By: Andrea Wiens
Date Submitted: 11/22/2007
I take the bus to work every morning. One morning in particular, a man was complaining loudly that he... Read More
You Don't Know What They Don't Know
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 11/1/2007
A man I didn't know came up to me and asked to shake my hand. He proceeded to tell me that he had heard... Read More
one rainy morning
Submitted By: teezy
Date Submitted: 10/18/2007
It was raining very hard one day, so my mom said she would drive me to school instead of making me wait... Read More
Creating memories
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 10/19/2007
I volunteered for several months at a charity in India, helping children from a slum. I'd visit the... Read More
last dime
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 10/8/2007
My family has been going through hard times lately. I don’t let that get me down to much. So,... Read More
Miracles Do Exist
Submitted By: Lis
Date Submitted: 10/3/2007
"A felony of kindness" was "committed against me" by my soul-friend, Nick. I shared... Read More
Humble people
Submitted By: dink71
Date Submitted: 10/2/2007
I am a single mom with 2 girls and we are on food stamps. On Labor Day of 2007, I went to do my grocery... Read More
Life is exciting
Submitted By: Jaya Sengar
Date Submitted: 9/16/2007
Real Life Story (Published by me in Cosmopoliton India in Dec 2007)
cosmo@intoday.com
“He... Read More
Rewarding Kindness
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 9/9/2007
I was in getting coffee one time and the girl behind me needed a bit more change so she didn't have... Read More
Mrs. Plummer
Submitted By: Jackie
Date Submitted: 9/6/2007
When I was a senior in High School I had a teacher by the name of Mrs. Plummer. She taught psychology... Read More
Mrs Perkins my fifth grade teacher
Submitted By: Toni Martin
Date Submitted: 8/30/2007
There isnt a success in my life I can think of that I don't owe a thank you to Mrs Perkins for. She... Read More
Being nice is contagious
Submitted By: CDOG
Date Submitted: 8/25/2007
I live in a very over populated beach community in the Los Angeles area, and I love it here! But sometimes... Read More
Christmas Gift
Submitted By: Kelly
Date Submitted: 8/21/2007
When I was a small child my parents didn't have much money and I had very few Christmas gifts. My cousin... Read More
A lift home
Submitted By: Caralyn
Date Submitted: 8/21/2007
I was going to my parents' house very early one Sunday morning, and I'd been standing at the bus stop... Read More
Words to Remember
Submitted By: Heather F.
Date Submitted: 8/17/2007
Hate=Love, two strong words rarely spoken honestly
careless=carefull, mistakes still happen no matter... Read More
Act of Kindness
Submitted By: David Nadeau
Date Submitted: 8/16/2007
Hello, my name is David G. Nadeau and I am from Monroe, Michigan, hometown of General Armstrong Custer.... Read More
Just Two Pennies
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 8/5/2007
I was in line at a store getting my change, it was only three cents. But the man's bill next to me was... Read More
Angel..
Submitted By: Sanafer Land
Date Submitted: 8/2/2007
I am a positive person most of the time.. but the truth is that sometimes you need to have someone... Read More
when ur helpless
Submitted By: ....
Date Submitted: 7/30/2007
Everyday in school there are many problems I face. Boys and girls saying petty comments about me, amongst... Read More
have u evr wondered
Submitted By: priya sharma
Date Submitted: 7/30/2007
Yesterday I was coming out of my office to go back home but I was stopped by an argument between my... Read More
Giving his own life
Submitted By: Francisco Solórzano
Date Submitted: 7/22/2007
A few years ago at Stanford Hospital, a girl called Liz, suffered from a strange disease. Her only chance... Read More
A little goes a long way
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 7/19/2007
Kindness can be obvious or merely discreet and overlooked. A few years ago when I was 18 my mom passed... Read More
Donated Service
Submitted By: mej1062
Date Submitted: 7/7/2007
One of the lady's that I work with was having a graduation party for her son. Her expenses were quite... Read More
Wedding Day
Submitted By: Erin
Date Submitted: 7/6/2007
My family and I were enjoying a beautiful day on the beach, when I noticed a wedding ceremony. I saw... Read More
Homeless, not Hopeless
Submitted By: Danny Garcia
Date Submitted: 6/26/2007
I tell this story to a lot of people, mainly because it was the catalyst of my change into a life of... Read More
My Kids
Submitted By: Sri Sulistiowati, Indonesia
Date Submitted: 6/22/2007
Being an only child has never been fun for me. I have always had to handle many things all by myself.... Read More
Power of Smile
Submitted By: Devjani
Date Submitted: 6/21/2007
It was a dark night, when I was coming back from my aunt's house. I was very upset because my mom had... Read More
Friend indeed
Submitted By: Jakki Bird
Date Submitted: 6/19/2007
Many years ago as a sole parent I moved with my three children to a town in New South Wales where I... Read More
THIS IS WHO I AM
Submitted By: farrlo
Date Submitted: 6/18/2007
I strive for the highest ideals. I have outstanding passion, motivation & enthusiasm to constantly... Read More
atm
Submitted By: alin rachmawati
Date Submitted: 6/12/2007
As I was waiting in line for my turn to get into an atm cubicle, a woman hurried left the place. It... Read More
Spare Change Goes a Long Way
Submitted By: Annonymous
Date Submitted: 6/5/2007
When my son was ten, I took him to the movies. We were a dollar short when it came time to buy tickets,... Read More
the joy in doing what's rightq
Submitted By: Ted Gunning
Date Submitted: 6/4/2007
A while back my Wife and I were shopping in a large shopping center in Western Australia when I needed... Read More
How I was tought to help
Submitted By: Y. Cervantes
Date Submitted: 5/25/2007
When I was a kid we were very poor. I was raised by an immigrant mother who was struggling to find... Read More
Lost and needed directions
Submitted By: Mike
Date Submitted: 5/17/2007
As I was stopping to purchase bread items for my family, an older woman came over to my car and asked... Read More
The least likely to help
Submitted By: Chuck Pearce
Date Submitted: 5/16/2007
As I waited for the red light to change to green, at a busy intersection in our city, I glanced to my... Read More
candle magic
Submitted By: Rhonda Mobley
Date Submitted: 5/14/2007
This was a special Mother’s Day for me. I am 44 and my daughter is 9. I often pray to have many... Read More
Once A Week
Submitted By: Tracy M
Date Submitted: 4/30/2007
Once a week I buy a lottery ticket and a note card. In the card I write..."This is an act of random... Read More
Highway Toll
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 5/7/2007
My friend always pays the toll of the person behind him.
