Kindness Starts With One®

One smile. One hug. One cup of coffee. One person...

Do you have someone in your life who inspired you to be a better person? Did you witness an act of kindness that left an impression? Share your kindness story with the world.

Tell Us Your Kindness Story

C is for "cat" and K is for "kindness"

Hi! My name is Vlada, I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. I am n the 7th grade. My kind deed started on February 16th when in the morning my cat brought a kitten to our house. The kitten wasn't hers and it did not want to be with her and ran to the trash. I followed him and saw his mother licking...

My choice

My name is Trofim, I’m a 6th grade student from Poltava, Ukraine - and my story of kindness began long time ago. I was 10 years old, it was autumn and I walked home from school. I went to the shop, because I wanted to buy some treats for myself – I had some money. But then I noticed an...

About the people who taught me kindness

My name is Illya, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell my story here. Each time when I go to the old couple, which lives near our school, I feel myself happy. I feel like a true volunteer each time I talk...

Good deeds that I do and good deeds that people do to me

My name is Slava, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell my story here. Good deeds that I do and good deeds that people do to me. I live with my loved ones. They do good deeds to me, I study and...

My beloved auntie

My name is Kolya, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell about the kindest person in my life. It was approximately 8-9 years ago, when my family went to the small village in the countryside. There lived my favorite auntie – Masha....

Doctor Pays Co-Pays on Random Acts of Kindness Day

https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Doctor-celebrates-Random-Act-of-Kindness-Day-covers-patient-copays-567959391.html

Mother and Son

I had just had my first son and was living in an apartment at the time. I received a package in the mail that was addressed to my unit, but not to me. I opened it and found a brand new iPhone, gum, tea boxes, small towels, some other items and a note. It was from a mother, a care...

Merci pour le pain au chocolat!

I had a cycling accident during my Erasmus year in Switzerland. My face was very bloody, and I had bandages across my nose and above my mouth. At the weekend, I went to a boulangerie where a kind stranger bought me a pain au chocolat. He disappeared before I could say thank you.

A thank you note on my windscreen

Some years ago I was working at a conference, and at the end of the day, tired, sore feet, dragging myself to my car, I found a heart shaped post-it note with a small bag of Haribos on my windscreen with a sweet, sweet thank you note. My sore feet and tiredness were forgotten! I was so touched. To this...