December 2011
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31 Days to Warm the World: Kindness Challenge 2012
In a world increasingly divided, a group of Minnesotans is starting a worldwide movement: to warm the world through kindness in just 31 days. During January, 2012, the Kindness Challenge intends to inspire one million acts of kindness throughout the world.
People who want to make a difference in the world are needed to help spread the word and participate in the Kindness Challenge. It’s free, and...
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For holiday travelers, random acts of kindness
Sometimes when you travel, it’s the little gestures of compassion that make the biggest difference, especially during the holidays.
For Becky Brand, it was a Washington bus driver who went out of his way to help her during Thanksgiving week. “While I was struggling with a heavy suitcase in the rain, he made my day by stopping to let me on instead of having me run to the bus stop a...
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Random acts of Christmas kindness “overwhelming”
“For the first time ever, I’ve experienced the true meaning of Christmas.”
That’s the word from Fenton Kmart Manager Rick Faulk, who is overwhelmed by the generosity of “Secret Santas” this Christmas, who have anonymously come into the store and paid off peoples’ layaways. “In my 35-plus years in this business, I’ve never seen the generosity...
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Confectioner tries to spread a little kindness...
Perfetti Van Melle wants to make the world a far better place
SHANGHAI - An Italian sweet maker has launched a series of activities to encourage Chinese people to practice random acts of kindness and undertake more personal social responsibility to make the world a better place.
Perfetti Van Melle Confectionery (China) Co Ltd (PVMCC) said the initiative was designed to promote charitable work...
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Christmas is a time for kindness
Kindness UK, which was founded by a TV secret millionaire who visited Redcar, is urging people to use kindness to bind together their communities and to get to know their neighbours at Christmas.
It comes as research shows 70% of people don’t know their neighbours’ names, 94% of people feel there is no ‘community spirit’ in their neighbourhood and 51% of Brits...
November 2011
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Random Acts of Kindness in Suffolk, UK →
To raise awareness of the link between mental wellbeing and kindness we launched a campaign for Random Acts of Kindness to coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2011. Having warmed the locals up to performing kind acts, we’re now promoting the World Kindness Movement and Kindness Day UK to keep the kindness flowing.
Salt Lake City, UT World Kindness Week Kick-Off...
In honor of World Kindness Week, Neutron Interactive will be hosting an exclusive screening of the documentary film, Rain in a Dry Land. The film “chronicles the fortunes of two Somali Bantu families, transported by relief agencies from years of civil war and refugee life to Springfield, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia.”
With an estimated 30,000 refugees in Utah, this film speaks...
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World Kindness Concert
The World Kindness Concert celebrates its 11th year by gathering world class performers to celebrate and promote the messages of kindness, compassion, love and peace, and to touch the hearts of people across the world.
Join us on November 4, 2011 to see some of the biggest names in music, alongside some of the most inspiring and powerful ‘up & coming’ talent will gather at The Centre For...
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DEVELOPING A KINDER WORLD: CHALLENGES AND...
Kwara State Youths Symposium & Drama Presentation
Stella Obasanjo Multi-Purpose Hall, Sunday 15th November, 2011
Facilitated By Kwara State Ministry Of Women Affairs.
Chief Host: Her Excellency Omolewa Abdulfatah Ahmed,1st Lady Kwara State
Co-Host :Hon. Commissioner For Women Affairs, Kwara State
More info: www.pafrec.org
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Textwave for Kindness - 13th November 2011
Kindness Day UK will be asking the nation to send at least one ‘kindness’ text on World Kindness Day, to acknowledge the importance of kindness. A few examples of what you could text are:
A text thanking someone kind in your life
Sending your favourite quotation about kindness
Texting about an ‘act of kindness’ you have seen performed
Kindness Conference...
October 2011
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A civil society needs the kindness of strangers...
It was an elderly Turkish Cypriot neighbour whom I credit with having taught me about civility. Passing his house one evening in summer, I commented to him that the rose in his front garden smelled heavenly. He promptly disappeared and I wondered if I had offended him, but he returned with a pair of scissors and cut the stem of a perfect red rose and gave it to me. It was the beginning of a...
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City signs reveal Acts of Kindness
Michael Landy, together with Kaldor Public Art Projects and 702 ABC Sydney, collected stories of ordinary acts of kindness that show the connections between residents of a large city, which may sometimes feel impersonal.
The results are shown on signs between Market Street and Circular Quay and between Macquarie and George Streets, and are on display as part of the Art and About Festival.
There...
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Delivering kindness
Mary Ripley of Charlottetown is a goodwill ambassador on (two) wheels
The loaf of bread came out of nowhere.
The surprise — and tasty — home-baked offering was left hanging from my mailbox with no indication of its origin.
Mary Ripley, I later discovered, would prefer it that way.
The Charlottetown woman with a heart of gold doesn’t want any fuss made over her generous spirit.
Ripley...
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Kindness Concert a heart opener
Can small acts of kindness change the world? According to the organizers of the 2011 World Kindness Concert they can.
