The following is a portion of an email that will be sent to schools across the country:
One Million Acts of Kindness was founded in 2007 to help create a mindset of kindness in individual’s lives. Bob Votruba and his Boston terrier, Bogart, travel the country promoting kindness as a lifetime, personal goal for every individual. It is a core value that we could all certainly use much more of. Kindness is a win-win situation for both the giver and receiver. Scientific studies show that by being kind, an individual is happier, healthier and lives longer. Something as simple as doing kind acts can have profound effects on everyone.
We are now promoting this wonderful goal to schools across the nation.
Schools of any size can perform One Million Acts Of Kindness during the course of the 9 month school year. It helps students respect one another and is a deterrent to bullying. This is a wonderful way for a school community to come together for the common good.

I don’t think The Kindness Bus Tour has seen an all day rain since late February. Even when it has rained, which has been almost never, I always have managed to ride miles during the dry part of the day. Today was an all day soaker, allowing me to rest my legs. We did have a late evening dry spell, but I had made up my mind to take the day off from riding.
Being back in Sonoma for a few days allows me to connect with many of the same locals I have met previously and the thousands of tourists from across the country. It is the best of both worlds.

http://millvalley.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/man-traveling-us-to-promote-kindness-empathy-makes-stop-in-mill-valley

I rode past this open meadow on The Kindness Bicycle a few times before I realized its history. Blackie who at the age of 12 when he came to Tiburon became a fixture in this pasture, standing in nearly the same spot for the next 28 years. Blackie, with his big swayback, became a favorite of all the locals who would stop by to feed and pet him.
Sara, from a nearby town stopped by at Blackie’s Pasture to talk with me about the healing power of kindness. She works with people who are having challenges with life to help them find peace. She told me that she knows over 30 people who have taken their lives and that having kindness in their lives could have quite possibly have been a deterrent.

Mill Valley, California is another one of those dozens of small towns north of San Francisco that is picture postcard perfect. Giant redwood trees are scattered about. Living 2,000 years, these trees have lived through nearly every move modern man has made.
“Barking up the tree” about Bullying and Adolescent Suicide is the best way to spread the word of how important awareness of these two issues is. I will continue this ride for the remaining six years of The Kindness Bus Tour.
Thank you to the United Methodist Church for the hospitality during my stay in Mill Valley and surrounding towns.

Tomorrow marks the final day of the school year for kids across California. All across the country, it is the best time for parents to connect in many more ways, than is possible during the school year. It is the best “Teaching Moment” block of time a parent has to teach children. Find some memorable way to connect with your children this summer. They will remember it lifelong.
Thank you to, former CBS reporter, Terri Hardesty who took the time to conduct a lengthy interview while in neighboring Tiburon. Her website, Know it All Media, has an educational format which features individuals who are working to inspire others. What a nice way to spread good stories.

A message to those who are in need of comfort that “someone needs you” can’t be said enough. It is the obligation of those who are “up” to help those who are “down.”
Put several positive messages in your phone that will remind you during the course of each and everyday of all the good you you can do in your life for others.
Written on The Kindness Bus nearly two years ago, by Nawang Khechog, a former Tibetan monk, are the words, “Om mani padme hoong,” these words, simply put, are a want for goodness for all beings. Telling a person, “someone needs you,” is putting these words into action.