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comments (12) | email this | print | permalink Family Kindness Journal--posted by Yvonne, on May 10, 2006
comments (6) | email this | print | permalink A Chain of Kind Events, Started By a 3rd Grader--posted by Wanda, on Jul 21, 2008
comments (4) | email this | print | permalink An Unforgettable Birthday Gift--posted by Laksmi, on Jul 24, 2006
comments (7) | email this | print | permalink Sharing warmth on a cold night--posted by klz16, on Nov 30, 2006 Being in the high school Band isn't always easy. Hours of practice go into making the show(s) perfect! (Not including if your football team makes it to districts, and so on.) You need a lot of dedication and I realize that because I am in the band. Every day in August from 8am-12pm we have 'band camp' practicing for the upcoming football season. This past week was one of our last regular season football games and it was COLD! During our break, I was standing in line at the concession stand for a hot chocolate when a band member from ... comments (6) | email this | print | permalink 1,000 Crisp Mohandases--posted by Mark, on Dec 4, 2006
comments (4) | email this | print | permalink Supplies for the Troops--posted by siegelks, on Dec 10, 2006
I am a middle school counselor. Earlier this week, I had a very caring, compassionate student tell me about a project she has undertaken. She said she has started a collection for supplies for the troops to make their holiday's more joyful. I asked her what organization she was doing this through and she was confused by my question. Finally, she said, "No, see my sister who is in 5th grade and I are doing this on our own!" I was amazed that they had thought this up on their own. I asked their mother about it and she said that they had come to her to tell her about it. I was happy to help her. I told her to put a box in the main office with a sign and a list of supplies (which she had already typed up!). She brought the box in the next day and students have already begun to add to it. comments (11) | email this | print | permalink People on the Corner--posted by Faye, on Feb 24, 2007 Many years ago my observant 7 year old was in our car on her way to school. This particular day we drove by many displaced/homeless people who were asking for help. She asked why the same people were asking for help everyday and why no one was helping. I really did not have an uncomplicated answer to this question. So I decided to ask her how she thought she could help. This beautiful little girl had so many ideas flowing out of her I couldn't keep up. There were a few good ideas flying past me just as the time ... comments (9) | email this | print | permalink All it Takes is Chalk--posted by pinkie, on Mar 20, 2007
Today, my friends and I had an early release day at school and got out at about 11:30. comments (19) | email this | print | permalink Sunglasses in the Custodian Closet--posted by Aurelia, on Apr 13, 2007 I'm new to the Smile Cards, but here's my first experience with the cards. I work in a school and after all the kids are gone for the day a sweet young lady Claire comes in to clean the school classrooms and offices. I'm there late once a week and I often chat for a few minutes with her. She always makes me feel so good because she's not full of herself and instead she wants to hear about me or will talk about her children. Our conversations are always great. Last week she wasn't her happy self and told me how her ... comments (22) | email this | print | permalink Befriending a Bully With Kindness--posted by sparticus, on Apr 16, 2007
comments (22) | email this | print | permalink The Egg & Spoon Race--posted by Bibirose, on May 9, 2007
My friend & I were at the school games. Her son Andrew has cerebal palsy but he was insistent that he was going in the races. In the flat race he ran well, but came in last. In a short pace of time the egg & spoon race was on. The school principle handed Andrew his the spoon with the egg glued onto it. Needless to say Andrew came in at the Number 1 and our tears were mixed with laughter and so much joy. An act of kindness makes us all winners. comments (19) | email this | print | permalink Life Is Baeutiful.--posted by singlestep, on Oct 29, 2008 Do you remember the name of your kindergarden teacher? I do, mine. Her name was Mrs White. And I remember thinking she must be some older relation of Walt Disney's Snow White, because she had the same bright blue eyes, short dark hair, red lips and fair skin. I don't remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections. And always a ... comments (118) | email this | print | permalink You Are So Beautiful To Me--posted by Aurelia, on May 24, 2007
comments (20) | email this | print | permalink No Glass Ceiling, Just Blue Sky--posted by Marcy Blochowiak, on Jun 1, 2007
comments (11) | email this | print | permalink Cold Hands--posted by Okoth, on Jun 28, 2007
