Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Week One

Alicia at Ronald McDonald House after donating her XBox 360.

My first act of kindness was to help a former pupil of mine. Alicia is fundraising to pay her entry fee to Miss Junior NZ. She is selling chocolates and holding a garage sale in the weekend. I donated a bag of clothes to sell at her garage sale and offered to try to sell a box of chocolates for her.

If you would like to buy a chocolate bar please see me next Monday:-)

I am happy to help Alicia because I know that last year she did a lot to fundraise for others. In fact just recently she donated her XBox 360 to Ronald McDonald House. I believe that what goes around comes around and this good deed is evidence of how people are happy to help those who are generous to others.
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Also because I think she is inspirational to others. She's had a great deal to step through in her life and if this small favour helps her to achieve her goal then that's great.


In week one I was also the recipient of a good deed. At morning tea time Mrs Ready and I, along with some other teachers were talking about how we still needed to pay our IOUs for the staff raffle, as we seldom carry cash. Then this week's winner was drawn. Mrs Ready won! A short time later Mrs King, who runs the raffle told me I no longer have an IOU, thanks to an act of kindness my debt was paid. It was supposed to be a secret, but I can guess who this kind person was.

Introduction

I teach in Room 27 at Somerville and we are focusing on Stepping Up - Performing acts of kindness towards others. Every week my students and I will do a good deed to help someone and write about what we did on our blogs.

Throughout the term we will research an issue that effects us or our community and plan a big act of kindness, which is called our rich task. Something significant to help others.

Follow us on our journey as we learn the joy of giving.

Click here to view student blogs.

Click here for ALJ guidelines for our rich task.

Click here for some ideas.

Some more ideas

New Zealand's Random Acts of Kindness site.

Click here to read some heart warming stories of people helping others.

Check out this awesome site Dylan found

http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

Click here to view Mrs Ready's blog.