Comments on: Acts of Kindness: Share Your’s!

By: avrum

avrum — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:14:59 +0000

beautiful. i’m posting this on my blog. thank you.
well done

By: Double R

Double R — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:32:39 +0000

I live near downtown houston
.and every year on Thanksgiving,
my mother and I go down and volunteer at the George R Brown convention center [they give out meals to the homeless on that day]

So these past winters have been really biting, right?
And the end of november is NO different

Im put in charge of the mashed potatoes, right? (dont you laugh too long, thats important)
Well,this lady comes in, and shes nice and pleasent enough, but when she holds out her tray for the mashed potatoes, i can see that her thin fingers are so cold, theyve cracked and are slightly (if not recovering from) bleeding
At the last minute I remember my gloves in my jacket pocket (the jacket which is tied around my waist) so ive gotta fumble around, acting like im not suspicous, while taking forever with this ladys mashed potatoes (she MUSTVE thought i was crazy)

Finally, i find the gloves and slip them on the tray, under the bowl of mashed potatoes and hand the tray back to her

She had no idea
^_^

By: Jonathan Usher

Jonathan Usher — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:45:28 +0000

Suggestions: Our native Canadians desperately need help. New Orleans is still a mess. There are loads of volunteer opportunities to help here. It is admirable to want to help, but why not start with your own community?

By: Dorit

Dorit — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:39:47 +0000

Hi. I’m not here to report on acts of kindness done, but rather put it out there in the world that today I am brainstorming hypothetical and intentional acts to BE done. The backstory is this: On recommendation from a friend, I borrowed a book from the library entitled “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World.” From the get-go (which was late last night), I was hooked. An already inspiring memoir about a successful American Microsoft marketing manager living abroad who changed the course of his life after a trip to Nepal where he discovered impoverished schools and more significantly, empty libraries. I’m at the part where he returned to Nepal, on his second trip, to make true his promise and donate thousands of children’s books to that same school he had initially visited.
So, here I am, a Sunday afternoon, comfortably reading in my favourite coffee shop, feeling like there’s something in this for me. I’m an enthusiastic elementary school teacher, looking to travel this summer. Today’s thought is now not about randomly backpacking around Southeast Asia without purpose but perhaps integrating my desire to connect with people and children, and share a love of learning on this vague summer quest.
The first person who came to mind during this impromptu brainstorming session was Mr. Rosensweig. He’s local, has ‘more-than’ experience in the field of helping people not only in Toronto but internationally. Maybe he can be of some guidance to me.
Now that I’ve put my thoughts out into the wider web, perhaps some advice will come my way. Or better yet, my intentions are now one tiny step closer to being shaped into some form of reality. Thanks for listening.

By: Jonathan Usher

Jonathan Usher — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:01:31 +0000

I am an oldish person with a bit of unstable legs. Yesterday on the way to the CNE and on the way back my wife and I were offerred seats on the streetcar. This now happens fairly frequently. Those offerring me a seat are men and women, usually young, and of all races. Yay Toronto.

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