While out riding, I turned into a drive to avoid traffic ahead only to realize the sidewalk was full of pedestrians so I rode further in the drive to turn around. A security guard asked where I was going. It turned out that the drive was to the Catholic Charities, so I said that I wanted to talk to who was ever in charge. He said that would be the Monsignor.
I was met in the lobby by a very interested Peggy McKenzie, who after hearing about my mission, said that she wanted me to meet with Monsignor Patrick Leary the CEO of this multipurpose facility. The Monsignor took the time to sit and talk with me about my mission and offered some sound advice for going forward with One Million Acts Of Kindness and The Kindness Bicycle Ride for Heroes. Pat Falvey, the Vice President of Development took me on a very detailed tour of this facility which offers care for anyone who needs help with the basics of a place to stay, to be fed or clothed. This facility offers so much more than just the basic necessities, with a local community struggling with many issues related to poverty. The agency encompasses many diverse programs which provide a wide range of social services designed to help people, from infants to seniors. They strive toward the goal of each individual gaining self-sufficiency, independence, and dignity. Catholic Charities has only one focus, to give help and hope to people in need, regardless of race, religion or creed.
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.