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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Act of Kindness – Week #26!!

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference!”

  My last three blog entries shared new ideas for acts of kindness that involved spending some money. It is a great to spend money helping other people, but showing kindness does not always involve money! I have written several blog posts already with act of kindness ideas that are completely free but could be life changing to the people you intentionally show love and kindness too! This week’s act of kindness will only involve your time and intentional actions…no money!


  January is a very full month for my accounting department and I at work! I am a senior accountant and in January I am working on December month end, year end and preparing for auditors. A couple years ago, we had a change in employees which resulted in me having to do two people’s jobs in our department during the month of January…I am very thankful for my co-workers help during our “busy season” this year!   

  I assume that a lot of people’s jobs, like mine, have days or months that are more hectic than others. I also assume that a lot people are very thankful when other people help, especially during those more hectic days! What if during our normal weekly shopping trips, we could do little acts of kindness while in a store that would help the workers and make their day a little easier?!

*The act of kindness this week…show kindness in a store by putting items back in their proper spot or re-stacking items that are messed up etc!!


*My experience with the act of kindness…There were a couple different ways in the past couple weeks that I intentionally showed kindness while in a store! Let me give you two examples! A couple weeks ago I was clothes shopping and only a couple items worked after trying them on in the dressing room. Most people take the time to re-hang the clothes on the hangers, carry them out to the front of the dressing rooms and put the clothes on a rack. This is great but then someone still has to put all the clothes back in the proper spot. To intentionally show kindness, I took it all a step further. I carried the clothes back out into the women’s department and placed them back on the original rack. After all, where I got the clothes from was still fresh in my mind and most likely the worker might have had to spend a little time figuring out where each piece of clothing went.

  Another example of intentionally carrying out this act of kindness was when I was recently grocery shopping, and I had picked up an item early in my shopping. When I got towards the end of the store though, I found a better item. Instead of taking the original item out of my cart and placing it randomly somewhere in the store, I walked back to the original spot in the grocery store and placed the item back! No one had to “clean up” after me this way!

  Another way that I have thought about is when you are shopping at the mall and looking for the right size through shirts that are folded and laying on a table, make sure to refold them and nicely stack the pile once you are done. I have seen several employees over the years fold a pile of shirts and the next minute someone messes them up and then the employee is right back to folding the same pile. 

Intentional acts of kindness that are completely free can make a difference in someone’s life!!


P.s. Please comment below with your own experience with this act of kindness! I would really enjoy hearing about it!!

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Act of Kindness - Week #25!!

A new year...start it out with intentionally showing kindness!

  Happy 2015, may it be a blessed one for all! My week of Christmas and New Years was spent with family at home, family up north and family down south! It was a lot of traveling but full of such good times! Family time is one of my favorite things about holidays!


  In my last blog post, I added a “p.s.” that informed you to look for discounted Christmas cards when after Christmas shopping! Did you do so?! Read below to see how greeting cards of any occasion are part of the next intentional act of kindness!

*The act of kindness this week...show kindness by finding unused or lightly used items in your home (or purchased at a low price) that can be donated to an organization to help other people!!

  I accidentally found the “St. Jude’s Ranch for Children” website while looking for ways I could donate to St. Jude’s Hospital, and I am so happy I did! Here is a little about the organization (find more out at https://stjudesranch.org/):

“For more than 45 years, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children has provided a safe, nurturing home and therapeutic residential treatment services to thousands of children in Nevada and Texas. St. Jude’s Ranch is making a difference by creating new lives with new hope for abused, abandoned and neglected children...” Their mission statement is, “Transforming the lives of abused and at-risk children, young adults and families by empowering them to create new chances, new choices and new hope in a caring community.”

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children does a “Recycled Card Program”: “One of the most successful fundraisers at St. Jude’s Ranch is the recycled greeting card program. People from all over the United States send us their used greeting cards so they can be repurposed and resold. The kids on the Ranch run the program, and they earn an income from the cards they resell. This process of following through with a project gives them a sense of accomplishment and also establishes a solid work ethic.” https://stjudesranch.org/about-us/recycled-card-program/



*My experience with the act of kindness…I received a Walgreens gift card around Christmas. A couple days after Christmas, my Husband was leaving the house so I handed him the gift card and asked him to pick up some discounted Christmas cards! I was thankful for his help since I was busy packing for us to travel to Texas the next morning! I used these cards plus other occasion cards that were lying around the house that I had not used yet! The organization takes used cards as well, but I keep the cards I receive from other people! Below is a little information about donating cards to the program:

“To Donate Cards:
Year-round, we happily accept used all-occasion greeting cards. Please review the following tips before sending in your donation.
-Only the card front can be used (please check to be sure the backside of the front of the card is clear of any writing, etc.)
-We can not accept Hallmark, Disney or American Greeting cards
-5″ x 7″ size or smaller is preferred
-To mail large quantities in the least expensive way, use a USPS (United States Post Office) Flat Rate Box (available at your local Post Office), which holds up to 70 pounds

Mail donations to:
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
Recycled Card Program
100 St. Jude’s Street
Boulder City, NV 89005”


  This intentional act of kindness is simple: buy/find cards, cut off the front of the card and mail them in! The awesome thing about it is you have no idea how many children you are helping by doing this!!

P.s. Please comment below with your own experience with this act of kindness! I would really enjoy hearing about it!!