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An Act of Kindness: Our Family Kindness Bomb

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Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb……and I'm sharing how!

Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb......and I'm sharing how!

Let's be honest, the world? Is a little bit of a scary place to raise kids right now.  From natural disasters to our current political climate to the statistics on homelessness to the stories I read about human trafficking…..it just feels like the world our children live in is less innocent than the world I grew up in.

Last week I was chatting with a few of my favorite moms over a glass of wine.  Ironically, we were at a charity event to support a local organization that support children who have been physically abused.  The conversation turned to our current climate, and we all spent the remainder of our glass of wine talking about our concerns about the world our children are growing up in.

One of the things that came out of our chat?  A deep need to DO SOMETHING.  To teach our kids that small changes do make a difference.  The idea (on my part) that if we all gave just a little each day or each week…..we could create big change in our culture.

Enter, our family kindness bomb.  I'm sharing how we plan to use an act of kindness a day to start a ripple effect…..and how you can help with your own children!

Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb......and I'm sharing how!

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Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb......and I'm sharing how!

An Act of Kindness: Our Family Kindness Bomb

What's our plan? It's simple.  To do an act of kindness each day for a week.  Nothing crazy, we have work and school (as I'm sure you do).  I'm talking simple five minute tasks that will make a difference to the person who receives them.  From leaving a snack for our mail carrier and thank you note to paying for the car behind us in the Starbucks drive through line…….from Saturday October 28th until Saturday November 4th…….Lydia and I will be doing an act of kindness (or more than one) each day and sharing our idea on our Instagram Stories.  I hope you'll follow along, and that you'll be inspired to participate in an act of kindness with your own kids (be sure to use hashtag #aservingfamily to share your own acts of kindness so we can see them).

Our big goal? To not stop on November 4th.  To continue to participate in family acts of kindness throughout the year.

Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb......and I'm sharing how!

The best part? We made these cute printables to give out as we complete an act of kindness……to encourage the recipients to create a kind act of their own!  You can print this for free (I'm planning to keep a few in my car so that they're always there and ready to be used).

Want to teach your children the important of an act of kindness?  We are taking a week to create a family kindness bomb......and I'm sharing how!

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Want to teach your family to give back? This plan for an act of kindness each day for a week is awesome, and they have a free printable to give out!

Are you planning to work on an act of kindness with your family? Be sure to print out our act of kindness cards and to share on social media using #aservingfamily so that we can see your ideas!

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  1. sandra says

    October 24, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    It’s hard to think of one ahead of a time. A lot of our acts of kindness are kind of spur-of-the-moment.

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  2. Peggy Nunn says

    October 25, 2017 at 6:25 am

    They need help delivering meals to our shutins at church. I would like to do that.

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  3. Dana Rodriguez says

    October 26, 2017 at 7:23 am

    We donate to our local food bank.

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  4. Amber Ludwig says

    October 26, 2017 at 8:52 am

    I would love to pay for another family’s lunch while we are out and about!!

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  5. Stephanie Phelps says

    October 27, 2017 at 9:59 am

    I would love to try serving the local homeless this year at Thanksgiving and Christmas as an act of kindness with my family!

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  6. Sheri Newell Anderson says

    October 27, 2017 at 10:06 am

    I think it would be awesome to serve meals at a homeless shelter as a family, maybe on Thanksgiving.

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  7. Cheryl Chervitz says

    October 27, 2017 at 10:10 am

    I like to give back by fostering dogs. I have one arriving today, hoping to get her to her forever home.

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  8. Jan Lee says

    October 27, 2017 at 10:15 am

    I’m just a single person so I try to do an act of kindness whenever I can and am able to. Just a couple days ago I helped a person who was much older than me carry some groceries to her apartment in the complex that I live in 🙂

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  9. Nicole Bradley says

    October 27, 2017 at 10:45 am

    At LEAST once a year I make my boys completely empty out their closet& toy boxes& we all donate the things we dont use to our local Christian mission. (Its a little thrift store located in an old church& it sells items& donates the moneys to people in need in the community- in cases of victims of fire& theft& folks just down on their luck)

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  10. Casi Selph says

    October 27, 2017 at 12:18 pm

    I of course LOVE paying for the persons order behind me at Starbucks & at Chick-fil-A! I remember being absolutely blown away the first time someone paid for my Starbucks!! Every year around this time My kiddos and I go through all their toys and clothes that they don’t play with and have out grown & we give it all to a family in need!!

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  11. Alina says

    October 27, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    We have an elderly neighbor and my son mows her lawn the entire summer.

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  12. Heather S says

    October 27, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    I would love to volunteer as a family at our local food bank!

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  13. shannon fowler says

    October 27, 2017 at 8:05 pm

    One we could do that we have been thinking of is paying for a friend to fly down with his son this holiday season, and help get them to the theme parks. He is going through a separation and is having a tough time.

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  14. Darcy Carmichael says

    October 28, 2017 at 5:08 am

    Just yesterday, some of my girls and I dropped off some DVDs to a friend who had mentioned that she had been watching some of the parts on YouTube with her girls. I happened to have copies of two of them that I had planned on selling, but gave them to her instead.