Man Who Ran Out of Gasoline
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 5/7/2007
One day, I drove past a minivan which had pulled off the side of the road. Something told me to turn... Read More
Return of ATM card & Money
Submitted By: P.Mishra
Date Submitted: 5/4/2007
I was traveling in my car with my family & had a break for Tea on a road side stall in a remote... Read More
A success person
Submitted By: eleanor
Date Submitted: 4/30/2007
A person is at success when he wakes up in the morning and sleeps at night ...and in between does what... Read More
Poor Puppy
Submitted By: Sarah M.
Date Submitted: 4/24/2007
My Fiancé and I were on our way to his parent’s house to change for a wedding we were already... Read More
The Flood
Submitted By: Omi D.
Date Submitted: 4/20/2007
My friend Josh’s parent’s house had a great flood in their basement and he had seen his... Read More
Paid it forward
Submitted By: Jane McPherson
Date Submitted: 4/18/2007
I was waiting to buy a ticket to walk on a ferry boat. The man ahead of me was distressed because he'd... Read More
Lost Wallet
Submitted By: Ms. Needham
Date Submitted: 4/17/2007
I am a school teacher. I recived a call from a girl who found my wallet. I didn't even know it was missing.... Read More
Lost cell phone
Submitted By: Tasneem
Date Submitted: 4/14/2007
I lost my cell phone in Miami. Over two hours later, I realized that I didn't have my phone. Thinking... Read More
friend
Submitted By: monica
Date Submitted: 4/14/2007
As a sole parent with two little girls, I had estimated we had enough food to last us until lunch time... Read More
Elderly Respect
Submitted By: Hemant K Kathuria Faridabad
Date Submitted: 4/13/2007
My mother who is 60 years old, decided to go to her brother's house at the capital of India, Delhi.... Read More
My Heart filled with Happiness
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/13/2007
We often give money to the homeless on the side of the street, but I like some of the suggestions... Read More
helping the stranded
Submitted By: Crystal
Date Submitted: 4/12/2007
My husband and I were on our way to get lunch yesterday to celebrate our 4th year of marriage. As... Read More
Another mark in the crown
Submitted By: Joedy Langkam
Date Submitted: 4/12/2007
My mother and I were at the hospital awaiting news on a neighbor, regarding if he had a heart attack.... Read More
Think about yourself a little more.....
Submitted By: Jen Indiana
Date Submitted: 4/12/2007
When I was in school, I will never forget my best friend telling me to "Think about myself a little... Read More
LOVE IS IN THE MOMENT
Submitted By: Annie
Date Submitted: 4/11/2007
LOVE IS IN THE MOMENT
It had been a stupendously “bad” day. One thing after another.... Read More
Act of kindness that turned into passing it on
Submitted By: densil
Date Submitted: 4/7/2007
My mum has always brought my sister and I up to help others. One day last week I was walking back to... Read More
Finally realizing that God is in my life.
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 4/3/2007
I have finally realized that he is in and working in my life. I remember when I felt hopeless, worthless,... Read More
Get to know a student
Submitted By: Angelica
Date Submitted: 4/3/2007
I believe many students are learning at an early age, the value of friendship and communication. I think... Read More
He answers our Prayers..
Submitted By: Linz..
Date Submitted: 4/2/2007
I was on cloud nine with my campus placement with a multinational company. I wasn't concerned about... Read More
Snacks
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 3/31/2007
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
Good afternight, good before noon, good before tomorrow's... Read More
Thank God for little blessings
Submitted By: Amber Ruiz
Date Submitted: 3/29/2007
In this world of fast-paced, stress filled lives, jobs and families, we have forgotten how good it feels... Read More
In need of a caring note
Submitted By: Jerry hale
Date Submitted: 3/24/2007
How often have I read in the daily paper about a very tragic house fire or car accident where someone’s... Read More
Stanger turned friend
Submitted By: tara hayford
Date Submitted: 3/25/2007
After I graduated college, I had a hard time finding a job anywhere near my hometown. On a whim, I applied... Read More
The Highway Man
Submitted By: Jane.Lui
Date Submitted: 3/20/2007
Jane.Lui
Monday, February 06, 2006
The Highway Man
According to a Chinese oracle who... Read More
Giving Ourselves
Submitted By: Carolyn Salo
Date Submitted: 3/19/2007
In this world of fast-paced, stress filled lives, jobs and families, we have forgotten how good it feels... Read More
Letter to teacher
Submitted By: Cecilia Dao
Date Submitted: 3/14/2007
"Dear Mrs. Walmsley,
I would just like to say that I’ve always admired your kindness towards... Read More
Day of Kindness
Submitted By: Louise Quaid
Date Submitted: 3/13/2007
Today, for the second year, my school had a day of kindness. A whole day dedicated to promoting kindness... Read More
Random acts of kindness
Submitted By: mort laitner and tracie Dickerson
Date Submitted: 3/7/2007
Random Acts of Kindness
“Kindness gives birth to kindness.” --Sophocles (447 BC)
On... Read More
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Submitted By: dakota
Date Submitted: 3/6/2007
your story was great
Illustrations of Acts of Kindness
Submitted By: Jasmine, Stephone, Herica
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
People illustrate different acts of kindness throughout the world in different ways. For example, letting... Read More
A Woman Stranded
Submitted By: Terry and Doug
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
My friend and I were talking about acts of kindness, and we wanted to share this one with you. We saw... Read More
Acts 0f Kindness
Submitted By: Kim Dixon, Cathy Reid, Coty McKinney
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
These are several acts of kindness that we have witnessed and taken part in. One example is being courteous... Read More
Showing acts of kindness on the road.
Submitted By: Sarah Koch, Edna Springs, and May Lee.
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
My husband was driving home from college when a man flagged him down. As he stopped, he saw a car... Read More
Helping the Homeless
Submitted By: Chris Ramsey, Sherry Woodruff, Sibyl Brotherton, Clifton Connelly
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
In Western North Carolina, there are a lot of ministries for the homeless. For instance, there are several... Read More
Helping Others
Submitted By:
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
My friend Steve and I have committed acts of kindness. Steve’s personal random act of kindness... Read More
Acts of kindness
Submitted By: Ashley, Sylvia
Date Submitted: 3/2/2007
Acts of kindness are a part of my everyday life. I work in a doctor’s office where I take care... Read More
Mother Teresa's Little Helpers
Submitted By: Jeneka Sanford
Date Submitted: 2/27/2007
The other day, leaving a cafe, I had to cross the park to get back to my car. This particular park is... Read More
A Random Chain Reaction.
