One of my favorite stops as I travel down the coast of Florida is at friend Mark’s house. He always loves the fact that I stop by and arranges for some friends to visit during my overnight stay. Thank you to Rick and Ramona for making the trip to further learn of my mission. Great stories, great feast and some great donations to help get us a little further down the road.
Project Semicolon, the brainchild of Amy Bleuel, has a simple but profound concept. The semicolon is a pause, not a stop. She hopes the tattoo will “start a conversation that can’t be stopped about mental illness, suicide, addiction, depression and self-injury.”
I arrived in Vero Beach with the news of two students being caught with loaded guns at the Freshman Learning Center. Thanks to quick acting police, students and administrators, a possible tragedy was averted.
When students are involved in activities such as sports, charitable work and academics, there is much less time for this sort of behavior. Thank you to these lacrosse players from Vero Beach for the interest in One Million Acts of Kindness
The Buist Academy in Charleston, SC is directly across the street from the Emanuel AME church where 9 parishioners lost their lives to a gunman. When talking to the first graders you help them understand how important it is to help others and never hurt or harm anyone. I always give examples of how it feels good when you help someone. I also use Bogart as an example of how important it is to always be nice to him. The children really connect with that.
Sister Sandra Makowski, author of “The Side of Kindness: Recovering the Lost Art of Being Kind” met with me over lunch during my stay in Charleston. She is the Chancellor of the Charleston Roman Catholic Diocese. How kind it was of her to take the time out of her busy day to meet with me. I am about to start reading her book and I am excited to delve into it.
The “Keep it Kind” Group at the James Island Charter School is doing wonderful acts of kindness throughout the Charleston community. Thank you to all of them
The door to the Kindness Bus has the word peace written in 51 languages. About 99% of the world’s population is represented on this single door.
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.
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