To me, Scottsdale, Arizona has more incredible public art per capita, than any other city in the United States.
During the past 25 years, Scottsdale Public Art (SPA) has transformed its 184-square mile city into an interactive outdoor gallery. As one of the nation’s most comprehensive public art programs, SPA features a diverse range of free arts, community events, exhibitions, and permanent art that appeal to residents and visitors, building upon the built environment and the public experience. SPA’s Director, Valerie Vadala Homer, invited me for a visit today, to learn of my travels in one of the world’s most diverse objects of art, The Kindness Bus.
Alerted to the fact, by Los Angeles Public Art Director, Margaret Bruning, that The Kindness Bus Tour was to be visiting Scottsdale, Valerie and I crossed paths on a bicycle tour of Scottsdale’s public art on Saturday before my planned call to her office.
We talked today about my mission in detail and discussed the positive healing properties of art when embraced favorably by the viewer. The Kindness Bus is certainly that without a doubt. I can attest to the fact that Scottsdale’s public art has brought me much joy. Visit their website at; www.scottsdalepublicart.org
Today I took a much needed break from riding after yesterday’s All Day Honor Ride. I am catching up on expressing gratitude, in the form hand written thank yous to the many supporters over the course of the past few weeks.
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.