Block by block there are neighborhoods of individuals, couples and families on The Upper West Side who have opened their hearts to The Kindness Bus Tour. Faces of people who have seen Bogart taking me for a walk throughout their neighborhoods, now have names and stories they want to share about their stories of kindness. Many of them have opened their homes as an offer of hospitality to the traveling Kindness Bus Tour.
The Kindness Bus magically found it’s way to the two most sought after parking spots near The Dakota both Saturday and Sunday. I talked with hundreds of people from across the globe about my mission. Bogart and I started a new means of connection with people we met today. On the homepage of my website, there is a link to download a One Million Acts Of Kindness certificate pledge. I did so, and made 100 copies to take with me to the Imagine Mosaic. There, people took a pledge, as they wrote their names on their personal copy to take with them to hang in a prominent location of their home or office as a constant reminder of their lifetime goal of One Million Acts Of Kindness.
We have a few more days in Manhattan and will give a talk at Fordham Prep in the Bronx and visit the remaining firehouses here.
I am thankful, beyond words, for all the wonderful kind acts bestowed upon The Kindness Bus Tour, by new-found kind souls.
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.