My daughter is six years old. I wanted to wash her winter coat and I found in each pocket a pair of gloves. I thought that one pair of gloves might not be enough to keep her hands warm and asked her why she had two pairs. She answered: ‘I am doing this already for a while, daddy. You know, some children in school don’t have gloves and when I have an extra pair, I can lend it to them so they won’t get cold hands'. comments (40) | email this | print | permalink Raisinettes With My Daughter--posted by omtaratutare, on Aug 4, 2007
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I have recently thought about an incredible act of compassion extended to me many years ago. comments (48) | email this | print | permalink The Best Dollar I Ever Spent--posted by lorichelle, on Nov 3, 2007
comments (71) | email this | print | permalink A Simple Wave, Many Years Ago--posted by loretta, on Nov 5, 2007 Last Christmas I was given a great gift. As I checked out at a local Walgreen's pharmacy, the teen cashier asked me, "Are you Mrs. Peres?" With a curious smile, I replied, "Yes." Then he asked me, "Do you remember me?" Being the joker I am, I looked at his tag and replied, "You're Josh." This young man's face brightened up with such a smile that I had to tell him the truth -- I did not remember him. He continued to tell me that when he was about 5 years old he would sit with my daughter on the school bus. ... comments (21) | email this | print | permalink An Unforgettable Classroom Exercise--posted by freeHUGSrock, on Nov 15, 2007 One day, a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about ... comments (61) | email this | print | permalink A Cold Drink, a Hot Day, and a Great Smile!--posted by megs, on Dec 21, 2007
At my son's school, the traffic is so hectic, they have a traffic director to help the parents get in and out of the school parking area safely. Last week, I noticed how hot is was outside when I went to pick up my son. The traffic director was sweating!! It just so happened that I had packed an extra bottle of cold water before going to pick up my son. As I handed the bottle of water out of the window to the traffic director (along with a smile card of course), the look on her face was absolutely priceless!! I kept looking back in my rear view mirror as I drove away, and as long as I could see her, she was still smiling! : ) comments (13) | email this | print | permalink Learning How To Teach--posted by Reva, on Jul 16, 2009 As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy. Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to ... comments (44) | email this | print | permalink Big Heart In A Little Boy--posted by mermangel, on May 3, 2008
comments (28) | email this | print | permalink How Will You Fill Your Flower Vase?--posted by Jacinda, on Mar 6, 2010
comments (23) | email this | print | permalink A Little Girl With A Big Heart--posted by Sydney, on Mar 4, 2010 I heard a great story this morning about a young girl with a very big heart. A friend was telling me a story about her customer's daughter. The daughter goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, who is on a full scholarship at this school. This friend has very limited means and her mother is an immigrant from China and her father is an alcholic. Although the girl's mother works very hard, they can barely make ends meet. This girl is very bright and gifted at music and that's how she got the scholarship from this school. The stipend also ... comments (16) | email this | print | permalink An Inspiring Personal Journey in Helping Others--posted by Jacinda, on Jul 13, 2010
comments (14) | email this | print | permalink The Journey of a Spanish Smile Card--posted by bwawili, on Jul 20, 2010
comments (12) | email this | print | permalink A School Lesson in Compassion and Understanding--posted by vickistanley04, on Sep 21, 2010
comments (27) | email this | print | permalink Sixth Graders and the Smile Deck--posted by lynnefair, on Sep 23, 2010 I teach a sixth grade religion class, and today I played the Smile Deck game with my students. They each left with two kind acts to complete and were very enthusiastic as I handed them regular Smile Cards to go along with the Smile Deck Cards. One student was able to complete one of her acts that day itself, when class ended. She held the door for those leaving the building, handing out Smile Cards to those who would take them. It was uncomfortable for her at first (12 years old is an awkward age, at best), but she got the hang of it and started to enjoy her 15 minutes as 'Door Woman'! I am excited to hear about how the other children's acts of kindness go. I hope that my take on the ways we can “take care of God's creation” will sink into these kids, and they will carry forward the idea of embracing kindness as a meaningful part of life. This is just the beginning for me!! Thanks for the forum of inspiration! comments (8) | email this | print | permalink
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As a single mom, it is often hard for me to provide those little "extras" my children seem to want.
