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Birthday Countdown: 14 days

10/12/2013

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In exactly two weeks I will be turning 30!  To celebrate the beginning of my countdown, I'd like to look back at what I did for my birthday last year.  When I turned 29, I decided I wanted to perform 29 random acts of kindness on my birthday.  I took the day off work and headed out with my mom to spend the day doing a number of different acts of kindness.  

Here's a partial list of what we did:
  • Left a $15 gift card at Starbucks for the barista to give to a customer
  • Gave a scratch-off lottery ticket to the man who filled my tires at Discount Tire
  • Donated books and movies to the library
  • Took donuts and a thank you card to the fire station
  • Went to the police station and brought them donuts and a thank you card
  • Left a $10 gift card in a copy of The Hunger Games at Barnes & Noble
  • Took a basket of toys to donate to the Children’s Hospital
  • Donated muffins for the nurses at the Children’s Hospital
  • Left a $5 bill on a windshield in the parking lot of the Children’s Hospital
  • Went to the Denver Rescue Mission and made a food donation
  • Donated a $5 phone card to the Denver Rescue Mission
  • Filled parking meters downtown
  • Gave our waiter at the Mellow Mushroom a Mega Millions lottery ticket
  • Taped a pre-paid parking slip to the payment machine so someone could get free parking
  • Made a clothes donation at ARC
  • Took a roll of quarters ($10) to the Laundromat
  • Made a $10 donation to the Dumb Friends League
  • Put a thank you card in my mailbox for the postman with a caramel apple to “brighten his day”

We had a great day and hopefully made a few people happy with the random kindness we showed them.  I'd like to think that our acts of kindness had a ripple affect and trickled down to other people along the way.

Have you ever experienced a random act of kindness from a stranger?  Please share in the comments section!
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Christy
10/23/2013 07:47:10 am

You might enjoy the book 27 gifts. It follows this same princple and it was a very inspiring read.

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