Submitted By: Tonya Ashley
Date Submitted: 2/27/2007
Last summer I had driven three hours to visit a friend that had recently moved. As I was getting ready... Read More
Table Tale
Submitted By: Laura from NC
Date Submitted: 2/25/2007
I had an idea that it would be fun to finish a piece of furniture. I was in need of a table for my front... Read More
Can I tie your shoe?
Submitted By: Allison Kierce
Date Submitted: 2/23/2007
I was shopping on a Friday afternoon and this woman in the aisle had a tiny baby in her arms and was... Read More
On my way to Starbucks
Submitted By: Tim S
Date Submitted: 2/21/2007
When I’m finished working a long stressful day, I walk to a coffee shop to get a drink since it... Read More
I was a cadet teacher
Submitted By: teresa keebler
Date Submitted: 2/19/2007
When I was in high school, some 20 years ago, I spent one period a day for two years, as a cadet teacher... Read More
My Guardian Angel in Columbus, Ohio
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/19/2007
While dating my boyfriend in college, I was invited home to his father's 50th birthday celebration in... Read More
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Submitted By: Paige Tobye
Date Submitted: 2/19/2007
It was Friday, and my fifth grade teacher, Mrs. R., assigned all of us in the class to go out of our... Read More
Smiles for Street children
Submitted By: shdefensor
Date Submitted: 2/18/2007
Last Sunday, Feb 10, my brother took me to a French NGO (non-governmental organization) established... Read More
Airplane Angel
Submitted By: Janet
Date Submitted: 2/17/2007
It was 19 years ago; I was aboard a plane heading for Toronto from British Columbia. I was a newly expectant... Read More
Poppy
Submitted By: Ellen Gea
Date Submitted: 2/17/2007
I was walking home from a supermarket about a year ago and I noticed a little stray dog following me.... Read More
Simple Kindness
Submitted By: Y
Date Submitted: 2/17/2007
To make it brief...I'm a student studying abroad and I've been very eager to join a gym recently. So,... Read More
My Valentine's Day Good Deed
Submitted By: Toni Monaco
Date Submitted: 2/16/2007
I returned home at 3:00 pm as my snow clearing people were cleaning my driveway. As I stopped in front... Read More
kind social security worker
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
I had to go to a social security office in Washington and while waiting noticed one man helping a few... Read More
Luggage tags
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
I work at an airport. Almost daily, customers loose their luggage tags. When they are found, I will... Read More
Choosing kindness over money
Submitted By: Tina
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
My husband has one of the biggest hearts in the world! He has been struggling to get his business up... Read More
Canned food drive
Submitted By: Scout Leader
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
Our Cub Scout pack collected door to door canned foods for our local community food pantry. In Amo,... Read More
Wii for Grandma
Submitted By: Oscar
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
During the Wii/PS3 craze right before Christmas of 2006, I waited with a friend for a Wii. We waited... Read More
Time to shop
Submitted By: Deborah Carter
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
My daughter came home and told me her best friend’s parents had lost their jobs and that her friend... Read More
Childhood Hero
Submitted By: Alex
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
When I was about 7 years old, I moved to a house that was closer to my school. My family moved around... Read More
All Worth While
Submitted By: bmd
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
I had played soccer ever since I was a little kid and I was more than grateful that my father would... Read More
Acts of kindness
Submitted By: SEG
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
Whenever I see a homeless person on the street, I offer to buy them lunch and always give them some... Read More
helping elderly stranger
Submitted By: Ian-james
Date Submitted: 2/15/2007
I was looking through the papers a few years ago to find a job and I saw in the ads that there was an... Read More
Send Magazines To Our Troops Overseas
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/14/2007
I noticed when I sent packages overseas that many of our troops (men/women) requested magazines. I go... Read More
Kindness two fold
Submitted By: Melissa Markotany
Date Submitted: 2/14/2007
Late last year I finished a long martial arts class and was walking down the stairs carrying my bike... Read More
Library Angel
Submitted By: Roma
Date Submitted: 2/13/2007
My mother lives five hours from us, so we don’t get down to see her as often as we should. Her... Read More
Lost Phone
Submitted By: anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/13/2007
A couple of years ago I had saved all my money and bought a brand new phone. It was the latest one out... Read More
Homeless at the coffee Shop
Submitted By: Elizabeth Dookram
Date Submitted: 2/13/2007
I visited a coffee shop in the Woodbridge area ordered myself a coffee, and my fourteen year old son... Read More
My flat tire experience
Submitted By: Robin Wright-Calvano
Date Submitted: 2/13/2007
Here I was driving along the 401 heading west from Oshawa following my husband back to U.P.S. during... Read More
COMPLIMENNT
Submitted By: S.STINSON
Date Submitted: 2/12/2007
I work at a fast food restaurant. When the phone rings after a very busy morning and the restaurant... Read More
Parking Pass
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/12/2007
Last spring I was visiting our local hospital, where you have to purchase parking passes in the lot.... Read More
Smiling in the face of Adversity
Submitted By: Al
Date Submitted: 2/11/2007
I recently returned from South America. There I met my best friend in the whole world, Ana. Ana has... Read More
Blind can see
Submitted By: P2
Date Submitted: 2/10/2007
My new job has given me the chance to get and pass on random acts of kindness everyday. I work with... Read More
Rainy Day Blues
Submitted By: Emily Hadfield
Date Submitted: 2/10/2007
One day, the windshield wiper on my side of my car just fell off and I couldn't figure out how to get... Read More
A New Traveller to Canada
Submitted By: Sue Mackenzie
Date Submitted: 2/8/2007
Years ago my parents were coming back from a holiday and arrived at the Toronto airport. They were heading... Read More
I Went Bananas
Submitted By: Ann Lambert
Date Submitted: 2/8/2007
I was having a perfectly horrible day. Nothing was going right, and anger turned into grief and self-pity.... Read More
Randam Acts of Kindness
Submitted By: rdk
Date Submitted: 2/8/2007
Whenever someone out in the street asks me for some money, I am always unsure what to do. I sometimes... Read More
A Kind Card
Submitted By: C>M>
Date Submitted: 2/8/2007
Thanks very much to our RAKS club on our campus for greeting me with a most wonderful valentine card... Read More
Dominio Effect of Poverty
Submitted By: Marg Graham
Date Submitted: 2/7/2007
The Character Committee for the Municipality of Port Hope collected cereal and donated it to our food... Read More
A True Gentleman
Submitted By: Tracy
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
A few years back (about 7 actually) I was going through a hard time. I was ending a relationship, moving... Read More
Christmas Stockings
Submitted By: Maureen
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
I have a neighbour that lives alone and has no family. One year I asked her what she did for Christmas.... Read More
ice cream
Submitted By: stan
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
I was starting my life over. I was clean & sober a few months living on welfare and faith. I was... Read More
Ipod lost in U.K.
