Arriving at Riverside High School this morning, a woman at the light at the entrance across from the school made the above statement with a “thank you” at the end. It set the mood for the day. I went inside and found a very thrilled receptionist who took me to the two counselors’ offices. One counselor was busy with a student and the other on the phone, making me hope that one of them could find time for me. After 15 minutes or so I found great success and a promise for having the school get involved with the One Million Acts Of Kindness Week. When waiting takes longer than I like, I tell myself that there is a reason for the wait. The reason, I found, was in the school parking lot. Had I not had to wait, I would not have met Susan Davenport, a social worker who helps children in the county schools. The Kindness Bus stopped her in her tracks. With a few Kindness Certificates and stickers in her hand, you could almost hear her thinking out loud. A goal!! A goal for kids!! Hmm!! One other great meeting, there were several today in the 14 schools I visited, was with Renee Boyd, Principal of Chocowinity Middle School. A well liked, dedicated principal, she listened to me while not missing a beat as to what was happening in the hallways of her school. I am impressed.
HJ MacDonald was one of the last schools I visited today. A local police officer who works at the school summed up, in one word, his opinion of some of the shortfalls he is seeing: Parents.
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
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.