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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.

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The Bike Incident

It was summer, 2021, and I was behind my apartment, and my neighbor was fixing his car. I just went down a slope and I fell off, not only skinning both of my knees, and also popping a chain. My neighbor was running over to me and said, “Hey, are you okay?” I told him what happened, and he told...

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Giving Pizza to Homeless Man

I used to work at a pizza place in my hometown when I was 14-15 years old. This homeless man came in quite frequently with change people had given him. One day, he came in just to escape the cold from the brisk winter weather and he had looked like he had not eaten in quite sometime. I decided that...

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Taxi Fare

Around 3 years ago, I was drunkenly leaving the pub with my boyfriend to wait for our taxi home when we saw a visibly distressed teenage (15/16 year old) girl on the other side of the road crying down the phone. As this was around midnight on a busy Saturday night, I crossed to make sure she was okay once...

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A gift

My dad was the kindest person. He loved to craft and started making Victorian dolls as a hobby. Each one took hours and he painstakingly curled ringlets around scewers and hand wove raffia hats. One time a friend of our family was in the last weeks of her cancer treatment. We heard she had lost her eyesight through the treatment....

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Imprint

When I was in my late teens, I was visiting my grandpa's grave site. I did this a lot, for my grandpa always gave me comfort. One particular day, I was feeling exceptionally sad and missing him greatly. An elderly gentleman walked by. He asked me who I was there visiting. I told him and he said to me, "He...

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A unexpected surprise

One time during a period when I was a bit depressed my school was selling five dollar teddy bears for you to give to other people on Valentine’s Day. I never expected anyone to get me one. So you can imagine my shock when I was handed a teddy bear. All the note said as to who it was from...

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I Gave Food to a homeless people.

Me and my family saw a lady at Mmontréal. She was homeless and was alone. It was like 11pm at night in 2020. So my dad stopped at the gaz station and got 2 water bottles, some chips and two parts of pizza. We stopped where she was, my dad and I got out of the car and gave her...

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HELPED MY NEIGHBOR

LAST WINTER MY NEIGHBOR HAD HER HIP REPLACED. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE HER HOUSE. SHE COULD NOT DO ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE USED TO DO OUTSIDE. I DECIDED TO SHOVEL HER STEPS ALL WINTER. I ALSO WENT TO GET HER MAIL. EVERY WEEK, I TOOK HER TRASH CAN AND RECYCLE BIN TO THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE....

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The Snow Removal Chore

On a winter sunny morning, I decided to made a surprise to my family. I dressed myself in silence. I went outside with my shovel. I soveled all my big skating rink alone. After that, I woke up my brothers. They were very excited to discover that the skating rink was ready for a hockey game! Louka

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A Good Deed at the Plains of Abraham

My family and I went to the plains of Abraham during the summer vacation. We walked in the city of Québec. While walking, we met a homeless person in a tunnel of the city.I gave him my four dollars. I gave it to him because I felt sorry for him. Ultimately, we left to go home. Madleen

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The Delicious Muffins

Last week, on a Saturday morning, I woke up at 9:27. I saw my mother in the kitchen. I decided to help her to prepare the muffins. I helped to mix the ingredients, for example the chocolate and the eggs. I put the muffins in the oven for 20 minutes and after, we ate the delicious muffins. Miam! I did...

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An inspiring friend

I have a beautifully friend who inspires me daily to be kind. She has done so many things for me personally, too many to list but recently she helped a lady who had missed her bus. Her bus was to take her over an hour away from where we live and my friend dropped everything to drive her an hour...

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The Man at the Market

When the supermarket clerk tallied up my groceries, I was $12 over what I had on me. I began to remove items from the bags, when another shopper handed me a $20 bill. “Please don’t put yourself out,” I told him. “Let me tell you a story,” he said. “My mother is in the hospital with cancer. I visit her...

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my mother help some one in need

It was a sunday morning my mother and I was going to church,we see some body was asking for money.Nobody give nothing not even a penny.I tell my mom let go in the store to buy hime something to eat . After that we give him the food and he said god bless you thank you. Also when you see...

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I saved a lost puppy and returned it to its owner

It was a really rainy night and my mom was driving home after baseball practice when we saw a few cars on the road not moving. At first we were confused but then I saw a dog in between the cars. My mom quickly jumped out and grabed the dog. She put it on my lap and the dog was...

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The Red Shoes & The Grocery Bill

I was around 5 years of age and playing along the curb side, in search of rocks and barefoot. We didn’t have much but what we had we cared for. I was preoccupied when a woman approached me, asking why I wasn’t wearing shoes. I replied telling her I had a pair and was only to wear them when we...

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Making a pond

At that time I was still living in my parents house, I was very sad about the frogs and tadpoles dying because the frogs laid their eggs in a puddle in our backyard I really don’t know why they chose our place to lay their eggs, because there is a giant pond nearby. So when the puddle dried out because...

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The man at the market

[1] When the supermarket clerk tallied up my groceries, I was $12 over what I had on me. I began to remove items from the bags, when another shopper handed me a $20 bill. “Please don’t put yourself out,” I told him. “Let me tell you a story,” he said. “My mother is in the hospital with cancer. I visit...

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COVID soup

I was sick with COVID and quarantined. My friend, Kathy, asked if there was anything she could do for me. I asked her if she would consider getting me some chicken noodle soup. I asked her to text me the cost so I could have it ready for her. She told me not to worry about the cost. She left...

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Elf cards for my family

i made elf cards for my family elf cards are cards with elf's on them rolled up into scrolls and they say something nice about the person your sending them too . i made one for each person in my family and am giving them to them for Christmas ! when they open the cards i cant wait to see...

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acts of kindness i can do this week

Well first of all one act that I can do is pretty easy, I can just say hello to someone when I'm on a walk. Pretty easy right? Well, another thing I can do while on a walk you might ask? well I can also pick up trash if I see any in the road so I can help clean...

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My Random Act of Kindness!

In class, we had to do an assignment where we did a random act of kindness. I wrote a bunch of inspiring messages on sticky notes and put them on people's lockers.

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Be kind, because you never know what someone is going through.

If you are feeling like you are not enough, feeling like no one loves you. Tell yourself "Hey, I AM worth it!!!!" Because you are worth it. You are enough. One person is out there living there best life because of you. One smile, one hug, even one wave. Will make someones day even better. So if you are kind...

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school sticy notes

One day in school we weretasked at doing a random act of kindness so we went out and put encouraging sticky notes on peoples lockers

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kindness acts

i would make my family breakfast lunch and dinner. help my brother learn new things. make a kindness sign to be hung in the hall way. and paint big rocks plant flowers and make a kindness garden

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Plant kindness

My grandmother really wanted to start a garden so my family helped her and know she can make whatever she wants!

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The time I helped my friend rescue her dog

Once I was at my friends house and her dog got out of the house and it started running down the street and there was a car a couple feet away from her, my friends thought her beloved dog was gonna die. I said "No way we are getting that dog!" I ran and saved her dogs life! Remember whenever...

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The time I helped a stray cat

Once I was walking in the park and I saw this cat that could not get up. I ran over to it and helped it I took it to a animal shelter to get it taken care of. Just remember that any change that you have to be kind, take it!

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The bullie

one day I was at school and some kids where bulling my friend so I went to go tell are principal and those bullies is not anymore

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Writing Christmas Cards

I decided to write to send all my classmates a Christmas card. I decided that I would write a comment in every card what I felt about them and to make them feel happy. One of the class mates friends mother contacted my mum to say her child was so delighted with the little comment.

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