We arrived on this very friendly campus with a very big boost because of the efforts of many people. Matt Lenno, Assistant Director of Activities and Programs was the contact who arranged for special parking privileges and coordinating the on-campus connections. The Inter-Fraternity Council made any wish list I may have had, happen during today’s visit. Stephen Weick, Austin Siegfried and Kyle Pinder from various fraternities on campus, helped with greeting students as they stopped by to talk with me. It was also nice to see the fraternity brothers stop by The Kindness Bus. These fraternities do lots of volunteering and fund raising for many needy causes. They stepped-up big time for The Kindness Bus Tour.
Today we talked with over 900 students and had nearly 90 students commit to the One Million Acts Of Kindness Pledge. This was one of our biggest days ever in terms of talking with students, and it was far and away the biggest day of students taking The Kindness Pledge. This could not have happened without the help of The Inter-Fraternity Council. Thanks to all of you.
Another big thanks goes out to Devon, who stopped by with two care packages for Bogart and Bob, (there goes Bogart’s diet). It’s generosity like her’s which helps us in a very big way. Thank you Devon!
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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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.