The picture was slightly awkward to take but I left a dollar in quarters in front of the machines
Friday, December 21, 2012
Here we go!
I an off to start my make up day of Random Acts of Christmas Kindness! I will be leaving these notes were I go so people know who I an doing this for!
#26acts
On week ago today 26 angels were killed in Newtown, Conn. I want to dedicate these Act of Christmas Kindness to the 26 Angels who dies way to young.
I Pledge to have 26 Acts of Random Kindness completed by the end of Christmas Day to honor the the 26 Angels who died one short week ago.
(The 26 acts included the ones I completed I already completed)
Monday, December 10, 2012
The First Ten Days!
Hello all!
On the first day of Christmas ( I had to say it (: ) I filled the food collection box in my dorm. The food goes to Prism Food Shelves in Minneapolis.
Then on December 2nd I took dollar stuffed animals to the St. Paul Police Station. These stuffed animals will be put in the squad cars of officers or in first response vehicles so when they get to a situation where there are children. Sometimes kids just need something to hold.
December 3rd I dropped toys to Ronald McDonald House. Mostly dollar aisle items, these items will be put in the play room there. I also included to-go play packs I found in the dollar aisle so that when kids go to long days of treatment ans testing they have some thing to do in the waiting rooms.
December 4th I registered for Adopt a US Soldier. I received my soldier assignment today and we started emailing. It feels good to know that I am helping someone who has giving there all for our country.
December 5th I wanted to give someone a little surprise. I bought $6 in scratch offs and taped them to a gas pump.
On December 6th I had a 12 days of Christmas present delivered to my former kindergarten teacher who I have always bee close with. This is the first year in 4 years that I have not been helping in her classroom
Nothing goes better with a movie then popcorn, so on the 7th I taped 2 bags of microwavable popcorn to a Redbox machine.
December 8th I brought 5 'new family' gift to Allina Health Neonatal Center. I loved putting these together! They included 1 tie baby blanket, 1 onesie, 1 bottle, 7 diapers, 1 mini baby powder, and 1 small pack of wipes.
Through a snow storm, December 9th I drove across town to deliver hats and gloves to Anne's Place, a shelter for women and children.
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| My car before I left for Anne's Place |
Today I made another food donation to the Ain Dah Yung Center, a healing center for American Indian youth and their families.
So far this has been extremely rewarding. Eventually I will do individual posts on my favorite causes and how to's.
--Rachel
Saturday, December 1, 2012
My List of Random Acts of Kindness
Dec 1: Fill food donation box in dorm hall
Dec 2: Take stuffed animals for children in tough situations to St. Paul Police Department
Dec 3: Take toys and books to Ronald McDonald House
Dec 4: Register for Adopt a Soldier and call my home town's Social Services office to help sponsor a
family
Dec 5: Tape scratch offs to gas pump
Dec 6: 12 School Days of Christmas gift to my former Kindergarten teacher
Dec 7: Tape popcorn to Redbox machine
Dec 8: Bring new family gifts to local birth center
Dec 9: Hats and gloves to Anne's Place
Dec 10: Food Shelf donation
Dec 11: Toys for Tots donation
Dec 12: Large tip to waiter
Dec 13: Thank you/Happy Holidays cards
Dec 14: Hot Chocolate to Salvation Army Bell Ringers
Dec 15: Leave a gas card on some one's windshield
Dec 16: Candy Canes on dorm floor's door nobs (good luck on finals)
Dec 17: Gift for dorm floor's janitor
Dec 18: Tape quarters to vending machine
Dec 19: Grocery store gift card on a windshield
Dec 20: Pay for some one's oil change
Dec 21: Tape quarter on toy machine and buy a couple and leave them there
Dec 22: Christmas Cards to Nursing Home
Dec 23: Pay for some one's meal
Dec 24: Cookies to the overnight gas station workers
Dec 25: Flowers to Nursing Home
Hello!
So, if you haven't noticed, there is only 25 days until Christmas. Being the Christmas fanatic that I am, this is very exciting for me. But, now that I am at college and not living at home with my parents Christmas seems different. This is not necessarily a bad thing though. I just decided that I need my own way to celebrate the Christmas season. I got the idea of doing Random Acts of Christmas Kindness while on Pinterest (follow me). I absolutely love doing things for other people, so this seemed like a good way to spread Christmas cheer! Follow his blog to watch as Random Acts of Christmas Kindness journey unfolds.
--Rachel
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