What a huge day of meeting people along the Treasure Coast of Florida. There are four separate events taking place this weekend in Vero Beach and One Million Acts Of Kindness will be very visible at all of them.
Early in the day, I met a very caring mom and her son. Bryce has Asperger’s Syndrome and his mom, Rebecca is there every step of the way for him. Azperger’s is a high functioning form of Autism and because of this they are picked on more than any group of adolescents. “It is as if they have a target on their back,” she said. Rebecca started Puzzled Families, a support group for local parents who had nowhere else to turn. What a great way to help an entire community of people.
Sara from the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County was an instant fan of The Kindness Bicycle and its signs. We got into a lengthy conversation about how people “bully” their pets. She works for this fantastic organization that helps animals who need a helping paw up.
I visited the Vero Beach Rotary’s fundraiser, they are doing so much for so many throughout their community and beyond.
Late in the day, Beth, Peter and Karen invited me to join them for a hot tea. Beth is a special needs teacher in Raleigh and loved seeing the “Overcome bullying through love” sign on The Kindness Bicycle. She is going to research the News-2-You website for the article that was written a couple of years ago. Every special needs organization should know about this great resource. Their domain is www.news2you.n2y.com
Thank you to Danielle and the Ocean Grill for the generosity this evening.
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.
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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.