One month until the day when One Million Acts Of Kindness Week begins. This is the 2nd annual week-long event where groups of people do kind acts for others, over and above what they normally would. The goal of individual participants is two thousand taking part this year. I have also set a goal of over 100 nations being represented by participants. I expect that both goals will be met.
The 2nd part of One Million Acts Of Kindness Week is optional. I ask that all participants take the One Million Acts Of Kindness pledge. There is a Kindness Certificate at the top of this homepage which you can sign, frame and hang on your wall. Please give One Million Acts Of Kindness a consideration for everyone in your life by signing up on the right hand side of our homepage.

Moms Offering Moms Support is a group of women who care about caring for others. Invited to talk to this group by Barbara Adams, one of its members, it was a talk I was looking forward to for more than a month. An audience of only mothers who have children college age and younger; the perfect demographic for The Kindness Bus Tour. This group meets on a regular basis to discuss the needs of others in the community and of each other. The discussion we shared after my talk, was invaluable for future visits to campuses across the country.
When a group of mothers has organized meetings to discuss issues affecting their children and families, being able to be the “fly on the wall” helps me to understand the ever-changing challenges families face on a daily basis. This Catholic faith-based group relies on their christian values and prayer to bring hope to those suffering.
Prior to meeting with this group of women, I was told that they are a “group of women who are capable of changing lives.” My main talking point was the inspiration of the power of one. The power of one as a group such as theirs and the power of each individual to look deep inside themselves for the gift they possess for helping others. I urged them to find the passion for the gift and put it to work in a physical way by comforting, consoling, teaching, volunteering and any other “hands on” project where they have to roll up their sleeves. Get your hands “Mother Teresa dirty” I said to them. I’m thinking many of them will.

And last, but certainly not least, a special thanks to Nancy, a founding member of the MOMS group in Geauga County, for her help in being Bogart’s caregiver, and also volunteering her time with the Geauga County Humane Society.

Marci Shimoff has kindly included One Million Acts Of Kindness in her new book; Love for No Reason. Marci is a New York Times best selling author with her; Chicken Soup for the Soul series and Happy for No Reason. I was sent an advance copy of Love for No Reason and it is a recommended read for everyone.

Tomorrow is the launch of Marci Shimoff’s new book; Love for No Reason. I am honored that she has included One Million Acts Of Kindness’ mission in this book. Please support her book and my mission by buying a copy for as many people in your life as possible.

The students at Millridge have been busy this fall creating wonderful drawings and colorings, telling of acts of kindness that they have been performing. One hundred twenty three children created art like the one pictured above. All of them could have been chosen to be today’s picture, this one, with two very important words, seemed to sum up my visit to their school.
Kindness is learned as an infant with the spoken word. These two words, some of the first twenty or so learned, which become part of a child’s vocabulary, are taught by the parent and are the beginning of the respect a child learns, for those who give the nurturing needed to survive. Kindness 101; the very foundation of respect a child should experience on an ongoing basis, creates an awareness that should be learned at the earliest age possible.
Thank you to everyone who made my visit to Millridge a very special one.

I love this school. The students at this Mayfield Heights, Ohio elementary school are learning lessons of kindness each and every day, and it shows. It is in keeping with what the children are learning from their parents. Every teacher and administrator at this school is involved in seeing that kindness is one of the goals the children are involved in remembering. One of this school’s kindness projects is raising money to feed the hungry. In each of the last 3 years the total nears closer to the two thousand dollar total.
Today, Dr. Spencer Wiersman, Principal of Millridge, sat in on one of the 7 presentations and read the first Bogart Book to 2 of the fourteen classes. This sort of activity is commonplace with everyone at Millridge and it fits the school’s motto: “Every Child, Every Day,” to a tee.

“It’s Bogart” was the call which echoed down the halls of Millridge School as we walked to the classrooms of 8 classes of young students. It is easy to see who the “top dog” is on The Kindness Bus Tour. Another year, another three hundred sixty five days of playing second fiddle to Bogart; I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This is a 2nd visit to these same children at this school. Anita Davidson, the school’s Guidance Counselor, penciled us in after our visit this past fall. It was nice to talk with the children about our previous visit and all that has happened along our travels during the previous 4 months. The children were treated to an advance viewing of the first book in Bogart Book Series. I think Bogart has a hit on his hands..paws.