Kindness Starts With One®

So when I was in summer camp, I had NO friends there because I only spoke english, most of the people speak french. So there I was just reading some books in the corner, when 5 people just came up to me and said do you wanna be part of our group? And so I joined! The rest of the...

I was sitting on a bench outside with my friend, during my lunch break, when I had a tiny panic attack. I started tearing up, I didn't know what was going on. A man from outside his shop came out to see if I was okay. He brought us tea and a bag of cookies:) He said very uplifting and...

I went to work on my birthday, and it was my first birthday after leaving college. I was in a new city without much of a network or any family or friends in the area. I had mentioned when my birthday was to a few of my co-workers, fully expecting them to forget. I had only been at the job...

there was 2 people walking down the street one of them drop a grocery bag I was on my scooter I help them bring it to there street they were very polite and thankful

On my 10th birthday I decided that I didn’t want presents but instead I wanted everyone to bring pet supplies so I could donate it to an animal shelter because I love animals with all my heart. So to make sure we had a lot of things to donate we invited my whole volleyball team and our street and it...

While in Belize recently, a coffee shop loyalty card was attached to the refrigerator with a magnet. Sharing a loyalty card is something we can all do and someone will end up reaping the reward! ❤️

One day I was in class and I was packing up. Then when I was done packing up, I went to my next class. As I walk I see that a boy bumped with another boy. So when I passed by I helped him pick up his books that he had in his hand, and I didn't care if I...

one time i was at the burger spot next to my school and i got my food. i was about to pay, but then i realised i was 50c or so short. the co-owner who was also the cashier told me i was short, so i was about to return the food, but then the guy behind me offered to...

The greatest act of kindness shown to me was after my greatest grief, the loss of my 9 year old daughter who was born with a congenital heart defect. We had just purchased a large house several counties away in a rural mountain area. Settlement was just around the corner and we were preparing to move; including getting a new...

In 2021 I went to the ER and I was having severe abdominal pain (appendicitis). The waiting room was full. The only way I could even come close to managing the pain was by lying down. The staff said they had no gurneys to lay on. My husband got some blankets for me to lay on the er waiting room...

I always respond to my friend's private messages to me in which they candidly tell me how they are really feeling and how hard they find life. Meeting up in person is often hard for them, their anxiety levels are extremely high, they have really complex needs and are having therapeutic support. Messaging their friends is one way they can...

I was at church camp and me and this girl was sitting down braiding hair on my bunk bed. She got a snack and a Celsius for a bed time snack. I moved it because I didn't want to spill it, so it was in the middle of the floor. Not thinking no one was going to spill the Celsius...

one day I realized my friend was hungry and I had a lot of food. so I gave him some and know he wont leave me alone and he steals my lunch box and my water

One day we were at the beach finishing and there was a seagull with a fishing hook stuck in its wing. it was laying on the ground tangled in the line as well. Me and my dad managed to get in still and take the hook out, it flew away a couple minutes later.

So one day my school went on a field trip it was fun then the next year my little cousin went on the trip with his dad (cause parents could come on the trip with the school) so they were riding there bikes and my cousins friends bike broke and there was no more bikes in his size so my...

One day I was in lunch but I see a friend without food so I gave him some of my sandwich. After that we became very good friends.

there was a old lady trying to get in the hospital she had her bags in her hand and she was trying to see her mom that was in the hospital and she couldn't get the door open so I asked her if she needed any help and then I helped her by holding some of her stuff for her...

one time I had went to my local dollar store and me and mom and my moms boyfriends daughter all went to the dollar store and when we were going to checkout I wanted a gum ball from out of those gum ball things. But not me or my mom had a quarter for it but this nice old man...

Someone dropped a credit card on the ground at in the Walmart parking lot and as I was walking over it I saw it and me and my grandma dropped it off at the front desk in the bank area

There was this girl and she always listened to me no matter what I was talking about. It was like having a therapist and it was so amazing. She is one of my best friends and when I talk about things she laughs and offers me things I could do about it. Or if I talk about something sad she...

We went to a store for me and my sisters birthday and we had a limit to spend so I was getting my stuff that I wanted and I seen a homeless guy so I spent my money to get him food.

On the bus at school in 3rd grade I saw this girl and she was so pretty and she had these cool shoes on and I said I like your shoes and now we are in 7th grade and we are still bff's to this day!

I went to my friend house whenever she told me everything that happened and how she was super sad about what happened and I told her that is gonna be okay and that we will solve it out and she told her that no matter what happens that we were gonna stick together and I fell down in the mud...

One time I had to go talk to a teacher about a grade that he put in that was mistaken and it turns out my class had left to go to guidance in a different building and I didn't have a keycard to get in the other building so this girl let me borrow her keycard so I could get...

I was walking down the steps from school, holding plastic bags with items left over from a project. I got about halfway down and tripped, spilling my contents. I tried to get out of the way, grabbing at my things and putting them in the ripped bags. No one helped me at first, someone walked by and mocked "I think...

I always hear stories from the majority of my patients that others in the healthcare system will treat a patient differently due to illness or prior iv use, or mental capacity. Coworkers complain why do I give more attention to the targeted often mistreated patients, I like building a common understanding that not everyone will treat them poorly. I rather...

I regularly feed the homeless. And give out clothes. I have been doing it for years. But one time I was doing what I do. And I just heard someone say thankyou. I turned around to see who said it. The young lady just said it was a really kind thing to do.

My sisters and I went to Little Caesars to get some crazy bread. We are all poor college students so we were just going to share 1. The employee looked at us and said "Do you guys just want a free one? You can just have these 2." We were so happy and we told her how awesome she was...

I was taking a big test one evening around 10am. I was super stressed over it and was taking it for around 2 hours. When I got out of class and started walking to my car, a boy was waiting there. He was one of my friends and has liked me for 4 years. He brought me some of my...

When I was in college I was working as a draftsman downtown Abilene Texas.
I went across the street for a coffee break and there was a man there who had just received his cup of coffee that was 25 cents at the time., but there was two cents due for the taxes. He said 'oh I don't have the...