Kindness Starts With One®

hi! my name is riya and i'm an incoming eighth grader at mason middle school in mason, ohio; and i don't exactly have anything too special to share, but to me; it's worth sharing. back in march of 2021, i said to myself "i wanna do something to help others, the community." so i decided to start putting up lemonade...

While walking down the street i heard an old lady screaming for help .I did not know where she was screaming from but I finally saw her in a drain.she was breathing fast so I took her out of the drain and put her to lay down on a wooden bed because I couldn't get anything else.i called for help...

My mom and I when she was alive would go out on Christmas day to give a homeless person $20 for a meal. One day we saw this Hispanic homeless man with a shopping cart, everything was neatly folded and packed in his cart. We stopped and handed him the $20 and he immediately fell to his knees and cried,...

One day as I walking down a street with my friend holding a bag of food we were going to eat later we saw a homeless woman. We gave her our food as she seemed way more hungry than us and we left

When I was a young child, my home was not a good place to be. My next door neighbor recognized what was needed. She spent countless hours with me, talking about plants and gardens. She complemented me on my better features. She oozed love. She was one of the only adults I ever felt safe around. I realized later what...

I joined my workplace in 2017, I wanted to donate my salary for some goodness in society. I never believed in going through some agency and wanted to be someone who indulges directly with the people. The winters were approaching. My Mom's Sister (P.S: She received the National Teachers' Award in 2015) who is a teacher in a Tribal school...

After my husband died suddenly 6 years ago ..I experienced amazing kindness from friends and family ..from people helping me move and sort out financial issues ,buying me groceries.someone bought me shoes for my daughter's wedding .to driving me places when I needed it,.and so many other things . the amazing love and support ,listening to me say the same...

It's hard to pick a favourite; there are no small acts of kindness. 🌞 There was a time in my life when I drove over 50K km/year, and being on the road that much I've been first on the scene at accidents, added gas to cars, changed tires, given rides, boosted batteries... But this isn't about me. I've always told...

With World Baking Day coming up on May 19, New York City Pastry Chef Tracy Wilk has released #BakeItForward, a new cookbook highlighting the grassroots adventure of spreading joy, kindness and sprinkles of hope by sharing baked goods with essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring 25 recipes and baking tips, “#BakeItForward” also includes inspirational stories from bakers around the...

My oldest (8) wants to be a police officer when he grows up. As a mother, I gave my husband my concern for his safety when he gets older, and if he chooses to pursue that career. We both have veterans in our families and law enforcement officers. We also faced a tragedy in our city back on August 3,...

When my little sister drowned i saved her and she was only 3 years old when she drowned i jump to save her

I was in a room, a familiar guy that I like walked in, saw me smiling, he said that I am a good ''missy'', and that I am happy and smart. I really love that compliment! It was a good memory! Good memories make me happy!

1. Count to 100 or more. 2. Exercise and walk 3. Take deep breaths 4. Do something else you love, such as doing something creative or listening to your favourite music.

The new kid at school was quiet and kept to herself. A lot of people were quite mean to her so whenever I caught her smiling I'd tell her how pretty she was and she'd smile even wider and then make me smile and it always made my day. She smiles all the time now and is a good friend...

I was once sitting on a bench near the park behind my home. It was then that a poor lady came and sat beside me. She had brought lunch with her too. “Are you hungry?”She asked me. I couldn’t believe my ears. “You can have some if you want. I have brought 2 chapatis with me. We can share.” She...

Hello my name is Ernestine Hayward I am disabled in a wheelchair and I am caring for a two year old girl who is the apple of my eye I ordered some food from Mama Lou's and they messed up all night long the manager went beyond answering and handling the problem he showed up here tonight at my home...

the nicest thing that someone has done was paying for my stuff at the store. It was on a Tuesday a couple weeks ago it was at yolks. I was getting pasta candy energy drinks and food for dinner. While I was waiting in line, the guy ahead of me said that I could go ahead of him and then...

The cashier at the cafeteria were I work was always full of kindness and showed to every person in the check out line. One day I heard she has intestinal cancer. I was moved to pray for her so much, becasue of her kindness. One morning, driving to work, praying for her, I saw a vision of 6 people holding...

when i was in mexico i saw a lot of kids that havent been eating and i gave them my food. my mom gives the poor people clothes and stuff and food they need.

My name is Lilly. I am a single mom of an autistic 19 year old. I have been through the fire and in the heap of ashes. I made some bad choices that affected my life . But God had always planted kindness in my heart. I always wanted to help victims of trauma. I am now forming a grass...

me and my friend found a leaf and a spider was inside we didn't know that and it bit my friend and I asked if he was ok and he was fine but it hurt a lot he said: so we went inside and bandaged up his thumb that was my story of random acts of kindness also kind of...

Hi lovely ones, 6 years ago when I was at a low point I chose kindness. I asked myself what would I like to receive in my life right now? Flowers I thought! Flowers always make me feel happy. So I bought flowers, decorated jars and made labels and popped them around my community randomly. The response was magical! The...

The pandemic and 2020 left a lot of us struggling, with fear, loneliness, worry. I found myself in July suffering from newfound health anxiety. I remembered when I help others, I’m healed in return. How could I help others when volunteering is not allowed. I came up with an idea. To write letters to nursing homes to make seniors smile....

My mom taught my sisters and I to help others whenever possible and to always treat others with kindness. It is a lesson I've carried close to my heart, practiced it every day, and have passed it onto my own children. I've taught them kindness comes in many forms and I'm proud to say they don't let any opportunity to...

I was walking down the street when a woman feel over and dropped all her stuff she was carrying first I asked if she was ok then I helped her up also I picked up her stuff to help her out and that was MY RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS.

I was going out for a walk in the green cool moving grass, then I tripped on a something. There I see was a rock, now a normal looking rock. It was a kind rock.

I was just finished going to the store with my mom only, and we heard some REALLY GOOD MUSIC. We thought that it was someone's radio until when we went to our car, a man was playing the music! There was a sign behind the man that my mom told me to give him a dollar and see what the...

People can do normal acts of kindness, like helping his grandfather, his grandmother, but not all the people can do with our friends and us. 3 years ago all of us wanted to help study cancer, so we organised a little “shop” of old toys that we were not used to winning money to gived to the investigation of cancer....

My mon is the person who inspires me to be a better person. She is one of the kindness women that I know. She always thinks about others and sometimes even end up forgetting about herself. I had a friend that passed through a lot at school, she was always crying over something and even tho I'm not good with...

Once i went grocery shopping and decided to makes someone's day a bit better. So i left a 20 € bill with a post-it note saying "today is your lucky day" One of the worker found it, looked around and decided to help someone with their grocery shopping, giving them the 20 € bill. It filled me with so much...