Day 24 - Sent a Smile

HP has made a pledge to donate $1 to the Ronald McDonald House for every eSmile that is sent through their website. So for today's random act, I decided to send an eSmile to assist the Ronald McDonald House in helping the families of children hospitalized with very serious diseases. It is 100% free to anyone who wants to participate, so please visit the above site to send a smile, well wishes, or a sketch of someone smiling.

I couldn't decided between the following 2 pictures so just ended up sending both as eSmiles...one for each of our daughters.  There are 5 participating Ronald McDonald Houses and it was so easy to send an eSmile that I sent one to each house.  It took less than 5 minutes to send all 5 smiles!  And what a fun way to bring some joy to children and families!  For those of us with healthy children we can very easily take that health for granted.  Today's act reminds me truly how lucky and blessed we are.

Day 24 - Sent some eSmiles

Day 23 - Ordered a Pizza

There is nothing I love to eat more than pizza. Deep dish, thin crust, frozen, it doesn't matter. I could have just finished eating Thanksgiving dinner, but if there is pizza around, I am eating it. I am sure that I am not alone in my love for pizza. So in an effort to spread my love for this culinary masterpiece to others, for today's random act of kindness, I ordered a pizza. No I didn't order it for myself, although now that I think about it, we may have to have it for lunch.

With the help of Pizzas4Patriots.com, I ordered a pizza for soldiers overseas. Since 2008, Pizzas 4 Patriots has helped our soldiers enjoy a little slice of home while abroad.  So if you can give even a little, please visit the Pizza 4 Patriots website to send something to our men and women overseas.

Day 23 - Ordered a pizza

Day 22 - Greeted Everyone I Walked Past

I love to see my girls smile!  It makes my day.  The innocence and sheer happiness in their faces is enough to make my heart melt. My hope is that everyone has that one thing that they can look to or think about that, no matter the situation, can give them the feeling that I get from my daughters' smiles.

I've noticed that a lot of people walk around minus their smile:). Maybe they are just having a bad day or something just bummed them out but either way we need more smiling!!  So today, for my random act of kindness, I am going to try to cheer them up with a small gesture. Although I am in our home a majority of the day, today will be a little different.  We are starting our women's bible study at church so there will be a lot of new faces to greet. I will also run to the store before our study to grab food for the potluck so more opportunities to say hello.

While not as cute as my daughters, I am going to try to replicate the happiness they give to me to a small extent. Today, I am going to give a smile and a quick "hello"/"how are you doing?" to every person that I walk past. Even if I don't get a smile or a "hello" back, I hope that seeing a smile from another person might make them forget about anything that has them down at that moment.


Day 22 - Greeted everyone I walked past

Day 21 - Supported Those with Disabilities

For over 90 years, the Easter Seals have been helping people with disabilities and special needs gain independence and overcome obstacles.  They have done this by providing services such as medical rehabilitation, employment training, and many other programs that help people achieve their personal goals.

 I thought today would be the perfect day to make a donation to a great organization that helps people gain access into everyday society.  So today, for my random act of kindness, I supported those with disabilities by making a small donation to the Easter Seals organization. 

Day 21 - Supported those with disabilities

Day 20 - Left coupons for Target Shoppers

Sunday is always grocery shopping day!!  We had a few extra baby item coupons today that we weren't going use and were close to expiring.  We placed the coupons on the shelves under the items they were for.  Hopefully these will be a nice surprise for a Sunday shopper!!

Day 20 - Extra coupons left on shelves with specific items

Day 19 - CVS "Extra Bucks" for Following Customer

Today I was shopping at CVS and had received a few CVS Extra Bucks for a purchase.  This is basically free money to use on a future purchase.  I thought it would be fun to pay it forward and leave the "extra bucks" with the employee for the next customer to use on their purchase.  It was only $2 but every little bit helps and I'm hoping it put a smile on their face :).

Day 19 - $2 Extra Bucks given to following customer at CVS

Day 18 - More Cancer Sucks Chemo Packages

Today was an extension of an early RAOK.  On Day 15 we made some Cancer Sucks chemo care packages.  I decided it would be great to include our daycare families in this giving effort so I let them know what we were doing and asked for folks that may want to contribute.  We ended up collecting enough donations to make an additional 6 care packages!!  Way to go Acorn families!!

Day 18 - 6 more Cancer Sucks care packages for Sammons Cancer Center