Kindness Starts With One^®

Last year my husband and I took a vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and to Kure Beach, North Carolina. We were able to take a ferry from South Carolina to an island on North Carolina, where we would meet up later that day with friends. We decided to stop at a small restaurant for breakfast on the island. The...

Sitting on my bed, staring at my newborn son, the pride of being a first time mum swam through me. I touched his soft cheeks, then ran down my hand to pat his back as he suddenly coughed. "Shhhh," I whispered to him, as he smiled in his sleep and my heart melted like butter. Then a sudden sadness swept...

I am an avid Ohio State Buckeye fan and when I realized they were coming to California for the Rose Bowl, I was so excited! But, due to four surgeries and two hospitalizations in the past 18 months, I knew I would not be able to nagivate the venue. To my big surprise, a new friend whose Dad went to...

"Laundered with Kindness" is an event held annually to help ease burdens by providing wash, dry, fold, load/unload laundry, dry cleaning, and donated laundry products. We target laundromats, dry cleaners, and homeless facilities with the support of cleaning companies, businesses, volunteers, and in-kind donations, helping more families and making a larger impact. Being a single parent, one of the struggles parents...

I'm a pilot car driver, driving across the country to help oversize loads get through crazy traffic. They say the bigger the load, the smaller the road. I had deadheaded out to Bakersfield, California, and met my driver for dinner. I needed to find a place to settle down for the night, as we couldn't load until morning. I went...

My ONE is to greet all with a smile and implement a school counseling program for all, students, staff, family and community. As a first year counselor, at a school who has never had a one, my goal is build moral, teach social emotional coping skills and help the community that my students come from.

Last week, during our first training session held at Poyner (2A), I realized what the eye doctor had been telling me. I did, indeed, find myself in need of cataract surgery! I am scheduled to have this done in the spring. However, we had a lot of notes to take during the week and I found myself unable to read...

I was in the food court on the lower level of Grand Central Station when I noticed two armed police officers trying to wake up an elderly woman who had fallen asleep on a bench. It was apparent that she was homeless. I was upset by the way she was being treated and people were watching the scene unfold. As she...

I began a service-learning project to teach my students about kindness and other community members. My students have severe and profound multiple disabilities. Many times they are not involved in community activities. I wanted a way for them to connect academics with transition skills to their community. We make crafts and greeting cards for residents of a local nursing home,...