Last month I started a family kindness journal. Every day each member in the family must write down the good deed that they did that day. It is amazing to see how far my children's deeds have come. 
Lucia is 8 years old and in November '05 she wrote a contract for the whole family to sign. "We will all agree to getting a puppy dog on April 15 2006."
She had been asking for a puppy for about a year already! It was inevitable now! We signed, the five of us, but did inform her that she needed to start saving money to be able to buy the puppy and so she did. At least once a week she would sit down to count, penny at a time, how much she had collected. In change she raised ... 
My daughter's birthday is May 29. She was 6 by then. As it was Monday, we prefered to celebrate it earlier, i.e. on Saturday 27 May. This was easier for me as I'm free on Saturdays. On Thursday the entire family was busy packing the presents and putting funny pins on them. I promised my litte princess that I would wake her up early in the morning and distribute the presents to her classmates. 
During the first week of of my second semester sophmore year, the first thing I happen to hear is that there's a new kid at school. From what was being spread around, this student was being portrayed as a big mean bully, someone that was expelled for getting in a fight at a school nearby.
In my mind, though, I could only think how awful and how uncomfortable I would feel as a new student with a reputation already set out for me.
So the next thing I did was I searched for the new student. I ran all over ... 
I was attending a Fundraiser Gala Celebration for a school. Now, I've recently lost weight and felt good about how I looked in my outfit ... which I hadn't felt in years!
Once I got to the event, many people where telling me how wonderful I looked. To be honest, it felt great to hear that because I worked really hard to look and feel better.
Then, all of a sudden, I was thinking how I wished someone had given nice compliments last year when I was heavier. I did look nice then too, I had a nice outfit, pretty hair and carried ... 
Kindness, as Mother Teresa so beautifully said, is the only language that we all understand. We’ve all heard the saying, “What goes around comes around,” and the following true story is a wonderful reminder of how simple acts of kindness can come back to us when we least expect it.
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was ... 
At the local Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in my city center, one thing's for sure -- I will find a young anxious teen fundraising.
It's the hub for school teams and local organizations. At anytime day or night, you can find children of all ages, selling processed nuts, candy, cookies or popcorn. It's not so easy to sell those to ATM clients, and I feel their uneasiness as they look at you with big pleading eyes. Everyone dodges eye contact with the kids and that only makes it worse.
Today was no exception. My heart began to skip a beat or two, ... 
I am a resource officer at a school district. Last year I met one little boy in particular to whom my heart just went out to.
He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. He has a problem with stuttering extremely bad when he tries to talk. It's really hard sometimes to understand what he is saying, although he loves to tell you big tales!
Well, this morning, I was talking to a couple teachers who were running the school store. He stopped by and said hello to all of ... 
Last night after reading some inspirational posts on HelpOthers I decided it was getting a little late so I decided to go to bed. As I was lying there I was thinking about the stories I had just read. For some reason my mind flashed back to my first day at College (High School). The head girl was standing up on the stage giving us a speech about your life and your life journey being a vase full of flowers. Now that may seem a strange context but that speech has stayed with me for many years.
I would like to ... 
I stumbled across Helpothers.org when I was in a Computer Science class in my last year at high school (2008) while looking for an inspirational quote. Well I found more than just an inspirational quote but many inspiring people from all around the world too! I had no clue then how I would begin a journey of being inspired every day by all of you. I didn’t know I would meet and become friends with people from the USA, UK, India, Netherlands, Australia etc..But in life the things you love the most are surprises which take you on a whirlwind ... 
My seven year old son Nicholas came home from school one day and in the context of our usual "How was school?" chat he told me about one of his classmates who had asked him to share his snack with him in a somewhat forceful way.
After this chat, as a room mother, I had the chance to better observe the boy concerned. I saw he never had a snack and was often dirty, so I understood a bit more his situation.
From that point on I sent extra crackers, etc., everyday and Nicholas made a point of sitting next to the boy ... | Home | About Us | Our Friends | Get Involved | Contact us |  |  |  |