When Brock Tully envisioned the World Kindness Concert more than a decade ago, he imagined people coming together, with open hearts and a passion to change the way we live and celebrate the human journey. Eleven years later, the annual World Kindness Concert continues to grow and...
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Schools Take Part in Respect Week
All this week students in Heights will take part in activities in recognition of the district-wide Week of Respect anti-bullying campaign.
Each school has its own schedule of activities for students to take part in which are designed to inspire students to stand up against bullying and remind them to have respect for each other, themselves and their school.
Anti-bullying efforts are ongoing in...
September 2011
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“It is often the small kindnesses — the smiles, gestures, compliments, favors —...”
– “The Power of Nice” by Thaler & Koval
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Washington schoolboy Dylan’s act of kindness
WHILE most schoolboys spend their summer holidays out playing with friends, Dylan Ward spent his creating pictures for his forthcoming art exhibition.
It is the latest drive by the 10-year-old to raise life-saving funds for Macmillan nurses who cared for his late grandfather.
Blackfell Primary School pupil Dylan was last year named as Britain’s Kindest Kid after raising thousands of pounds for...
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Sydney's kindness is an artform
SYDNEYSIDERS may have a reputation for being brash, busy and preoccupied, but sometimes they do go out of our way to help strangers.
Sharing birthday food with homeless men in the park, offering someone who’s coughing at the train station a tissue, and using Facebook to return an expensive smartphone to its owner are just a few stories Sydneysiders have submitted to a public art project...
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Bimbadeen Heights Primary tries lessons in...
BIMBADEEN Heights Primary School has become the first school in Victoria to incorporate World Kindness Australia into their yearly curriculum.
The decision was sparked by Mooroolbark woman Lisa Currie’s quest for world kindness through her Ripple Kindness Project.
Concerned about the destructive path children can take in their teenage years, Ms Currie launched the program to teach them the...
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Selmon had a genuine kindness
TAMPA - We might have learned about Lee Roy Selmon because he was an all-American at the University of Oklahoma. We might have marveled at his athleticism as he helped build the earlyTampa Bay Buccaneers and became a member of pro football’s Hall of Fame. We might even have known of Selmon as the owner of a popular restaurant chain and namesake of an expressway.
But talk to his friends, to...
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Kind, the word that can change your life
And here’s the proof.
It’s no secret being kind to others can lift your spirits as well as theirs. But research shows it is one of the most powerful tools we have for achieving optimum health, happiness and wellbeing. It can boost the immune system, improve physical and emotional wellbeing and stimulate the brain. And not just in the person carrying out the act. The recipient and onlookers...
August 2011
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Random Snacks of Kindness
DALLAS - A new study shows that Americans are crankier than ever, but one North Texas business is fighting back. They’re doing it with what they call “Random Snacks of Kindness.”
Read More: http://www.wfaa.com/news/daybreak/Instant-Live-8-128460068.html
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Cop leaves powerful legacy of kindness
Two posts are making the rounds on Facebook.
The first is a link to an MSNBC clip about the last moments in San Diego police officer Jeremy Henwood’s life.
Surveillance cameras show Henwood walking up to a McDonald’s counter. A few seconds later, you see a kid in basketball shorts standing behind him in line. The reporter tells us he’s 13-year-old Damian Tinsley, “short...
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Assuming Value Everywhere
By Viral Mehta, Co-founder Charityfocus.org
They call it a “kindness internship.” My 14-yr-old cousin and his best friend have decided, of their own accord, to spend much of their summer creating spontaneous and mostly anonymous opportunities to grow in kindness. So at summer camp, he was on the lookout. He’s a popular kid, and being kind is not always “cool,” so...
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Kindness Day - David Jamilly, Co-founder's Blog
Sitting in my office as news pours in about the London Riots, I can’t help but be reminded of a quotation of support that we received from Sir Nicholas Young, CEO of the British Red Cross and this resonates what is happening.
“It is kindness that helps people cope with a crisis”
Read more : http://www.thelittlegreenmag.com/#/kindness-day-blog/4554351499
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Kindness Day UK is a non...
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Rise of the Kindness of the Apes
Caesar and his fellow simians in the blockbuster film may have had a few canines to grind, but new research reveals that chimpanzees are more interested in sharing a meal than starting a revolution. A paper released this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Victoria Horner, J. Devyn Carter, Malini Suchak, and Frans de Waal of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at...
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John Reilly: Minnesota cafe beats the recession...
In the opening scene of “The Godfather,” aggrieved local undertaker Amerigo Bonasera visits Don Corleone and asks for vengeance upon his daughter’s boyfriend who had beaten her beyond recognition. Bonasera had been previously reluctant to ask a favor of Corleone for fear that he would be held to a debt that he could not repay. Corleone, of course, was offended by the request. This man...
