[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fw: Dear Abby 09/03/2013 Acts of kindness
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 3 11:09:03 UTC 2013
Welcome to GoComics featuring Dear AbbyI saw this and thought it might help
some of us with ideas of kind things we can do for people. Even as NFB
members, we can do things on our own to help. I know lots of us volunteer,
but even the smallest act of kindness can mean a lot to someone.
Sherri
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09/03/2013
OPPORTUNITIES FOR KINDNESS ARE WAITING ALL AROUND US
DEAR ABBY: Congratulations to "Trying to Be Nice" (June 6) for
her random acts of kindness. The world needs more of it. Let me point out,
however, that being nice isn't just about doing specific charitable tasks.
It is something that applies every moment of every day, and as the axiom
says, "Charity begins at home."
It can mean paying a compliment to a family member or friend,
refraining from a hurtful comment at work or in school, smiling to a
stranger on the street, willingly doing a chore at home (even if it's "not
my job"), or something as simple as cleaning up one's own mess after lunch.
To quote another axiom: Little things mean a lot. -- RHEAL IN OTTAWA, CANADA
DEAR RHEAL: I agree. Sometimes they can be the simplest things,
opportunities we take for granted that are right in front of us. I was
touched by the responses I received from readers suggesting other acts of
kindness:
DEAR ABBY: Anim al shelters often need volunteers to walk dogs.
Rescue organizations could use foster families for pets, or even pet food
donations or supplies. Veterans organizations such as the Wounded Warrior
Project welcome volunteers to help with events, or mentor or assist vets in
writing a resume.
If you sign up with Volunteers of America, they can match you
with organizations that suit your skills -- reading to the elderly in
nursing homes, etc. Youth shelters can sometimes use volunteers to help
teens learn basic life skills such as balancing a checkbook, smart grocery
shopping or meal planning.
Around the holidays, my husband and I visit the cemetery and
clean/maintain headstones that look neglected, especially those of
veterans. -- LYNN IN BOTHELL, WASH.
DEAR ABBY: As an avid teenage volunteer, I have some
suggestions! Donating your hair to Locks of Love is one of my favorite acts
of kindness. Your hair will help make wigs for women with cancer. Donating
blood is another great way t o help strangers.
If you prefer to give your time instead, nursing homes are
always looking for people to play bingo with patients. Shelters for women
and children need volunteers to come and play with the children, so the moms
have time to talk with counselors. -- SARA IN SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
DEAR ABBY: "Trying" could join a neighborhood watch or help with
Meals on Wheels, take the newspaper to an elderly person's front porch, or
start a recycling program in her neighborhood. -- LUCY IN ST. LOUIS
DEAR ABBY: I decided, after a self-imposed seclusion (my
daughter passed away at a young age), to go back out in the world and spread
the joy of flowers. I contacted a local supermarket and asked them to save
me their wilting flowers that would have been thrown out. I took the best,
arranged them in vases, and distributed them to local nursing homes,
memory-care facilities and hospice. In this way I have brightened people's
last days on Earth with something that would have ot herwise been discarded.
My "mission" has expanded now and includes another store and a
shelter for abused women and children. -- KATHY IN NAPLES, FLA.
DEAR ABBY: Volunteer to drive people to vote on Election Day.
And the easiest -- call the aging members of your family regularly and let
them talk your ear off! -- MARY IN EAST HARTFORD, CONN.
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