Kindness Starts With One®

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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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Love my Parents!

Every morning I notice how hard my parents work to make me food. I really wanted to help them somehow and show them that I am very thankful. I decided to make them breakfast. I made some pancakes, scrambled eggs, and a fruit salad. I do not know how to cook like my parents, but I tried my best. I...

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Act of kindness

Someone drop there stuff on the floor and i help them pick some of the stuff up it’s a act of kindness

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kindness will stay forever

The was a time when me and my friends was walking and we saw a an elder trying to carrying their bags my friends didn't know what to do so they went to go and find a adult to help the elder when they were doing that i went to help the elder with their bags and get them in...

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Love my Job

When the pandemic hit people lost jobs every where and they where not able to go to the store or anything. I still was able to travel back and forth because I am a PCA for my family members. So I would help others that could not travel to the store because their family member is sick or they had...

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Kindness

Wants upon a time there was a little girl who lived with her grandma and her dad came and then they were eating and right after they were done eating the dad dosideit he wold stay over in the morning the dad dosideit he would live with them forever so he sold his house the dad did that so his...

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Not everyone has the same "normal"

My Mother works with the mentally disable. She has a lot of different people that she serves. Sometimes they come to our house when she is working with them and we all might go out to the store or to eat and a lot of people stare when they make a funny noise or do something that doesn't make sense....

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kindness will stay forever

I remember when I was little there was a man who had trouble with carrying a lot of stuff my friends didn't know what to do so the went to get help , But when they left I went to the an and helped with some heavy stuff he had

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Helping someone pick up there things

me & my auntie was at the grocery store around shopping. When this lady had a hand full of items . Standing in line one slipped so they all slipped &so I decided too help her pick up her stuff

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help my mom and brother

what i’m going to do for kindness is that i will be helping my mom at her work place or that i will help my brother with picking up stuff from work.

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Helping out

We are in Cornwall and loads of kind things happen here. Alex helps his grandfather load the wood cart and his grandfather always says “WOW!” (Probably because it’s a HUGE cart). Kevin likes that his friend Jenn helps him go shopping for clowns in thrift stores all over. (Not the scary kind of clown). And Matt helps his grandmother load...

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The case on the beach

When I was 4-5 years old, my family went to rest at the sea. It was Turkey or Greece. I don't remember. My family settled down and went swimming. But they didn't let me in, the weather was bad. I was walking along the beach and did not notice that I had moved very far. I was very scared and...

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The best mom I could ask for !!

My mom left me and my sibleings for some guy , my sisters and me had no idea how to do hair or other stuff my dad did not know . My dad started dating a woman named Dawn . For a year know she has helped us learn stuff our dad could not teach . She is the best...

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Knights in shining armour

Huge thanks to DM Builders who helped me today at Wickes, Wakefield. Initially, they kindly offered to help me put the sheet of plasterboard into my car but once they realised it wouldn’t safely fit, they put it in their truck and delivered it to my home. Knights in shining armour helping out a damsel in distress. Random kindness from...

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You can't take it with you

I worked jobs where I made alot of money. Enough weekly that I had all I needed. And ine day a homeless man came up to me and asked for a dollar, I made enough to five much more then a dollar. So I reached into my pocket and all I had was $100 bills. Alot. So I gave it...

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Apples

I was at the grocery store, and I went in without thinking I’d need a cart. I was picking up some food that my mom had asked me to get, and after getting almost everything my hands were full. So I’m standing in front of the apples, looking pretty dumb as I try and adjust everything in my hands so...

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SuperKindness In Action

I was going to eat out one night with my friends, but when I arrived, I realized I had forgotten money. As all of my friends began ordering food, I stood there awkwardly, until a woman I hardly even know, realizing my predicament, walked over and bought me an entire meal and paid for it all. It's a real...

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Spread of word changed the wellbeing of a family

I remember the days when I looked out of my hostel's room window and saw a “street vendor’s family” struggling to look after 2 kids everyday. A few days passed and one day I was just walking by their tent (where a family of 4 lives) and strike a conversation with the mother. As I was a development studies student,...

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The Great Trombone Encouragement

The decade of 2020 has been rough. This two-part disaster film has had its ups and downs, but one of the biggest stress relievers for any good lad is marching band, or so we thought. Turns out the stress from 2020 carried over into marching band. As the Trombone section leader, I was supposed to make sure that the section...

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Family Related Story

We're all used to joking around and being intentionally mean to our siblings because, well, they're our siblings. But that doesn't mean that we're allowed to bully our siblings as much as we want all day long. Recently, I've reflected at how I acted and decided to relax a bit. I realized that they didn't wear that smile they wore...

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Lunch

I've been having my lunch, when I saw a homeless entering the resto, asking for a water to drink, the restore give him a water to drink and that's nice to see. After my lunch, I packed my extra food and when I am at the door, I handed it to the homeless and told him, it is for your...

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Volunteering at Elmhurst York Pantry

Masonic Pilipinas Lodge #1180, a new partner of EYFP, have been volunteering at the pantry one Saturday a month. During their last shift on February 13, they came bearing food and monetary donations as well. Thank you for supporting our community.

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Food for thought

I was at the local mall. After buying a couple of things a man walks up to me and says "Can I ask you a question?" I was on guard instantly. He said " I got some food from my boss, would you like some?" Thinking it was a scam, i replied, truthfully " Sorry bro, but I'm broke." he...

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Sneaking in...

Hi when I went to visit my friend who had a daughter I saw that she was out of groceries. She was struggling and I knew that she needed help. Yep I was nosy. So while she was out I went to the store and bought a bunch of groceries. I snuck in her house with the key she gave...

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My parent's are in my mind

My parent's are the best. They would do anything for me they are very important in life. The most important it is a secure and solid pillar of my life. They teach and influence me to do right things, to go on the right path which has left me to remember the time when I had great difficulty and stress...

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Happy children

Hi, my name is Lisa. I am 13. At the beginning of last week we started a period of good deeds, because February 17 in many countries marks the Day of Random Acts of Kindness. One of our deeds was to visit the children's rehabilitation center. There are children with mental disorders or children from disadvantaged families. I was happy...

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The 45 Stones

The 45 Stones “Every little help creates stepping stones of success.” Sometimes, the person who comes in your most trying moment is not the person you expect at all. I grew up in West Africa as a middle child of eight children in a society where girl education was considered a liability. As I look back into my life, many...

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snow day

I hae alot of elderly neighbors in their sixties and high so me and my aunt both said why dont we help the elderly neighbors and shovel their drive lanes and steps so they dont fall and hurt them or break a bone and i did not ask for any money.

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Helping a injured senior cover his fare home

My parents were both in severe car accident on Valentines day 2021 both were admitted to Sarasota Memorial hospital. My mother was admitted but my father was discharged late that evening after being seen in the ER. He had none to pick him up quickly, so he asked a front desk security guard to call a local taxi company to...

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Being Kind is Cool

Before Covid-19 I would go around and tell people that they are cool (just at school ,not strangers). I know this might not seem such a big act of kindness but some people might really had needed it. No matter how big or small an act of kindness is, someone else will really appreciate it. :)

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Helping a coworker

One of my coworkers had a daughter who was sick in the hospital. She was losing her hair and the doctors struggled to find out what was wrong. To help my coworker I made her and her family baked ziti and bought the daughter some cute headbands she could wear. My coworker and her daughter were so thankful. I still...

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