Kindness Starts With One®

One smile. One hug. One cup of coffee. One person...

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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My granny

My name is Sofia, I study in the 5th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved in the RAK activities - so I decided to share my own story here. I want to tell you about the person who makes me happy. This is my grandma, Valentina Bereznyak. My granny is very kind, sincere and sweet - and...

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My most beloved one

Hi! I'm Alyona, I'm in the fifth grade. I live in Poltava, Ukraine. My school is involved in the RAK activities, so I decided to share my story here. A good person who makes my life better. I'll tell you about my most beloved one. Her name is Valentina Bereznyak, she is my grandmother. Grandma is the only adult in...

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The day my dog died

It was a very rain day with chance of lighting, me and my dog where on my bed watch TV and then lighting struck on the old oak tree . My dog got so frightened he ran out the door when my dad was leaving to go get the milk. I was so sad I ran out the door to...

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kindness to the heart

i’ve realized something and important. you should always watch/care about others feelings. kindness is everything. you could make someone feel so special and happy by just treating them with respect. how i assist others is that i’m always there to help them with their problems. i would never let them fight a hard battle alone.

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kindness from the heart.

i’ve been realizing some different theories. me assisting others can really approve my kindness and loving level. how i do it is just listening to their problems and always having their backs. my heart is way to big to not help others. i was raised to always be kind and to always help other people.

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I am not going to stand here and not say hello

I was traveling and in San Francisco watching a band at a bar and the person beside me introduced him self and said he was not going to stand beside me all night and not say hello. We talked and introduced ourselves and when he heard that I was from out of town he invited me to a dinner party...

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Treat Others the way you want to be treated.

If you want to be treated with kindness, treat others the same way. Send out post notes with kindness notes on it, or even love letters. It doesn't have to be someone you know. Give it out to a stranger. Be kind. Be unique. Be yourself.

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Valentine's to make people happy

Hi! I'm Liza and I study in the 7th grade. I live in Poltava, Ukraine. Our school told us about "RAK" and we had a big kindness decade. And now I'd like to share my story here. More than a week ago we had Valentine's Day at school. And, as always, we gave each other Valentine's. I was very pleased...

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Sharing with people in need

My name is Andrew, I'm in the 7th grade. I live in Poltava, Ukraine. We are very involved in "Rando acts of kindness" at school and I want to share my story here. It was some weeks ago. I walked home and saw a poster telling abot the ill girl who needed some help. There it was said we could...

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C is for "cat" and K is for "kindness"

Hi! My name is Vlada, I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. I am n the 7th grade. My kind deed started on February 16th when in the morning my cat brought a kitten to our house. The kitten wasn't hers and it did not want to be with her and ran to the trash. I followed him and saw his mother licking...

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My choice

My name is Trofim, I’m a 6th grade student from Poltava, Ukraine - and my story of kindness began long time ago. I was 10 years old, it was autumn and I walked home from school. I went to the shop, because I wanted to buy some treats for myself – I had some money. But then I noticed an...

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About the people who taught me kindness

My name is Illya, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell my story here. Each time when I go to the old couple, which lives near our school, I feel myself happy. I feel like a true volunteer each time I talk...

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Good deeds that I do and good deeds that people do to me

My name is Slava, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell my story here. Good deeds that I do and good deeds that people do to me. I live with my loved ones. They do good deeds to me, I study and...

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My beloved auntie

My name is Kolya, I study in the 6th grade. I'm from Poltava, Ukraine. Our school is involved into "Random Acts of Kindness" movement so I decided to tell about the kindest person in my life. It was approximately 8-9 years ago, when my family went to the small village in the countryside. There lived my favorite auntie – Masha....

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Doctor Pays Co-Pays on Random Acts of Kindness Day

https://www.1011now.com/content/news/Doctor-celebrates-Random-Act-of-Kindness-Day-covers-patient-copays-567959391.html

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Mother and Son

I had just had my first son and was living in an apartment at the time. I received a package in the mail that was addressed to my unit, but not to me. I opened it and found a brand new iPhone, gum, tea boxes, small towels, some other items and a note. It was from a mother, a care...

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Merci pour le pain au chocolat!

I had a cycling accident during my Erasmus year in Switzerland. My face was very bloody, and I had bandages across my nose and above my mouth. At the weekend, I went to a boulangerie where a kind stranger bought me a pain au chocolat. He disappeared before I could say thank you.

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A thank you note on my windscreen

Some years ago I was working at a conference, and at the end of the day, tired, sore feet, dragging myself to my car, I found a heart shaped post-it note with a small bag of Haribos on my windscreen with a sweet, sweet thank you note. My sore feet and tiredness were forgotten! I was so touched. To this...

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Paying it forward

As a young parent, I often struggled to have enough money to pay for groceries. A few years ago I saw a young family digging for change to pay for their item and had to put back some things because they didn't have the money. I told the cashier to put them on my purchase. I few months later, I...

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The Closet

It was about 12 years ago and my sister was in the lunch room with her friend Patrick. She and Patrick went over to her normal lunch table so she could introduce Patrick to her friends. My mom was working in the school and told me this story because she witnessed it. Her friends said "we do not want him...

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My dog

I love my dog so much! Why? Because he’s always there when I’m sad or mad. :) His name is Duck. Right now he’s having a disease. It’s ringworms. I really hope he gets better. After all, he’s was always there for me. Now I should be there for him.

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The kind manager

I’m staying at a hotel in Baltimore. The hotel manager saw me struggling while trying to purchase a salad and juice from the small cafe. He told me not to worry about it... I love kind people!

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Gum Giving!

It was the end of a long school day me and my best friend were packing up to go home. I was looking through my bag and I found 1 piece of mint gum I was really happy I found it and then my best friend asked if she could have one and I said there was only 1 left...

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kindness around the world

you can show kindness to someone everywhere you go you can hold the door for someone you can give someone a complaiment.

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The cart

I was at Aldi (a supermarket in river head) and to get a shopping cart you have to put a quarter to reliece the cart. so when we were done shopping we loded the car and my dad told me to go put the cart back. and there was an old lady wit a cane going shopping.She needed a cart....

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kindness

Help someone if they drop something on the floor or out of there backpack And hold the door for someone Ask someone if you want to sit wit them

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Bus Behavior

I remember, once when I was sitting alone on the bus, one kid got on the bus and asked me, "Do you mind if I sit with you" and as soon as he asked that question I knew exactly what I was going to say.., "Yes!" Just as he sat down I knew, that he has just made my day.

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Bus Behavior

I remember, once when I was sitting alone on the bus, one kid got on the bus and asked me, "Do you mind if I sit with you" and as soon as he asked that question I knew exactly what I was going to say.., "Yes!" Just as he sat down I knew, that he has just made my day.

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someone help me to get my things that had fall

so i went in class and my things drop then he came to help me to get my things up he wsa kind guy all the time

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The Time I Held The Door For a Bunch Of People.

I was on my way to get dinner with my family and when we got there my family walked in but I saw a bunch of people about to come in so I held the door until they came and it made me feel really good. They said thank you and so I went back with my family and...

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