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12-22-2012 at 9:11 AM
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27 Random Acts of Kindness. Who's with me?

Inspired by the horribly tragic events at Sandy Hook, my family and I will complete 27 random acts of kindness this week. Any ideas for what we can do? Money is tight so I don't want to have to spend a ton.  
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12-22-2012 at 9:40 AM
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Bake cookies for firefighters and policemen?

Visit with the elderly.

Be a big sister.
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12-22-2012 at 9:43 AM
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I saw this on the news this morning! I wanna say Robin from GMA kinda started it on twitter. So if you are on twitter you can check out their ideas and what others have done. Or I'm pretty sure there is a facebook page as well about this! It sounds like a great idea and I'm trying to think of ideas as well! I know someone did 27 stuffed animals for a children s hospital. Maybe if you got 27 toys or boxes of crayons/coloring books from the Dollar Store? I know when my niece was in the NICU for a month, the toys that were in her room, went either home with them or had to go in the garbage. They never reuse toys because of disease issues. She had pneumonia, bronchitis and Toxic Shock Syndrome so she was quarantined. 
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12-22-2012 at 9:44 AM
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preggersINschool25:
Bake cookies for firefighters and policemen? Visit with the elderly. Be a big sister.

Those are great ideas! 
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12-22-2012 at 10:14 AM
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Visit the elderly and bring your pet

Donate some winter jackets, boots, hats, gloves, scarves

Volunteer at a soup kitchen

At our grocery store, there is always a shopping cart when you leave where you can drop food in that goes to an organization who are collecting dry goods

Donate blood

Leave a note on a strangers car

Go to the Red Cross website and you can send a holiday card to a service member

Pay for someones coffee/meal 
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12-22-2012 at 10:37 AM
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If you're out shopping, flag someone down and give them your parking spot.

If you're in line for coffee, buy the order of the person behind you.

Give to your local food bank.

Let someone go ahead of you in line at the grocery store.

Give a thank you gift to someone who usually doesn't get recognized - mail carrier, bus driver, cafeteria lady, garbage collector, etc.

 

  

 
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12-22-2012 at 1:59 PM
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I was in the Starbucks drive-thru this morning, and there was a nice little "Pay It Forward" going on...and I kept it going by paying for the person behind me! Start something like that in a drive-thru if it's not already going on. This is REALLY small, but at work the other day, I put $.75 in the vending machine already so the next person who wanted a drink would already have it paid for. Of course, I left a cute little note and wrote "Pay it Forward" on it to keep it going. It's a very small gesture, but that's something easy you could do!
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12-22-2012 at 7:42 PM
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Thanks everyone for the great ideas! I wrote up a little note that says:

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Merry Christmas!

 

This random act of kindness was inspired by the tragic loss of the 27 beautiful lives in the Newtown shooting.

We hope that you will continue to make the world a better place in their memory by doing something kind for someone else.

Today we paid for the person behind us in the Dunkin Donuts drive through and I had the cashier give them this note. We also did the same thing at the car wash. I hope you all join me!  

 

 
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12-22-2012 at 7:49 PM
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I love that you're doing 27. A lot of what I've heard people doing revolves around the number 26 because people aren't counting the mom. She's a victim too, and I think it's great that you're including her in your count. And you're awesome for doing this :

The ideas mentioned are all great. What about looking on your town's website to see some ideas of local charities and see what you could do with those? You could donate blood, adopt a family, go through your LOs old clothes and toys and bring them to a women's shelter.
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