In early July, I pulled up to a man on a Harley-Davidson who was waiting at a red light. I think the vast majority of Harley riders are big supporters of Wounded Warriors. At the end of our red light conversation he said you ought to ride with us to Ground Zero at midnight on the eve of 9/11. I forgot about this conversation until this morning when another man on a Harley pulled over to the curb while I was taking a break. He and I talked for a while about The Kindness Bicycle Ride for Heroes. He told me it would be awesome for me to ride to Ground Zero with the motorcycles tonight. So I called Harley-Davidson of New York City and got the go-ahead. Riders from all over the New York and surrounding states showed up for this 10th annual solemn ride to honor the memory of those lost and the heroic efforts of others on September 11, 2001.
The ride began in Queens and ended at the Freedom Tower some 8 miles later. The ride was incredible, as we rode past crowds of late night revelers cheering us on.
The ceremony of laying a wreath and playing of bagpipes brought this crowd to silence to honor the lives lost eleven years ago. It was a memory I will hold in my heart.
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.