Today is one of the most exciting days of the year, not only is it the first day of spring, it is also the 6th annual Spring into Kindness Day!
On this day you are urged to surprise someone with an act of kindness. You can even surprise a two-year-old French Bulldog puppy such as Vince. The return on my kindness to him was immediate. Puppy kisses are the best.
Special Olympics competition in Collier County today. Hundreds of athletes from eight counties will move on to state competition. Congratulations to all participants, medal winners, proud parents, friends and volunteers.
Thank you to the East Naples Kiwanis for the invitation to talk to their group this morning about my upcoming ride. Jeanne from Laces of Love and Skip from Caps for Cancer were here today as well. They had children in need “covered from head to toe.”
Joanna and Bert’s son Campbell has cerebral palsy. They found great peace in seeing a guy riding a bicycle offering comfort and compassion for those with special needs. They are visiting Naples, Florida from Ottawa, Canada. They embody the meaning of kindness and compassion. What loving parents.
Fun visit at House of Gaia today in Naples, Florida. There were smiles all afternoon from everyone. The special needs adults were as welcoming, kind, and caring as anyone has ever been towards me or my mission. Thank you for the very memorable visit.
There was a wonderful response at the Saint Patrick’s day parade in Naples, Florida for the upcoming ride around the perimeter of the United States for children with disabilities and differences. As I rode my bike along the route there was a rolling applause from time to time, sometimes a distance a few hundred feet as I slowly rolled by.
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
You can also donate through PayPal:
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.