Today is the first day of summer and if today’s weather is the harbinger of what to expect for the next 100 days or so, I better get some air conditioning for The Kindness Bus. Knowing that that it was going to heat up quickly today, I was on The Kindness Bicycle by 5:30. It is so easy to get around this town at this hour. Waiting for my visits until later this morning, I headed from the Upper East Side to Times Square and Rockefeller Center to interact with as many people as possible. It was then that what felt like a blast furnace descended on Manhattan. It seems like it went from 80 to 103 degrees in a half hour’s time, with humidity just as high. With the sun baking the concrete, and me as well, I decided to “set of shop” in the relative comfort of the shade. I accomplished lots of necessary deeds today, as there always seem to be with all the connections I am blessed with every day.
Today I met a Landon Wickham, a teacher at Columbia Grammar – prep School in Manhattan. He is a “get things done” kind of guy. In about 10 minutes time, he offered me a complete “whatever you need” for The Kindness Bicycle. He also offered to redesign the look of the flyer I hand out to people as I ride. Within 24 hours he hand delivered 500 color flyers, complete with a photo and my itinerary for the 3 month long ride through the 5 boroughs of New York City, all at no charge. Huge help Landon!! Thank you!!!
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.