Submitted By: Lynda Ward
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
My son lives and works in Liverpool, England. In early January this year, I received a phone call from... Read More
A Winter Surprise
Submitted By: heather duguay
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
Last year in April my friend lost her husband. This dear lady has been plagued with bad fortune for... Read More
Child Find
Submitted By: Judith & Paige Schuman
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
This past weekend, my daughter and I were at the mall. I noticed a man asking a salesperson in one of... Read More
I'll be someone's angel today
Submitted By: frank castellucci
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
I was driving home in early February 2007. It was one of the coldest days of the year so far and I was... Read More
Christmas Act of Kindness
Submitted By: Vivianne
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
One year our office decided we would refrain from buying Chris Kringle gifts for each other; instead... Read More
Random Act of Kindness
Submitted By: Mary Tomlinson
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
Just before Christmas, I was at a store waiting to pay for three marshmallow bars. The lady in front... Read More
Kindness in Japan
Submitted By: Fran D.
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
I went to Japan this Christmas to spend the holidays with my daughter who is teaching there. In Osaka... Read More
Sharing
Submitted By: jackie fernandes
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
Being new immigrants in Canada, I have always been welcomed to the homes of strangers we had just met... Read More
If that is his only enjoyment in life...
Submitted By: Bruni Matheson
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
About twenty years ago when I was still working in the downtown area, my mother and I would go down... Read More
A Good Deed is Never Forgotten
Submitted By: Samantha
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
Where are you my Unity?
About six years ago I was coming back from the UK after visiting my family,... Read More
Random Acts of Kindness
Submitted By: Trish
Date Submitted: 2/6/2007
I generally do my grocery shopping at the "cheapie" store where you need to pay a quarter... Read More
scrapbooking for a teenager
Submitted By: Mary Duncombe
Date Submitted: 2/5/2007
My 14-year-old niece called me one day to let me know that her two best friends were diagnosed with... Read More
Broken Heart
Submitted By: Rae
Date Submitted: 2/3/2007
There were and are times when I would feel lonely, and no one really seemed to want to come up to me... Read More
Address label gift
Submitted By: Ann Maniscalco
Date Submitted: 2/2/2007
During the Christmas season, as soon as I get our mail, I check the address label to see who might be... Read More
kindness
Submitted By: colby
Date Submitted: 1/29/2007
A friend was being mean to me by teasing me because I got braces. My best friend came over to me and... Read More
Lemonade Stand
Submitted By: Brittney P
Date Submitted: 1/27/2007
I am fourteen. When I was eleven, I did a lemonade stand. I was going to use it to go shopping but instead... Read More
First day in Japan
Submitted By: Brian
Date Submitted: 1/23/2007
When I was nine, my father had the opportunity to work in Tokyo, Japan. We arrived in Tokyo the evening... Read More
Act of Kindness
Submitted By: Sherrie
Date Submitted: 1/23/2007
We had a huge mix-up with our electricity company, which we did not cause. We finally received a huge... Read More
New Student
Submitted By: Melissa
Date Submitted: 1/23/2007
I think that one way to be really kind is to sit with a new kid and introduce them to your friends.... Read More
The train ride home
Submitted By: Ckoyle
Date Submitted: 1/20/2007
A friend of mine’s son joined the navy. He endured basic training, but started to show signs of... Read More
Retiree Making Toys
Submitted By: Esther Haugh
Date Submitted: 1/17/2007
I make toys for the children patients in the emergency room at the local hospital. These toys distract... Read More
How to make a 5 year old's day
Submitted By: Cecilia Dao
Date Submitted: 1/10/2007
I'm 17 years old right now and an event that popped into my mind when I think of random acts of kindness... Read More
Staff Meeting
Submitted By: Mully
Date Submitted: 1/9/2007
Each month our senior school staff has a 2 hour monthly staff meeting (groan!). We start each meeting... Read More
Christmas charity
Submitted By: roughestneckaround
Date Submitted: 1/8/2007
This fall I purchased ticket for a Christmas draw, I won second prize. The prize was $1000.00 CDN. I... Read More
It takes a Neighborhood
Submitted By: Terry S.
Date Submitted: 1/5/2007
When I was in Junior High, some friends and I took our skateboards out to conquer all the local hills.... Read More
Red Carnation at Christmas
Submitted By: SJaffar
Date Submitted: 12/26/2006
This is a Christmas Story. I received the book "Random Acts of Kindness" from a friend I dropped... Read More
Moving Made Easier
Submitted By: Lee
Date Submitted: 12/24/2006
In preparing for a move from Ontario to New Brunswick, two wonderful acts of kindness by complete strangers,... Read More
passing it on
Submitted By: kjackson
Date Submitted: 12/22/2006
When visiting my mother-in-law at the hospital, I was just starting to put money in the automated parking... Read More
WorkPlace Angel
Submitted By: T. Woods
Date Submitted: 12/21/2006
Every year during the holiday season our department at my work place has its traditional gift exchange.... Read More
Coupons
Submitted By: Kristina
Date Submitted: 12/15/2006
I was in line at a home decorating store and the woman behind had just a few items, I had a ton, so... Read More
grandma's accident
Submitted By: Paige Crotty
Date Submitted: 12/15/2006
At the age of 60, my grandmother had never had a broken bone, until she came down to my school for the... Read More
A normal phone call
Submitted By: Sherry
Date Submitted: 12/14/2006
At work I had to call a patient to schedule for a test, due to him having "chest pain". When... Read More
A journey home.
Submitted By: Julia Lin
Date Submitted: 12/11/2006
When I was studying in the first grade of elementary school, I could not walk home from school on my... Read More
The Random Acts of Kindness
Submitted By: Joanna Lin
Date Submitted: 12/11/2006
I still remember a specific day when I was in the first year of senior high school. It was a sunny day;... Read More
Grocery Store Kindness
Submitted By: Tere47
Date Submitted: 12/8/2006
My grocery store doesn't have an express lane and often I find someone with only a few items is behind... Read More
The homeless man at the store
Submitted By: Prenta Ivanovic
Date Submitted: 11/30/2006
I was going to the store one cold evening and as I was approaching the store there was a man in the... Read More
Christmas with a blessing!
