Just a short 25 minute ferry ride from Manhattan, lies Staten Island. It was my 1st venture into this borough and I am happy to know I will be back a few more times in the coming month.
I paid a visit to the 120th Precinct, one of only three Precincts on this island, and found a very interested front desk Patrolman who is notifying Community Affairs to help spread my message.
The Heroes at Engine 155 Ladder 78 were a huge audience. It was an honor riding while wearing a shirt they gave me, bearing the name of Hero Lt. Robert J. Ryan Jr., one of their own, who lost his life in the line of duty nearly 4 years ago.
I caught up with the guys at Marine 9 on Staten Island in the lunchroom as they were finishing lunch. What a great bunch of stories we shared. They talk with pride of the boats that they work on during emergencies, on water and on the shore as far as their water guns will reach. They invited me back to visit every trip I make to this island. With the looks of what they had for lunch, I think I will show up to their “house,” right before noon.
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.