Random Act of Kindness #50- Lemonade stand

I was driving home from practice today when I suddenly saw a lemonade stand. I turned around as quickly as I could to buy a glass. I walked up to the little kid running the stand and asked him how much it was. He told me only 25 cents, so I pulled out a dollar and told him I did not want any change. He smiled really big and said thank you at least 3 times! I know it isn't much at all but I remember when I was younger I would set up lemonade stands and if I only made 5 dollars I would be happy. I hope this little kid had a successful day of selling lemonade and made all the money he had hoped for.

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Random Act of Kindness #49- Movie tickets

I went to the movies with one of my friends the other day and I got there a little before she did. Since I was there early I decided to buy her ticket for her. She walked in and I handed her the ticket and she looked at me with shock because she wasn't expecting it at all!

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Traffic

Today I stopped at a gas station before practice, and the traffic to get out was absolutely crazy. I was waiting for a good amount of time. The light turned red and I saw all the cars coming up and thought I was never going to get out of there. A car stopped a little before the line and left me enough room to squeeze in so I would be able to go once the light turned green. Driving is crazy. So many people are rushing around in today's world. Letting someone in, allowing someone to go before you at a stop sign, or simply patience on the road is such a easy act of kindness that can make someones day a little easier. 

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An unexpected thank you

A couple days ago my one of my softball coaches walked out to her car after a game and found this. Somebody left an anonymous note that "tugged on my heart strings a little" she said. Whoever wrote this for her made her smile more than they probably expected to. It's always nice seeing people who spend countless hours helping getting a thanks for all they do.

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Car Wash

Today my brother's baseball team held a car wash as a fundraiser to help them get to nationals. It was their first year doing this and the results were unexpected. One car that passed was an older man who had just retired from coaching a baseball team. Besides making a money donation, he left us a bucket of baseballs as well. A few other cars donated amounts such as; 40 dollars, 30 dollars, and one even gave the team 80 dollars. There were so many cars coming through, most of which were already clean but decided to come through anyways. It was absolutely incredible to see how generous people were. Every single car really helped out this team and they couldn't be more thankful.

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High-Five Friday

Today I visited my dad's elementary school. When I walked into his classroom I looked on the white board and saw this on the Friday schedule! It's high-five Friday, have a good one!

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Random Act of Kindness #48- Fruit rollups

Everyday when I get home from practice, the neighbor girl is playing outside. When she sees my car she stands up and runs over to me right away. The other day when she ran over to me she asked me in the cutest voice, "Chelsea, do you have any Fruit Roll-Ups? The tattoo kind?" Sadly, I did not have any for her! Well, yesterday I was asked to babysit her. Before going over, I went to the store and bought some tattoo Fruit Roll-Ups for her. She loved the surprise and the fact that I remembered, "Ahh Chelsea you remembered!" 

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Random Act of Kindness #47- Goodsearch

If you are reading this blog odds are you have searched the internet before. There are millions of search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc. Well, the other day I found a different search engine, one that gives back the more you search. It is called http://www.goodsearch.com/ and it is incredible! All you do is create an account, click get started, pick any cause to donate to, and then use the web. Depending on what you do on the internet, a certain amount of money gets donated to the organization you picked. This search engine has raised a lot of money for different causes and all you have to do to help is use the internet! I used it and it's just as efficient as all the other search engines! Next time you use the internet take a few seconds and check out http://www.goodsearch.com/

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Random Act of Kindness #46- Positive text

These past two days our school has been taking our final exams for our classes. For some, finals can be very stressful. My friend Ally spends a lot of time studying and preparing for her finals, and it sometimes stresses her out. Before one of her finals I send her the text pictured above to give her some encouragement. You know, it only takes 30 seconds to send someone a text that can make them smile for hours. If you know someone who is stressed, sad, angry, or anything but happy, send them a quick text and let them know you're thinking of them. 

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Compliment cards

I got a super cool story today! This kid said he saw this idea of writing out compliments on cards and passing them around, with the hopes that they continue to be passed along. He said, "I passed them around school... people reacted in different ways: happy, thankful, surprised, and some creeped out." He said majority really appreciated them, even though they were so out of the blue. The great thing about this is he saw them actually being passed around from person to person! It really does only take one person to start something, good job and great idea!

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Paws Around The World

Paws Around the World by Annette & Alli, is a blog to “promote the adoptions of dogs and meet dogs from different shelters all over the world.” This blog has already received more than 4000 page views and is visited by about 200 people everyday. Annette & Alli have promoted adoption for about 25 dogs and 3 of them have been already been adopted! Just promoting the adoption of these unfortunate dogs is an amazing thing! If you are interested in the blog or even adopting a dog for yourself check out their blog at http://pawsaroundtheworld.blogspot.com/!  Plus, adopting an animal in need is a huge act of kindness! Thanks Annette and Alli, keep up the good work!

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Free pencils!

How many times have you gotten to school just to realize that you don’t have a pencil? School causes enough stress without the panic of having to find, or borrow, a writing utensil. A small group of students decided to go around our school with extra pencils to see if anyone needed one. They went to each locker bay, and areas where students generally congregate. It may sound crazy, but you could honestly see how appreciative students were when they got a pencil. It’s always nice to lend a helping hand to someone who is in need. Hopefully they can pass on the kindness in their own type of way and start a chain reaction of generosity.

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Helping with notes

Today I received a story from a kid named Tony. One of his classmates injured her wrist and it hurts her to write. Tony decided to help her out by taking notes for her while her wrist healed. He says, "Earlier this week, after I finished copying her notes down, .. she apologized to me for putting me through so much work to help her, but ... I really don't mind doing the work because I know I am helping her." I feel like this happens a lot. Not the random act itself, but the apologizing for being helped. Helping others is the right thing to do, no matter what. I'm beyond impressed with your selflessness Tony. Thank you for sharing this story.

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"You said you were hungry"

Last night my brother's baseball team had a game. I was sitting down with these two kiddos and they started asking me about my blog. Once I explained it to them, they started listing off ideas of things for me to do. During our conversation the little boy mentioned that he was hungry. Without even saying a word the young girl sitting with us got up and walked away, and neither of us thought much about it. Within a few minutes she came running back with a bag of skittles, sat down, and handed them to the little boy. He said, "whose are these?" She just smiled and replied, "You said you were hungry, so I went to the concessions and bought you some Skittles. Chelsea, take a picture and you can put it on your blog!" This was the best part of my day. It is true, everyone can be nice and pay it forward, and I am so proud of both of them for doing it on their own.

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Ascentra Credit Union

Earlier this week I was surprised by News Channel 8, Ascentra Credit Union, my teachers, my family members, and a couple friends with 300 dollars because of this blog. It was a huge surprise! Thank you everyone who has taken such interest in what we have been doing. Please continue to pay it forward, because we are making a difference.