Submitted By: Prenta Ivanovic
Date Submitted: 11/30/2006
I will tell you my story about the Salvation Army and what wonderful work they do. It was 1986 and I... Read More
It feels good
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 11/29/2006
Just feeling in the holiday mood, I decided to purchase some Barbie pens for two little girls I knew.... Read More
Ripples
Submitted By: Patricia Hanley
Date Submitted: 11/28/2006
My mother was kindness. She was a wee bit shy, very humble, and strong in character. She was an excellent... Read More
Helping the poor in the winter incognito
Submitted By: Abhijith
Date Submitted: 11/27/2006
During winter , my rich friend in his car with woolen blankets go round the streets of the city of Bangalore... Read More
ThanksGiving
Submitted By: V. L. Williams
Date Submitted: 11/26/2006
Holidays are very painful for me no matter how I try to ignore it. Each year I try and keep the focus... Read More
One New Toy
Submitted By: C
Date Submitted: 11/21/2006
While I was babysitting a little girl named Caylin, she was very sad because she couldn't see her mom.... Read More
A Brother's Quiet Kindness
Submitted By: Joyce Lanigan
Date Submitted: 11/16/2006
My brother was killed on the 16th of September while helping a motorist who had broken down. He was... Read More
School counselor
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 11/16/2006
Many years ago I was in high school. On one particularly bad week I had failed three tests--which of... Read More
Warm feelings
Submitted By: Jan M. in Ohio
Date Submitted: 11/13/2006
When I needed gas on a very cold winter night, I decided to stay warm and go to the gas station that... Read More
Kindness to Homeless Man
Submitted By: Barbara H.
Date Submitted: 11/13/2006
We were having breakfast at a fast food restaurant in another town, when a very cold homeless man came... Read More
You have to give it away!
Submitted By: Alice in Michigan
Date Submitted: 11/12/2006
I make and sell costume jewelry by mail order. Once in a while, the post office does something or other... Read More
Xmas - your dinner is in the cat!
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 11/11/2006
This year I am making my own Christmas cards, but in the spirit of charity cards, I am making a donation... Read More
Kindness between Ages
Submitted By: T.O'Donnell
Date Submitted: 11/10/2006
Last year my son's first grade class was inspired by RAK week. They wanted to make the day for residents... Read More
Donald has a home
Submitted By: Arlene Dogelio
Date Submitted: 11/10/2006
It was August 2006 when I found a stray kitten in front of the church near our home. She was cold and... Read More
Food Goodness
Submitted By: Carrie T
Date Submitted: 11/9/2006
Several months ago, my boyfriend and I went to a local diner. As we sat, I saw an elderly woman eating... Read More
Wedding Kindness
Submitted By: Tracy
Date Submitted: 11/9/2006
My husband and I were married on the beach in Cape Cod (which our families didn't understand since we... Read More
Breakfast
Submitted By: C.Fifer
Date Submitted: 10/30/2006
I'm working at a local hospital in Lincoln, NE. On my way to our office I stopped by our cafeteria to... Read More
Stays in Your Mind
Submitted By: Maz
Date Submitted: 10/29/2006
I was driving home one night, through the most remote area of town, when I got a flat tyre. Thank the... Read More
Angel in disguise
Submitted By: jessica floyd
Date Submitted: 10/17/2006
Random acts of kindness are rare events that happen. For example, a few weeks ago I was at the pharmacy... Read More
Acts of Kindness during Katrina
Submitted By: Charles, Jamie, Eric, and Bryan
Date Submitted: 10/13/2006
It seems when the world takes on a tragedy such as Hurricane Katrina, people unite as one and help each... Read More
Eldery Help
Submitted By: Neal K
Date Submitted: 10/13/2006
It was cold, late November afternoon and I was driving to the store to get some food for my mother.... Read More
A person who cares for me
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 10/13/2006
For a few days, I stayed at my uncle's house. When I was there, he always asked me if I wanted anything... Read More
Flat Tire
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 10/13/2006
Where I live, I hardly ever see anyone illustrate random acts of kindness. The most I ever see is people... Read More
Friends
Submitted By: Robyn Waycaster
Date Submitted: 10/13/2006
Random acts of kindness, I believe, happen everyday. My friend called me one day and she was all upset.... Read More
A Friend Cards
Submitted By: A Friend
Date Submitted: 10/12/2006
For over a year I have done my own thing for random acts of kindness. Every year I spend the first day... Read More
Toll Road Payment
Submitted By: Joe Ward
Date Submitted: 10/8/2006
Three years ago when I was driving the Massachusetts Pike with my wife Nancy, I noticed that a toll... Read More
Complete Stranger
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 10/4/2006
I just read a story here that reminded me of what happened when I was 10 years old. I was riding my... Read More
Listening & Acting
Submitted By: Andy Reid
Date Submitted: 10/4/2006
A few weeks ago I bought a new photo frame to hold several photos of my wife and kids on the wall of... Read More
My Nephew's Angel
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 9/30/2006
My nephew had a horrible car accident. He hit a tree, the car spun and rolled about 5 times. He was... Read More
Tickets and Toys
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 9/22/2006
During a recent course I was stuck in London with nothing to do and no-one to talk to all evening, so... Read More
Kindness of Strangers
Submitted By: Annetta Lester-Brown
Date Submitted: 9/6/2006
Some years ago, my job-related travels took me to Moline, Illinois. As Christmas neared, my employer... Read More
A small contribution brings waves of appreciation
Submitted By: Jonathan Petko
Date Submitted: 9/11/2006
I have worked in Africa for the past 25 years, working with people who earn less than $1 a week! I have... Read More
A New Experince
Submitted By: Shane
Date Submitted: 8/30/2006
One day after church, the pastor and few members where talking about a mission trip. I have never been... Read More
Different Worlds Meet
Submitted By: Pam
Date Submitted: 8/25/2006
A few years ago, I was flying from Amsterdam to San Francisco. I was hours early for my flight and decided... Read More
My Random Act Of Kindness Experience
Submitted By: Debra
Date Submitted: 8/10/2006
Several years ago I was caught up in the crossfire of a gang shootout in a local park.
I was kept... Read More
Doing What I Can in Far Away Lands
Submitted By: Al Q.