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  15. Diane J says

    October 28, 2017 at 8:40 am

    My daughter’s bff moved a couple of states away about two years ago. I send her little care packages but I am trying to think of something special to do for her for Thanksgiving. She is usually alone on Thanksgiving so I was thinking of ordering a food delivery of some kind.

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  16. Kesha says

    October 28, 2017 at 10:18 am

    I am going to make dinner for a could of neighbors

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  17. Lisa Williams says

    October 28, 2017 at 10:21 am

    We collect toys all year to donate for Christmas gift baskets for the holidays.

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  18. debbie wilson says

    October 28, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Snow Blowing Side walks,Shoveling Snow.anything to help our neighbor’s or any1 That Needs Our Help !!!!

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  19. Celeste Herrin says

    October 28, 2017 at 11:52 am

    I would like us all to pick out some gifts to put under the angel tree for Christmas that go to the less fortunate children

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  20. Natalie U says

    October 28, 2017 at 12:13 pm

    I’d love to run a marathon with my family for either cancer or for a food shelter

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  21. Kim Cowgar says

    October 28, 2017 at 12:20 pm

    I would love to volunteer with my son at the local animal shelter

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  22. Darlene Owen says

    October 28, 2017 at 2:40 pm

    As a family I would like to volunteer at a soup kitchen, but we don’t have any close to us.

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  23. Midwest Redhead says

    October 28, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    I live alone, and my community act of kindness is reporting items that need bulk pickup in my area, and tidying up as much as I can. I also leave rinsed aluminum cans in a separate bag for the homeless who recycle them. I have mobility issues and walk with a cane. My daughter and her kids periodically take grocery bags and gloves and pick up the trash in their neighborhood, especially around bus stops. We live in a large urban area. I volunteered for 5 years at a nonprofit that provided services to folks with vision problems but it lost its major funding source and closed.

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  24. Carolyn Massey says

    October 28, 2017 at 4:50 pm

    I paid for a meal at a fast food place for a senior citizen. Felt good to help someone else

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  25. jeanette sheets says

    October 28, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    TO DELIVER FOOD TO OUR LOCAL HOMELESS COMMUNITY

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  26. denise low says

    October 29, 2017 at 2:47 am

    We have worked at a food bank for several years.

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  27. Lynda Del says

    October 29, 2017 at 10:52 am

    I would start a family donation of items we no longer use or need and give to the salvation army.

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  28. Sandra Watts says

    October 29, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    My son has been working at Meals on Wheels.

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  29. Chelle says

    October 29, 2017 at 3:18 pm

    We pray for our neighbors to be full of happiness and joy!

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  30. Anita Duvall says

    October 29, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    I would like for the whole family to participate in our local Angel Tree this year. Sponsor at least one family from our family.

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  31. Angela P says

    October 30, 2017 at 6:07 am

    I would love to try sponsoring a family for Christmas

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  32. Tammy OHagan says

    October 30, 2017 at 10:17 am

    I take blankets, hygiene and first aid products to the homeless living under the bridge in Morgantown

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  33. Sue E says

    October 30, 2017 at 3:38 pm

    We have done a lot of things together as a family for charity! We started these practices when our children were young so they would grow up with these good traits! We are empty nesters now, but I still buy toys throughout the year to give out to Toys for Tots, one of our favorite charities!!
    No child should go without gifts for Christmas!
    We also do things when we can or on the spur of the moment!

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  34. Holly Thomas says

    October 31, 2017 at 3:19 am

    We cleaned up a neighbors yard after Irma.

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  35. Eloise Carlson says

    October 31, 2017 at 3:50 am

    I would like us to volunteer our time together as a family to our local Rescue Mission on Thanksgiving serving meals and providing kindness to those who are less fortunate than us. It is something that I have always wanted to do but have waited for the kids to get older so they know exactly what this means and make it a special experience for them. Thanks so very much for the chance to win this great prize!

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  36. Robyn Embe says

    October 31, 2017 at 9:35 am

    I want to create hospital bags for chemotherapy patients.

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  37. bn100 says

    October 31, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    bake brownies for neighbors

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  38. Renee Smith says

    November 1, 2017 at 7:04 am

    My daughters were outside playing and noticed the neighbor trying to rake and bag leaves. She’s got to be in her late 70’s at least, and kind of fragile. We could see she was having a difficult time and not very steady on her feet so we went over and helped her get her yard all raked and even nut 4 year old helped hold the bag and stuff the leaves inside.

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  39. Deborah Caudill says

    November 3, 2017 at 9:48 pm

    I would like for my family to help with and serve Thanksgiving Dinner at one of the homeless shelters this year and /or visit several nursing homes around Christmas this year too.

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  40. Jennifer Essad says

    November 3, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    our whole family will be together this Thanksgiving. We’ve planned on purchasing items for a family shopping together (not on black Friday) wrapping and taking to our church for Christmas

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  41. Cheryl B says

    November 4, 2017 at 4:24 am

    We will give back this year by creating cards for a local nursing home.

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  42. Eileen Boyce says

    November 4, 2017 at 8:12 am

    Going to nursing homes with presents.

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  43. Kayla Klontz says

    November 4, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    I would like to try working at the soup kitchen as a family.

    Reply
  44. Shelly says

    November 30, 2017 at 5:57 pm

    Love this! What a great way to teach your children about giving.

    Reply
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