A one week detour to Michigan, before heading to New York City wasn’t in the plans, but it is just the sort of continual itinerary change which keeps The Kindness Bus Tour interesting. I plan to visit the University of Michigan and Michigan State campuses during this time. These campuses are so large that there is bound to be thousands of students here even in August.
On the way, I decided to stop in Vermilion, Ohio because of it’s proximity to Lake Erie and because I have a friend with a beautiful sailboat. (It’s sunny and 80 degrees with a steady onshore wind and I’m playing hooky) While driving through this charming town with my friend, I saw an inviting building with a sign which read, “Mayor’s Office” I decided to pay her a visit. We were met by Anne, a very friendly Administrative Assistant who was thrilled to learn of One Million Acts Of Kindness and get a small stack of kindness stickers for the city employees. Mayor Eileen Bulan appeared from her office to hear of The Kindness Bus Tour arriving in her friendly town. The Mayor requested that I leave The Kindness Bus on the street, right in front of the building. This act of kindness was as if she gave me the key to her fine city. If you are ever in Northern Ohio, put Vermilion on your list of places to visit.
The Kindness Bus is the only one working today, Bogart is going for his first sail of his life.
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.
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One Million Acts Of Kindness
PO Box 770054
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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.