Date Submitted: 8/3/2006
My work sends me to various countries, many of them in the Third World. Often I would collect used clothing,... Read More
Just like family
Submitted By: Jess
Date Submitted: 8/1/2006
The most inspiring people are not the ones that are out the front, but they are the ones who lead naturally... Read More
Found Phone
Submitted By: S Bernard
Date Submitted: 7/24/2006
A few weeks ago, I was out drinking in Camden in London, and I realised I’d lost my phone. My... Read More
A smile and a sandwich
Submitted By: Mari C. Serrano
Date Submitted: 7/19/2006
Last Christmas, my 8-year old son asked me why food wasn't free. He thought it was ok to charge for... Read More
Finding Money
Submitted By: shirleywurley
Date Submitted: 7/18/2006
I just read about the person who left their money at an ATM. Well, a week before Christmas 2005, I was... Read More
Pass it On
Submitted By: Iman Barber
Date Submitted: 6/2/2006
I based a lesson plan on the movie “Pass It On.” In the movie, a young boy was challenged... Read More
A Journey Wrapped In Kindness
Submitted By: Kate Bland
Date Submitted: 6/24/2006
It all began in July of 2003 when we lost our 9.5 year old male chocolate lab to spinal cancer. Then... Read More
A little goes a long way
Submitted By: Tracy Currall
Date Submitted: 6/6/2006
I love running, and every year I enter the Comrades Marathon, a grueling 86km (53 miles) race run in... Read More
Positive Page
Submitted By: Beth P
Date Submitted: 6/9/2006
Usually just before Christmas when my class has gotten to know each other, I hand out a sheet of paper... Read More
Cancer patient
Submitted By: J.D.P
Date Submitted: 9/6/2006
In 2002, the Winter Olympics were going on here in Utah. Roots’ berets were a huge thing here.... Read More
Flatsharing
Submitted By: Clemence
Date Submitted: 6/8/2006
I've been living in UK for few months, and I would like to underline the kindness of my flatmates when... Read More
It takes a village
Submitted By: cynthia lavon
Date Submitted: 6/6/2006
I'm a single mother of a 14-year-old male. I have not been around any young children in a long time.... Read More
Ending up with 4 kittens
Submitted By: montrealgirl
Date Submitted: 6/4/2006
My neighbor moved and we (my daughter and me) took in her three kittens. We already had a dog and another... Read More
Surprised by Kindness
Submitted By: jlrh
Date Submitted: 6/2/2006
While only having a large bill to pay for a small purchase, the lady behind me offered to make up the... Read More
Flat Tire
Submitted By: Laura
Date Submitted: 5/29/2006
After a morning of volunteering at a local hospital, I returned to my car and noticed that one of my... Read More
simple acts
Submitted By: kathy thomas
Date Submitted: 5/23/2006
Adopt a person who is having a bad day and take the time to show them how good it feels to offer an... Read More
words
Submitted By: an
Date Submitted: 5/17/2006
I was feeling very sad, and someone came up to me and cheered me up. You might think that this is a... Read More
literature leap friends
Submitted By: kathy baka
Date Submitted: 5/22/2006
Some friends & I have started Literature Leap Friends, a non-profit to collect old textbooks and... Read More
ACT OF KINDESS IN ZIMBABWE
Submitted By: Rita
Date Submitted: 5/21/2006
I was in the bus in heavy traffic going to the home for orphans to visit some children. What I saw brought... Read More
A Lesson for All
Submitted By: Esmerelda-Q-Pidleydink
Date Submitted: 5/18/2006
I'm a home-schooling mom with two boys in New York City. I was at the bank taking care of business with... Read More
Random Acts of Kindness from an entire community
Submitted By: Bea Caban
Date Submitted: 5/18/2006
I live in a great town in Long Island. Two years ago, my daughter, who was 10 years old at the time,... Read More
Little to me, big to him
Submitted By: Randy Shows
Date Submitted: 5/11/2006
While in college, an Iranian student asked if he could borrow my notes from a previous class. He was... Read More
Would you like a ride?
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 5/11/2006
In November of 2005, I started a newspaper route near my home. I had to drive a few miles south to pick... Read More
A nice couple really helped me out during a divorc
Submitted By: Susan
Date Submitted: 5/8/2006
I had just had our second child and two weeks later my husband left us. It was in the middle of July... Read More
Small Surprise
Submitted By: Teresa, Salt Lake City
Date Submitted: 5/4/2006
I am a single mother of a beautiful six-year-old. She recently joined a club in her after-school program... Read More
Good Deeds Around the Country
Submitted By: ME-3
Date Submitted: 4/28/2006
I was standing in the middle of downtown Seattle with a small group of friends, watching a blind homeless... Read More
Smile!
Submitted By: ME-3
Date Submitted: 4/28/2006
Why is it that when you walk past a stranger in a hallway you almost always have to avert your eyes?... Read More
Free Community Car Washes!
Submitted By: ME-3
Date Submitted: 4/28/2006
This is a great event to bring the community together, show kindness to strangers, and create a chain... Read More
Pay for a Play
Submitted By: anonymous
Date Submitted: 4/27/2006
Recently, I have been going to the High School play productions of my friends that go to different schools.... Read More
Newspaper Kindness
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 4/27/2006
I'm a college student, and in order to get my newspaper, I have to go to the mail room daily and pick... Read More
Trucker
Submitted By: Jo Ann McWilliams
Date Submitted: 4/19/2006
For a few years I had to travel in two to three states, mostly late in the evening or night to get to... Read More
Christmas Eve
Submitted By: Irene Joyce
Date Submitted: 4/19/2006
One Christmas Eve my husband was on his way home from work. As usual, he had spent the entire day there,... Read More
Thank you
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 4/13/2006
I've been working hard labor intensive jobs my whole after school life, and one job was at a grocery... Read More
A Day at the Beach
Submitted By: a. mayor
Date Submitted: 4/13/2006
First of all, just want you all to know that I’m from the Philippines and I just love going through... Read More
A Big Surprise
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 4/13/2006
In my sophomore year of high school, I was sitting in science class one day talking to this girl I knew.... Read More
Off duty deputy changed flat tire
Submitted By: Joan
Date Submitted: 4/4/2006
Recently, I had a flat tire on a 1986 Buick that I had recently inherited. The tire was dry rotted and... Read More
Helper
Submitted By: Anon44
Date Submitted: 4/3/2006
While in the parking lot of a large bulk-item store, I saw a woman who was pushing a half-full shopping... Read More
A Kind Stranger
Submitted By: Tina C.
