I have on a few occasions purchased Starbucks for the person behind me in the drive thru. This has never happened to me nor am I looking for anything in return when I do it. But the other day, January 9th, I was on the receiving end of someone paying for my coffee in the Starbucks drive thru! I was overjoyed, shocked and completely thankful! Now that I have been on the receiving end, I want to do something even bigger!

At The Early Learning Institute Pittsburgh, PA Penn Center location a Preschool teacher, Laine Cryder, created “TELI’s Wall of Kindness” in the center's lobby! All children and staff were photographed, pictures mounted, and when “caught” in an act of kindness, the act is written down and placed next to your picture. The preschool children visit the lobby everyday to view all new posts to the wall. It’s certainly having a ripple effect! More schools should do this!!
~ Leslie White-Center Coordinator Preschool of TELI and Columbus C. Brooks, GCDF Human Resources

Think about how awesome getting a high five is! It's not just for kids or sports teams. Give one to your friend, co-worker or someone in your family just because they rock! I can guarantee you'll get a smile in return!

About six months ago I found a backpack/work bag in my front yard, thought it belonged to my son and just took it inside. Decided to take a look inside and found a wallet with over $700 in it! Plenty of ID but from another state, but then I found a mobile phone and search through until I found 'Mother' and then rang that number. Lady said her 26 yr old son had been in my suburb the night before and left his bag on the roof of his car when he drove home so it must have fallen off at the corner near my house. She was shocked when she picked it up to find all the money still in it. They had recently moved here and knew nobody so she was very happy to find someone honest. I kept thinking "of course the money would still be there, he earnt it not me!" :)

While traveling through Michigan, we crossed the Mackinaw bridge which has a toll booth on the north end. The last time we went through, we paid the toll for the vehicle behind us. We had no idea who was in that car. The toll booth attendant had a big smile as we paid double and asked her to tell the next driver the fee was paid. We kept on driving and after a while a car came near us on the highway to pass but got our attention with all the waving out the window. They were telling us thank you. We never expected they would catch us but they did and we were blessed to see the enormous smiles on their faces as we kept on driving and they went on by.

I started crocheting hats for the Phoenix Children's Hospital several years ago. I sent them with my daughter when she was volunteering on the cancer ward. She said that they were very excited to get them. In the last year I have broadened my creativity and started crocheting headbands, decorating baseball caps, decorating socks with silly faces, and decorating little canvas tote bags and filling them with toys. I have given them to Phoenix Children's Hospital (probably several hundred), The Ryan House and The Ronald McDonald House in Phoenix, Az. and I sent a box to St. Judes Hospital in Memphis, Tenessee. I truly enjoy making these for some very brave and courageous children. I get so much out of giving these to sick children. My gift is my time. Tammi Sbordoni.

I am a firm believer in doing all that I can to make someone who's feeling down, smile. After all, smiles can change the world with a simple act of random kindness. Today on the bus, I was sitting in the seat with my back to the window and in the corner of my eye, I saw a larger man who looked incredibly sad. Upon glancing again I soon realised he was crying. I saw his lips moving and he was telling himself very negative things over and over and he continued to cry. After watching numerous people get onto the bus and sit in every seat around him but the one next to him, he started to get more upset. I was feeling very sad just looking at his misery when the bus stopped at a highschool. A bunch of rude teenage girls got on and the only seat open was the one next to him. One girl told the other to sit next to him. She said (very loudly) "eww I'm not sitting there. He's fat!" I got up and stood in front of her and said "but he's got 4 times the decency than you do" and walked over to his seat, smiled and asked if the seat was taken. He never said anything. Just smiled. He smiled the rest of the bus ride home. We didn't speak a word the whole ride. But we both knew the impact I made on him. As I neared my stop, I looked at him and said "you have a wonderful day, and hopefully I see you again in the future." I have never seen a smile as hopeful as this man's. Maybe I saved his life with just a smile, maybe I saved someone else's. But either way, I'm changing the world. One smile at a time.

On February 4th for Thank a Mailman Day, I left a card and some of my favorite home-roasted sweet and spicy squash seeds in the out-going mailbox. Imagine my surprise when I received this special note in return! Pass it on!!

My children along with some of their friends have been making cards for the local assited living for the past 3-4 years. We have a card party then my children and I hand deliver the cards.

My daughter had a softball game midmorning one Saturday. Well needless to say by the time it was over it was way past lunch and she said she was starving. I only had just a few dollars to my name and told her that we had to order off of the dollar menu from Wendy's. That was ok with her, but then she seen a man holding a sign up that said he was hungry. Now we had been out of town at this ball game now for about 5 to 6 hours and it had been probably 7 or 8 hours since she had eaten anything last. She told me that if I could would I just buy that gentleman something and she would do without until we got home which would be a couple more hours. With tears in my eyes I happily told her we had enough to get him something also, but she still gave up her fries. Because all we could afford was one order of fries between us all along with a couple of chicken sandwiches and some water.  It felt so good to give, I am so proud of my daughter!