Sheer perfection, that is the most fitting way to describe today’s ride. Two days of straight-line winds and gusts, as I found out, were over 80 mph. It’s no wonder that The Kindness Bicycle almost could have played a supporting role in The Wizard of Oz or more like Gone with the Wind. The front sign I fasten to the windshield of The Kindness Bus, while parked, blew away and I created a new one. The original one is probably somewhere over the Colorado Rockies. Thank you to Home Depot for donating the material for the spiffy new sign.
I was all over North Las Vegas today and stopped so many times to talk to so many very interested individuals. Pat McTigue and Arlene Henderson, two very generous REALTORS from the Las Vegas area were SO nice and cared about everything One Million Acts Of Kindness stands for and they loved The Kindness Bicycle Ride for Heroes.
Rudy, a USAF Wounded Warrior insisted on buying me breakfast at a local restaurant. He is now a Police Officer in a nearby community. He invited me to visit his station when I am in his town later next week. Thank you Pat, Arlene and Rudy for your support and interest.
Today, I decided that on Monday of next week, I will ride 101 miles, to honor Sgt. Henry Prendes, Las Vegas Metro Police Department, who lost his life in the line of duty during a Domestic Violence call. I will be riding the entire perimeter of Las Vegas, which is nearly the entire distance.
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.