Date Submitted: 3/30/2006
I have three children of my own and recently became responsible for my 2 nieces and nephew as well.... Read More
A Little Chocolate Goes A Long Way
Submitted By: Y. Burdick
Date Submitted: 3/29/2006
I work in a country hospital ER and my morning started with a multiple trauma case- a mother and daughter... Read More
Sorry
Submitted By: Kim
Date Submitted: 3/23/2006
I was at a gas station, trying to pull up to a gas pump but waiting behind a person who was just sitting... Read More
Our Angel
Submitted By: Bobbi Hester
Date Submitted: 3/22/2006
My 5-year-old son, who is now six, was diagnosed with Tcell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on July 5,... Read More
Decorations and Food!
Submitted By: Bobby
Date Submitted: 3/20/2006
Every morning I get up at around 5:30 to help clean. One morning I walked into my school's main building... Read More
Genuine Act of Sorrow
Submitted By: Xiong Lor
Date Submitted: 3/17/2006
There are a few random acts of kindness that I have witnessed. One that I can think of is when we were... Read More
Rare Things Happen Once A While
Submitted By: yee yang
Date Submitted: 3/17/2006
Acts of kindness are rarely seen by someone needing help. It's not everyday that you witness an act... Read More
My Act Of Kindness
Submitted By: Angelina Cotto
Date Submitted: 3/17/2006
My act of kindness was helping a hurt dog. One day I was heading back home from the supermarket. In... Read More
You Never Know Who is Watching
Submitted By: M. Drake
Date Submitted: 3/13/2006
Random Acts of Kindness has been a long term project within my classroom. As a reward for reaching our... Read More
Meeting Dorothy's Needs
Submitted By: Tessa Carranza
Date Submitted: 3/17/2006
An act of kindness is changing Dorothy's life because the people have provided for her needs. Last January,... Read More
A Pleasant Surprise
Submitted By: Shirley
Date Submitted: 3/8/2006
During RAK week, I sent my mom two dozen roses to her work with the message, "Pay it forward."... Read More
I still believe
Submitted By: teresa edwards
Date Submitted: 3/5/2006
It was just after Thanksgiving 1994, and we awoke to a clatter on our front lawn. Looking out my second... Read More
Genuine Kindness of a Friend's Heart
Submitted By: Shay
Date Submitted: 3/2/2006
I am a single mother of two boys and have been going through a rough point in my life. With little to... Read More
A Home Made Lunch and then some
Submitted By: B.L.S.
Date Submitted: 3/1/2006
A little over a year ago during the winter, I talked to my children about a homeless man I saw each... Read More
Shopping centre marks Random Acts of Kindness Week
Submitted By: Yvonne Shuttleworth
Date Submitted: 3/1/2006
In order to mark Random Acts of Kindness week, The Centre, a shopping centre in Milton Keynes, England,... Read More
Witnessing The Kindness of a Teacher
Submitted By: Barbara Korth
Date Submitted: 2/18/2006
Often I am asked, “Why did you become a teacher?” and I have a very wonderful story to tell.... Read More
santa claus
Submitted By: beckyw
Date Submitted: 2/7/2006
For a number of years, I have gone to the USPS and collected children's letters to Santa Claus. Each... Read More
Witnessing a RAK
Submitted By: Julie Kauffman
Date Submitted: 3/22/2006
I was in line at the grocery store this past weekend. The store was busy and only had a few checkers... Read More
Going Postal?
Submitted By: Susan
Date Submitted: 2/27/2006
At the post office, today, Valentine's Day, I overheard an elderly customer and P.O. clerk's exchange... Read More
Delivering A Package
Submitted By: Ms. Bobbye
Date Submitted: 2/27/2006
I was delivered a package in the mail same numerical numbers but different street. I looked up the name... Read More
A True Random Act of Kindness
Submitted By: Yvette
Date Submitted: 2/27/2006
I live in Huron, South Dakota. My son was in a car accident yesterday on his way to college in Mitchell,... Read More
Help on the Subway
Submitted By: Margaret
Date Submitted: 2/27/2006
One of the nicest acts of kindess to me occurred several years ago, actually about 10 years ago, on... Read More
Christmas a bit more cheerful
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/1/2006
I knew of a family who had to sell their only car to purchase Christmas gifts for their 3 children.... Read More
TAKE IT TO SCHOOL!
Submitted By: Olivia Garza
Date Submitted: 1/30/2006
At my old school we actually had a Random Acts of Kindness club! Well, I moved to a boarding school... Read More
My Inspiration
Submitted By: Shannon
Date Submitted: 1/28/2006
I first came across this website four years ago and I was inspired by the stories. I work in a very... Read More
The right place at the right time!
Submitted By: Prenta Ivanovic
Date Submitted: 2/13/2006
I once had a friend that was very depressed and was going through a hard time. I happened to call just... Read More
Kind Welcome
Submitted By: D.J. Breg
Date Submitted: 2/5/2006
In January 2006, I went around my
company plant giving a warm welcome to everyone in the area. A hand... Read More
The Price of a Meal
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 2/1/2006
I saw him at the intersection as I drove past. He was a tall, skinny, bearded man asking for aid. “Homeless,... Read More
Unique Happiness and Satisfaction
Submitted By: Muralidharan, Sundari and Aruna Muralidharan
Date Submitted: 1/4/2006
My wife Sundari, my daughter Aruna and I at last boarded a posh air bus after employing all our smartness... Read More
Hot Chocolate
Submitted By: amie
Date Submitted: 1/3/2006
A couple of years ago, my partner and I were running around doing some last minute holiday shopping.... Read More
Play the smile game
Submitted By: marion
Date Submitted: 12/29/2005
I have always taught my kids to give away a free smile everyday. One day my little girl started saying... Read More
A BIG Suprise
Submitted By: Billy Farrell
Date Submitted: 12/29/2005
Five years ago on December 22nd, my granddad died. The following week was to host the worst weather... Read More
You Never Know.....
Submitted By: Ace
Date Submitted: 12/22/2005
My mother always used to tell us kids, "Always give a smile to whoever you pass on the street -... Read More
My neighbors are angels
Submitted By: Beth N
Date Submitted: 12/20/2005
I was young when I bought this first home in a not-so-good of a neighborhood. Everyone warned me that... Read More
Blankets for the Homeless
Submitted By: Barbara Hoffman
Date Submitted: 12/8/2005
This summer I collected 65 blankets and sleeping bags in good condition at garage sales and auctions.... Read More
Ethical eBay
Submitted By: Sir Cliffalot
Date Submitted: 12/12/2005
Recently I was trolling eBay for interesting designer furniture when I came across a very valuable table... Read More
Daily Good News
Submitted By: Mrs. Stearns
Date Submitted: 12/12/2005
I have a K-1 class this year & one of our biggest challenges is tattling. So, we've turned around... Read More
For the Squirrels
Submitted By: Jeneka Sanford
Date Submitted: 12/4/2005
Recently I was at the park with my mom, having a picnic, daydreaming and staring at the sky, when I... Read More
Input from a teenager
Submitted By: Mlene X.
