The better part of the day today was spent brainstorming with Pay It Forward Foundation president, Charley Johnson. Charley and I talked about growing our Kindness projects to students through education departments on the state and national levels. Kindness and doing kind acts for others is a cure-all for bullying. A year-long, full-time kindness program needs to play a major roll in each day of school, for every student.
The Kindness Bus found its way to a semi-legal parking spot directly across from the main entrance to “Boo at the Zoo” in Salt Lake City. I stayed with The Kindness Bus to interact with crowds, take a cat-nap and to be vigilant if it needed to be move; I slept with one eye open.
This evening I was invited to an 80th birthday party of the mother and mother-in-law of my overnight hosts in Salt Lake City, Wade and Leigha. How very thoughtful it was to be included in such a joyous occasion. What a very full day in this great city. The photo today is from my travels west of Salt Lake City to Elko, Nevada. Angel took this photo of his wife Katie and me, posing with The Kindness Bicycle, on the salt flats of Nevada. Katie is in school to be a social worker to help those affected by Domestic Violence. Very serendipitous!
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.
Yea for family visits and Paying it Forward with One Million Acts of Kindness. Great to connect with like minded people.