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Celebrating Kindness on the Subway
The artist Michael Landy is out to improve the civility on subways. For the past few months he has been encouraging commuters to commit “Acts of Kindness” by submitting short stories of kindness that they have seen or experienced on the Central line of the London subway system.
Some of the resulting stories and comments have now been posted on the walls of the subway platforms and...
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Positive Activities Help to Relieve Depression
Experts are proposing a new, lower cost method to treat depression — teaching people to practice positive activities.
The naturopathic technique is an extension of decades of social psychology research.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center proposed the new treatment approach, termed Positive Activity Interventions (PAI), in a paper published...
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Kindness is a simple key to a trove of happiness
We all share a world that can be so incredibly dark, from the personal suffocation of depression to the outright violence in acts of terrorism and war that impact entire communities and countries. Sometimes it’s overwhelming not only to deal with our own personal struggles but also to see the devastation and suffering in the world that we feel so powerless to combat. There are days when it seems...
July 2011
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Kindness is in our genes: How desire to do good...
Tipping waiters is hard-wired into our brains, according to scientists.
Theories of evolution suggest we should incur a cost only if there’s a prospect of receiving something in return, but researchers say generosity evolved from simple co-operation.
They believe humans have evolved to think it’s better to take the risk of being generous and getting nothing in return than destroying a...
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The Random Acts of Kindness Project
By Daniel Koh Harvard Business School, Class of 2011
In this era of unprecedented cynicism and doomsday scenarios in politics and the media, it’s easy to believe that we live in a world charged with negativity. Call me naïve, but I’ve seen far too much goodness in my short time on this Earth to believe that that is the truth. Observing the good that people do in their everyday lives...
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Acts of Kindness
Have you ever seen someone be kind or thoughtful to a stranger? Have you ever helped someone you didn’t know? Has someone done something kind for you?
702 ABC Sydney is helping Kaldor Public Art Projects to celebrate these simple acts of kindness through a new project with UK artist Michael Landy.
Acts of Kindness will become a public artwork reflecting on what kindness means in the busy...
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June 2011
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Awards for being good neighbours
Community-minded people have been given awards for being good neighbours.
The six residents have been named as Community Heroes by housing association Wellingborough Homes.
Davinia Sutton-Laughton from supported housing scheme Barringers Court, Irchester, was nominated by five of her fellow residents for showing kindness to her neighbours and for calling on others to check on them.
Fred...
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New West woman bring kindness out of riot chaos
When Ingrid Tamboline watched the Stanley Cup riot break out last Wednesday from her home in New Westminster, she felt fear, shock, disgust and confusion.
“I couldn’t understand why anyone would do that,” she said. “I was angry, I was really angry.”
In the aftermath, Tamboline wanted to help, but most of the cleaning had been done already, so she came up with a...
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Random Acts of Pizza: How to Donate
A pizza delivers cheese, it delivers sauce, it delivers goodness. And now it delivers something else: kindness.
The website Random Acts of Pizza lets you send a pizza to someone who really needs it. All it takes is a simple click.
Read More : http://abcnews.go.com/US/random-acts-pizza-donate/story?id=13950694
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Compassion her strength
SERGEANT Rebecca McMillan is the first woman to win Penrith’s Police Officer of the Year Award.
“I feel very proud and honoured,” Sergeant McMillan said.
The award honours police officers who show courage, courtesy, kindness or dedication beyond the call of duty.
Sergeant McMillan, who is the Penrith command’s education and training officer, joined the police 15 years...
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Quarry Hill Honors Nursing Assistants
Nancy Marcille, RN, BSHA, practically lights up when she speaks of the approximately 75 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who care around the clock for patients and residents at Quarry Hill, the Camden retirement community where she serves as director of nursing.
Kicking off the community’s celebration of Certified Nursing Assistant Week, June 16–23, Marcille called CNAs “the unsung heroes—the...
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11 Things You Can Give That Don't Cost Money
‘Givers are longer livers.’
Did you know that even if your bank account is at zero, that there is so much that you and I as humans can give? So many people delay happiness in their life because they are waiting for something magical to drop into their laps so that they are, in their minds, ready to give.
But don’t hold back. There is a law in action in our universe that defines that as you...
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Ann 'Dizzy' Carlyon: Queen's award thoroughly...
“I’VE never stuck to one charity or project; I like doing random acts of kindness,” said Ann ‘Dizzy’ Carlyon, chiding herself for being a “bit of a loose cannon”.
But it means a long list of groups have benefited from her tireless charity work, a factor recognised in her Medal of the Order of Australia for “service to the community through a range...
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Ripple effect makes kind acts not so random
A MOOROOLBARK mother passionate about positive global change has launched a project that aims to spread awareness of the benefits of ‘paying forward’ acts of kindness.
Concerned about the destructive path children can take in their teenage years, Lisa Currie launched a Ripple Kindness Project to teach children the importance of sharing kindness before they catch the “it’s...
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“True concern for others manifests itself as unconditional friendship. To be kind...”
– Daisaku Ikeda (World Tribune, May 13, 2011)