Kindness Starts With One®

I was sat in the ER with my husband.  his health was poor,  and I was with my three daughters aged 6, 4 and 6 weeks. A very kind lady helped me by playing cards with my two eldest daughters and feeding my baby her milk. My husband is still with us 20 years on although he lost his leg (a right hip...

one day me and my mom were going to the store, and when we got to the doors there was a wallet just laying there on the ground. I picked it up and showed my mom, she told me to take the drivers license out; i did. we looked around and around the store for the person that had no...

When I was at Chuckee Cheese I really wanted this barbie doll, but I didn't have enough tickets, so the guy running the prize booth gave me the barbie doll.

When I was very young, I went to chucky cheese for a family day. I had my heart set on this cool toy that could turn from a gun to a sword. I worked super hard on getting as many tickets as I could. But then, I ran out of tokens. I had about 700 tickets, but the gun sword...

I was at a football game and my friend Found a card, (I think a credit card) so we handed it to the concession people, so they could find the person it belonged to.

My grandma once told me that my great-grandma had a horrible toothache, I know how much my great-grandma loves talking to us grandkids, so I decided to call her and ask about her tooth. I just know it made her day!!! So every chance you get, call or go see your grandparents please, I know they will love it!!

When My Father and I were going to the Pistons game after eating at a restaurant, my dad had a little box of pizza left and we gave a homeless guy our pizza to eat.

When my mom and I were at a restaurant eating dinner, and we asked for the bill. The waiter told us that somebody has already paid for our bill. This made me realize that any stranger could do something like that and that everybody should be as kind as possible.

One day I was in like 4th grade, It was during recess and me and my friend Charlie were walking around the track in the snow goofing around. We walked around belting out song lyrics(I still do) when we watched a little girl slip on the ice and fall. ¨Are you Ok?"I asked worried. The girl was in tears. ¨Can...

I have been struggling with anxiety and depression, and am currently in the process of changing meds. It had been nearly 36 hours since I had sleep, and I was sitting at the doctors clinic a bit upset and sniffly waiting to see my doctor. A lady was sitting opposite me and asked if I was ok, and if I...

I was with my daughter in Beauty parlour and waiting to be seen and there comes young girl who had appointment booked already I told her to go first and when she sat infront of the lady she was checking her purse to pay for her eyebrow threading and she was counting all her changes that she and she was...

I went to see this customer who is living alone and she was very very upset and was in tears as her aunt died in South Africa And she couldn’t go to the funeral as she suffering from athristis and she asked me to read this letter which her brother had sent her and I told her this is personnel...

In memory of our 17 year old Instagram friend who died due to VAPING and 16 year old best friend who collapsed due to VAPING on her SWEET 16 Birthday, we traded our 17th year old birthday presents to save lives of youth due to vaping. We asked all our family and friends to donate to our favourite charity St...

I starting volunteering in a church shelters and i was very kind to the people who needed us the most when they had no one else and it felt so good to see the smile in they eyes priceless moments

I starting volunteering in a church shelters and i was very kind to the people who needed us the most when they had no one else and it felt so good to see the smile in they eyes priceless moments

I have a fear of death or thanatophobia. Being hospitalized or the mere fact that I am lying in a hospital bed, have myself confined on a dextrose and to undergo a surgery is one of my greatest fears in life which I successfully overcome and survived this week. It's truly a nightmare to undergo under the knife and open...

Earlier this week I was at an eye doctor appointment for a second opinion about several diagnoses expected to result in my blindness. I just turned 30. In the waiting room a gentleman began to talk with me. I’m a very private person and was somewhat reluctant to engage in the conversation, but ended up telling him why I was...

I ran across this story of a 14 yr old boy, Jaiden Rogers who is suffering from a very rare disease called Stiff Skin Syndrome. I have been blessed by all his strength, determination and courage by what he is going through. He is an inspiration to those of us suffering with a disease and to many others. Stiff Skin...

Just wanted to introduce myself & would love to share my story with you. I am the mother of six, three adopted through Foster Care. I found when taking these children in there were no books for them to relate to... So I found a talented illustrator who was in Foster Care herself- and wrote & self published with the...

This is a simple story of learning to be kind. There were no gramd gestures, no paying for someone else's groceries or a ticket for the bus - we were barely getting by ourselves. But my mother taught me every day in simple ways that everyone deserves respect, empathy and kindness. Regardless of race, or class, or gender, or sexual...

My friend and I started this kind gesture 3 years ago. Where'd we save up our McDonald's coffee tabs, and Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim winnings, and we give them to the homeless. This tradition normally takes place around the cold month and as we roam the streets, we give each one homeless individual that we come across our...

My brother was a patient at MD Anderson Cancer Center, suffering from the brutal effects of leukemia relapse. He asked me for one of those heated vibrators to soothe the pain in his muscles. I looked at the big stores first, without success. Then I started checking every drugstore I could find. All the clerks said the same thing: "Come...

My daughter always stops and either buys a meal or brings gifts of necessities to the homeless on the street. She once gave $50 to a family that was stranded without gas to get home. I’m so proud of her!

My name is jewels walter & after tragedy that left me with a club foot my youngest son & family took me out 2red robbins 4 dinner. I was not able 2 take my wheelchair so i was given the most terrible task of the day, walking n the Resgrant using a walking stick. & my son

Hello I am writing in asking for help for my family this time,we our a family of five ,I started have a bake sale in my community to make ends meet, however I soon realized that the children were in need of love and hugs and something sweet ,so I give sweet treats to all the kids in my community...

This is not my story but one of a young boy in Texas in the aftermath of the shooting in El Paso. Here's the link. When you read a story like this, you remember that there is always hope. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/el-paso-challenge-an-11-year-old-started-a-campaign-to-help-his-community-heal/ar-AAFq0iz?ocid=spartandhp

I'm a delivery driver, I went into town to pick up an order, the street pavement was uneven due to the city repairing ( warning sign was placed, Be careful driving dangerous) I followed traffic down that street, it was a rough drive! I could hear my tire going flat, I made it around the corner. People, of course, were...

I met Sean and Tracy Wirch at the 2019 NHL Draft party where over 700 LA Kings Season Ticket Members, players, and fans watched and celebrated at Grand Central Market. I was working at the Kings Care Foundation booth and Tracy walked up wanting to make a donation. Handing her the handheld device, I watched as she input a generous...

It is amazing that every act we take will ultimately affect other people around us, and this proves the significant effects in changing other people’s behaviors through imitation (copying a particular behavior we observe). When we give to others, we are taking consideration for other people’s desires and needs rather than our own. There are actually many benefits in...

Robert F. Smith, totally blind, a few years ago started on a quest to do acts of kindness. He didn't have a clue where his footsteps would take him. One of his journey's was to walk from Long Beach, California to Las Vegas. He accomplished the task, and while he was walking he raised funds for a child who needed...