Three months off and no jobs in sight. The prospect of finding employment this summer is not going to happen for many. One in five students will have to find other opportunities. Whether in middle school, high school or home from college for the summer, students will be finding nothing but time on their hands. Millions of kids with nothing to do, but do for others. The opportunity to spend a summer volunteering is now becoming a first-choice option for students. Never has the need been greater and the interest been higher. Charities across the country were wise to market their cause on campuses across the country during the school year. An army of kids is at their disposal and the kids are answering the call in record numbers. This generation is proving that they are interested in helping others; doing good while times aren’t so good.
There are many volunteer opportunities listed on the internet, one site makes it easy by matching the availability of need with the zip code entered by the prospective applicant, it is called volunteermatch.org. Don’t let the summer pass by without helping others if you can.
One other thought, how about having a lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research, visit AlexsLemonade.org to get the details on this very important cause.
Please help us spread our message of a Goal of Kindness to schoolchildren across the country. Your donations are crucial to making this a reality.
Mail donations to:
One Million Acts Of Kindness
PO Box 770054
Lakewood, OH 44107
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Bogart is my travel companion on The Kindness Bus Tour for the next ten years. We will be on the road traveling to campuses across the country. Bogart is a eight year old Boston Terrier. He is a great people dog... he loves meeting new people. I am Bogart's fourth owner in his short 8 years of life... Not because of him but because his three previous owner's lifestyles changed after they took him in... Lucky for me!! Bogart is the luckiest, most spoiled dog on the face of the earth. He loves the bus and he loves to travel. Please come and visit him when we are on your campus.
The Blue Bird Corporation donated this amazing bus to One Million Acts of Kindness, allowing us the continue this initiative. It has been painted to closely resemble the original Kindness Bus. It will last well beyond the ten years of this mission. A very big thank you to Blue Bird from Bob Votruba and Bogart too!!
The original Kindness bus has been donated to a professor at Virginia Tech who will use it on campus and at schools in the Blacksburg area. The Kindness Bus will continue to inspire and comfort residents, students and visitors in that area for years to come.
One Million Acts Of Kindness is a goal. A goal for each person to individually perform One Million Acts Of Kindness in their life. Can you imagine a greater goal for one's life? It is a constant mind-set of kindness every day of your life for the next fifty-five years. Doing for others and kindness in your heart for everyone. It is my wish that you will dedicate your life to a charity... finding the passion in your heart for something or someone in need.
As a father of three college age kids I am concerned for the world in which all kids will live. A great way to create a safer, more caring world is for everyone to start their lifetime goal of One Million Acts Of Kindness. So I bought a bus, had about sixty family members, friends and neighbors help paint it and began a ten year journey with my Boston Terrier, Bogart, to college campuses across the country hoping to convince as many of you as possible about this much needed movement for this world. I love you guys too much to sit back and not do anything about this. Let's start a kindness movement in this country today to change the direction this world is headed!! You are the change that this world needs.