Kindness Starts With One^®

In 2016, I wrote 119 affirming post it notes. I arrived at my high school early in the morning and began sticking them on the lockers of each person in my grade. Each one was unique, something that I appreciated about the personality of that person, or something I thought they needed to hear. "You are special" "You have a...

Our Family purchased three 15 min virtual visits with Santa and came up with a way to engage others in random acts of kindness while randomly gifting these three visits. We created a Colouring Contest open to all children between the ages of 0-18 in the Edmonton & Surrounding areas. This was they had to do: Step 1. Download the...

On January 9th I will be celebrating my 40th Birthday. 40 years of life, love & adventures!! #40randomactsofkindness However, this year's birthday is going to be a little different. Instead of receiving gifts, I am going to give gifts. 40 of them to be exact. One for every year of my life. Why am I doing this? Because I truly...

2 days ago I saw this lady who looked so cold and I felt really bad she was outside of the store called Walmart and I went in the store and bought her a blanket. Some people ask me why did I do that, and I thought to myself and said, "Well if that lady was me I would also...

When I was little, I looked up to my Dad and thought he was the best dad ever. As I grew, I knew why. He never preached, yet he taught me so much. Not from words, but from actions. The things he did, the way he talked and treated people. He was the best person to learn Kindness from, just...

One day, my mom and I bought groceries for a homeless man and his son outside of Trader Joe's. They were very appreciative and grateful. She taught me how important doing things like this for less fortunate people is.

I teach music... piano and choral music basically. One of my student's mom sent me a card a few days ago with cash in it. It was not the card, the amount, or even the thought of giving me a gift for Christmas that made me cry my eyes out. It was the mere fact that this family is suffering...

In our second semester I was given a different lunch period from all my friends, I got very depressed and would often just text my mother. Then a girl started to sit with me instead of her friends. I now know how much it hurts to sit alone at lunch.

One day, I brought my little sister to school. When we arrived she had to wait for 20 minutes outside so i asked all my friends if they wanted to play tag with my sister and they said yes. So we played all together for a couple of minutes then a bunch of other kids joined in and we started...