Kindness Starts With One®

A large number of people, including myself, volunteer to help cook and serve people every Thursday. These people are homeless, financially disadvantaged, or alone. Over 140 meals are served or given out, including a main meal and dessert. Takeaway meals are given to those who request or are in need. What l love about this program is how it involves...

We'd been looking for someone of Chinese ethnicity to sing the anthem on Chinese Heritage Night for months. This night is important to our sponsor, O.R.G. Packaging. We had asked our contact at O.R.G. to help us find an anthem but came up empty-handed. We were three days out, and Joon Yi overheard us talking about still needing one. He...

These beautiful people and l spent five days preparing a Christmas lunch for over 350 people, many of whom are alone or homeless. One man said for years he would travel on the train till the end of the line, eat his sandwich, and then travel back again. He had no one to share Christmas with. Each year Bayside Church...

I taught a young refugee English and we became friends over a three year period. I learned that she had breast cancer and took her to appointments and treatments during this time. I was asked if l could help her. She lived in my home for seven and a half months. During this time I took her out...

Words have so much meaning in life. A kind word goes a long way towards making someone feel good about themselves. There is enough negativity in the world. If we just make one person feel good by saying something nice to them, it feels really good inside. You can even say something nice to animals (pets) too and they will...

My parents always try to make me better in everything and always support me in good things. Don't let your parent go they are your support system. love them from your heart they will do that too.

If you have ever had a friend, then you know that friends help you out. This one person will make you want to do something, or help you through something, or just doing all the something in the world. This one person, and her name is Decatur. She's a friend, a best friend, the best friend ever. Everyday she's there....

My friends are probably the jackpot of best friends. Whenever I didn't have a pencil Madeline was there to help and put a smile on my face that stretched a mile long (figuratively). Whenever I wasn't in a good mood Ruby was there to make the day brighter than the sun. Whenever I forgot something Hayen got it covered and...

A student at my elementary was being harshly bullied every day at school. She thought there was nothing she could do about the teasing, name-calling, gossiping, and hundreds of notes with horrible messages on them. I reached out to her; she was an amazing girl, sweet, pretty, smart, and more. I saw no apparent reason for...

When me and my parents go somewhere my brother and I hold the door for people in and out of stores and restaurants. We share the same kindness back when they hold it open for us. We always say thank you or when they tell us ¨ thank you"we say your welcome or they'll joke around with us ect. so...

i was nice to my dad to and he was the happiness you will have in the vlatines in a good way to have a good time.

there is a man who most don't know his name is phil swift. phil is a artist he created the flex family of products this stuff has got me through a rough point in life and he is the man who made it. i worship this man as a god and these flex fans are the best family i have...

For my birthday, I received a Walmart gift card. I took it to the store so that I could get something new. But, while I was there, I saw that firefighters were accepting donations for kids who wouldn't have any gifts to open on Christmas. Instead of buying for myself, I went inside Walmart and got a toy car with the...

One day I was on my way to math class and I saw my friend and she looked sick. I asked her if she was ok. She told me that she had been sick. I then gave her advice to help her. She told me thank you. We then went into math class and she looked like she was happier.

When I was younger I really wanted a cat. One day my family and I went to California and we went to the beach. Later that day we found a little cat on the beach by itself and he had no collar and most of everyone at the beach left. I begged my dad if we could keep him, at...

Recently our community experienced a tragic loss; a mother and baby had died. We all felt sorry for this family, so we decided to make blankets for them to cheer them up. A big group of girls got together to make blankets, but we still felt like doing a few more things for this family. We decided to "Heart Attack"...

A year ago my grandma moved in to a new house and she can't really lift things cause of her back and her past problems and my brother and I helped her move into her house and it was beautiful.

today my cousin showed me her makeup and i compliment her that it looked really nice and her hair looked shiny and it smelled like flowers.

Yesterday, I really wanted to go get boba tea and my sister had the car. She didn't want to go because she didn't look good. We went home and I told her that I would pay. She took me and I payed for her drink. PERIODT

One day I almost left my phone in the cart at the store. I put the cart away outside and I guess that I left my phone in it. As I got into the car I heard someone yelling out to me. I stood up and turned around and there was a person that worked at Walmart standing there. She...

I had surgery on my knee and I had to be on crutches for 6 weeks. My ancient civilization teacher had some trash on his stair to his classroom and I leaned over and picked it up for him and I made his day because even though i was on crutches I still picked up some trash to help my...

Yesterday when i was in the hallways i saw this girl in a dress that was really nice so i compliment on her dress .

When I was in 5th grade I was the lonely type. I never made friends and sat by myself at recess. Although I was quiet, I had pretty good grades. One school day I was eating my lunch when a few girls came up to me with a teacher. They said, "Come with us we are going to have good pizza...

there was this kid in my 3rd grade class who was bullying this girl in class and i told him to stop so he did and she thanked me for helping her.

This morning I was trying to find something to do because I was board. My mom left so I couldn't talk to her any more. My sister let me play with her phone while mine was charging. She left 8 minutes later and my phone was all charged. I got to play my phone after she left and it was...

I was removed from my home and sent to foster care. While there I met many potential foster parents, but no one wanted me. One day I met someone who did want me! She was a kind, loving, and caring person. She let me say goodbye to my friends and then took me home. A few years later, she adopted...

One day I saw, Cece. I was like darn girl your hydro is looking snazzy. She was like, thanks boo. The next day she bought me a pencil and said, this is for the compliment. We hugged and I lost the pencil. So I went to the store and bought a new notebook and brought it with me at school....

My sister is really kind. She is always willing to help me out. She watches my daughter in the morning. This act of kindness allows me to go to work on time, and my daughter doesn't have to go to Safekey. She helps my daughter with her homework and feeds her sometimes too. I really appreciate all the help!

Yesterday it was raining so it was cold. My mom had just had surgery and had a ACL replacement because some kid double-jumped her at flip-n-out extreme. Even though she was in excruciating pain she still got up and made me and my brother a nice warm cup of hot chocolate so that when we came home from walking in...

I don't really have anyone like that, but I am to my friends. We don't go to the same middle schools, but we went to the same elementary. To them I'm like a therapist and also good to talk to. We all miss each other, but we hang out sometimes. When they have a problem at school, they come to...