Thank you to Eliza Hallabeck for interviewing me for an upcoming issue in the Newtown Bee. She will meet with me at the new location of Ben’s Bells. They recently moved from Newtown to Bethel, Connecticut.
I will visit the Sandy Hook/Newtown/Bethel, CT area for four days this weekend.
The University Circle area Cleveland, Ohio is home to many museums, world renowned hospitals and top ranked universities. This area is always filled with people from across the globe. I love riding here, especially since school is about to begin.
The Feast of the Assumption is celebrated in Cleveland, Ohio in the Little Italy neighborhood every year at this time. I love meeting people from all across Northeast Ohio including this mom pictured, who made her way all the way from Australia to be here with her daughters.
Two students from Western Reserve Academy approached me today in Hudson, Ohio. They were so interested in my mission and we had a very nice conversation about my travels. I know these two young men are going to do some very good things in their lifetime.
One of them operated the camera, so he isn’t in the photo.
One Million Acts of Kindness is now listed on Pacer’s website as a Champion Against Bullying. This is a very big honor for us as many people go to the site for bullying resources. Every little bit we can do to stop bullying we will continue to do for all of our years to come.
Please take the time to visit their website www.pacer.org
Every day, without fail, I come across individuals who are doing great things for those in need of comfort. One of the individuals I came across recently was Ralph, former president of Bikers Against Child Abuse in Cleveland. This great organization has spread across the country and the various chapters are doing amazing work and protecting children. Ralph has proposed that I talk to their organization in the near future.
Thank you, Bikers Against Child Abuse!
Two times in as many weeks I have crossed paths with Cleveland Police Officer Anthony Harper. He is the liaison between the department and the community. He also works with kids in the Explorers program. The diligence in his work ethic has helped many kids to realize the importance of having a safe community. He is the perfect man for the job.
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.