Date Submitted: 11/24/2005
I'd like to say thanks to Jaime, who most likely will never read this.
Jaime was my roommate during... Read More
Waco, TX Adopts Russian Family
Submitted By: Polly
Date Submitted: 11/20/2005
In 1992, my father came to Waco, Texas from Russia with my mom and two kids in tow. As a new MBA student,... Read More
Thank you so much Neighbors
Submitted By: Fatos Simsek
Date Submitted: 11/2/2005
Just this morning my two children (6 and 10) and I got in the car. I turned the engine and started driving... Read More
Random Act of Aspiration
Submitted By: Mara Fonseca
Date Submitted: 10/18/2005
Three years ago I was faced with a health crisis that was not only deteriorating my physical health,... Read More
Help in a time of need
Submitted By: L. Goad
Date Submitted: 10/16/2005
As my daughter was riding to school with two friends, a van pulled out in front of them. The accident... Read More
Sweetness
Submitted By: MCHPOZAS
Date Submitted: 10/14/2005
Even when he was a little baby every time our son got hurt playing or jumping, he would run up to us... Read More
Burke County's Kindness
Submitted By: sabbylyn
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
Here are some acts of kindness that just a few of us in Burke County do each week. This all takes place... Read More
Thoughtful kindness
Submitted By: mshenry
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
Random acts of kindness are those little sweet or grand lovely things we for no reason. One example... Read More
The Stranded Dog
Submitted By: Lando
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
One day I was driving and noticed a little dog stuck on an island in the middle of the road. I pulled... Read More
A Devastating Event Brings out the Kindness in Us
Submitted By: Jua Rodriguez
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
A devastating event hit the United States in September 2005 with Katrina, a class five hurricane. The... Read More
Things People Do
Submitted By: Leslie Foster
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
Keith, my cousin, was on his way home from work, driving down the interstate in the evening rush hour... Read More
Act of Kindness in Class
Submitted By: Fanta and Marshall
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
In our English 080 class, here at WPCC, students illustrate several different types of kindness. For... Read More
New York
Submitted By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: 10/7/2005
My Best friend performed an act of kindness for me. He went to New York with his family for a week.... Read More
Who You Are Speaks Louder to Me Than Anything You
Submitted By: Lee Ryan Miller
Date Submitted: 9/22/2005
At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV, I cheerfully asked my students how their... Read More
Pay it forward
Submitted By: Brandie Hernandez
Date Submitted: 9/6/2005
My husband and I were expecting our first child and we were very excited. There was just one thing that... Read More
Kindness that saved a foot
Submitted By: Lynda Unwin
Date Submitted: 8/24/2005
My brother-in-law and sister have quietly performed many, many acts of kindness throughout their lives,... Read More
thank you
Submitted By: What Goes Around
Date Submitted: 8/21/2005
I have always believed in RAK - from the time I stopped and drove out of my way in a blinding snow storm... Read More
Aldi
Submitted By: Amy
Date Submitted: 8/16/2005
Passing on kindness is such a small thing but I am always amazed at how difficult it can be.
I shop... Read More
Cold hands, warm heart
Submitted By: winterwren
Date Submitted: 6/28/2005
A few years ago, we had a particularly bitter winter here in Toronto.
My boyfriend and I were outside... Read More
Snow blowers and Lawn Mowers
Submitted By: Kristin, Pennsylvania
Date Submitted: 6/20/2005
I am a single woman living alone and my neighbors have been kinder than I ever imagined. During the... Read More
baseball
Submitted By: Keith & Scott
Date Submitted: 5/25/2005
Matt and I were playing baseball and we saw a kid who wanted to play. We were the only ones who were... Read More
A Helping Hand from a Total Stanger
Submitted By: Becki
Date Submitted: 5/29/2005
In the winter of 1995, I was struggling to raise my two children, ages three and five, on a waitress's... Read More
rose
Submitted By: an
Date Submitted: 5/29/2005
There was a girl about eight or nine years old at a Christmas Parade. She loved roses and there was... Read More
White Flower
Submitted By: an
Date Submitted: 5/27/2005
On Mother's Day, I went down my road (it's a hill where the houses are spread apart) to cut some pretty... Read More
Kindness From Neighbors
Submitted By: janie
Date Submitted: 5/18/2005
My neighbors Susan and Gary have taken care of me the past two years as I have been very ill with seizures... Read More
20 dollars
Submitted By: Bradley Hildebradt
Date Submitted: 5/1/2005
We were coming in from reccess when I stumbleld opon some money. At first I thought it was just a one... Read More
Brighten up a train journey
Submitted By: Sophie
Date Submitted: 4/4/2005
I took a train journey back to my University city of Bristol and sat next to an elderly woman. As the... Read More
Little things, big differences
Submitted By: Elizabeth Grisham
Date Submitted: 4/5/2005
I have a strange habit of finding pennies wherever I go. I had been keeping them in a jar, just admiring... Read More
Birthday Angel
Submitted By: BJ
Date Submitted: 4/2/2005
One of our church members who is often homebound never forgets her church and community family on their... Read More
Such a simple thing
Submitted By: Betty
Date Submitted: 3/31/2005
For the past several years, when I shop at one of the large stores in our area, I use one of their electric... Read More
Help in the Snow
Submitted By: H. Marshall
Date Submitted: 3/28/2005
I was traveling southbound on I-95 in Maryland on a particular snowy night. As always, there was someone... Read More
The unexpected kindness of a stranger
Submitted By: Betty
Date Submitted: 3/25/2005
Yesterday, as I approached the front door of our public library, a white-haired gentleman stepped back... Read More
Be Kind
Submitted By: Gary Harrington
Date Submitted: 3/18/2005
Find a quiet place and listen. It should be very quiet. The only sound you should hear is your heart... Read More
The Flying Unicorn
Submitted By: TJ
Date Submitted: 3/23/2005
I was born with spina-bifida, and as a result I spent a lot of time in the Shri | 
