Do you have any random acts of kindness to share?

Question

Or has anyone done a great RAK recently?

Not to brag or toot your own horn, but sharing is caring, and it just feels great!

I decided to tell you all about a RAK that was given to us by a total stranger last winter.
I was a Furrs resturant with my family having dinner after shopping most of the day.
All was fine, we went to pay the bill and the lady at the ck out along with her manager standing besides her explained to my husband that our meal was already taken care of.

As we both looked confused and a bit shocked, my husband asked who paid for our meal. We were told it was a man in the corner of the resturant sitting in a booth.

Well, my husband assumed he knew the guy, since he does so much business with so many ppl and all, so over he goes to the mans table to thank him for his generousity right-

turns out we had NO idea who this thin man in his late 50's was who actually bought dinner for everyone who was lucky enough to be eating at Furrs that time of day.

The man told the manager that he will pay for everyones meal until he left the resturant that evening.

I was touched to tears! :

Answer 1

In keeping with the theme that if you do it, talking about your own acts reduces the RAK level........

I was on a business trip in Chicago and it was COLD! Myself and two associates walked by an apparently homeless man who was trying to raise some $'s for a local flop house. One of my peers stopped and gave him some money then the other stopped and gave him a $20 - enough to cover the night.

Another business trip in cold Chicago again, I lost my belt to my coat and went to the hotel lost and found along with a friend who had lost her scarf the night before. They couldn't find my belt but they found her scarf and insisted that a pair of gloves were hers as well. They were not. The security dude refused to put them back in the locker, so she took them and said she would find a home for them. We were a block away from the hotel when she passed by a homeless woman who had no gloves. The gloves had found their new owner.

My parents took a neighbor of my sister's as their own. The woman was terminally ill and scraping to make ends met for herself and her son. They purchased groceries, took her special meals for special occassions (holidays, birthday) and gave gifts as well. Not only did they provide some life basic support, they provided a genuine concern and care for her as a person.

My sister and brother-in-law do random acts all the time for strangers or people that they know. They are very self-effacing and would not like all the detail of their good deeds to be known.

I am fortunate to be surrounded with all of these people, their presence is a random act of kindness to me on a daily basis.

Answer 2

Thank you for such a positive question in this cynical and selfish world in which we live.

Earlier this year I was able to donate part of my body to the victim of an accident.

A man had crashed his motorcycle and suffered terrible injuries to his pelvis and buttocks. During an operation, a team of surgeons removed his haemaroids.

Fortunately I was in hospital at the same time for something unrelated and the surgeons transplanted my haemaroids onto the victim. They took well.

The successful operation has meant that this fellow can go home with brand new piles.

I felt just great giving unselfishly.

Answer 3

Recently I was at the grocery store, a mother with three young children were ahead of me checking out. Her groceries were all rung up and she then discovered she was about $10.00 short. She was obviously embarassed. She then began to look for stuff she could do without, before she could do that, I put a ten dollar bill on the counter and told the cashier to finish ringing out the sale. The woman was speechless! Oh, and I got the change.

Answer 4

Yes. A few guys were setting up the 'portable' game of Three Card Monte, a deceitful suckers' game in a touristy area. You can't possibly win but if you play you WILL lose money, sometimes a lot. I do not like this little card game cheating innocent (yet semi-greedy) people. I told the cops about a block away and they nabbed the robbers!

Answer 5

Just the other day I was on the road waiting my turn to go on the expressway when I saw a Man with one leg with a sign asking for $$...he was on a crutch going down the line & no one was giving him a dime....I pulled up and gave him a $20 dollar bill and a cold water I had with me.I got beeped at for pausing at light but who cares!! My kids were with me at time and said: Dad its Great that You are so nice to people who deserve it....Im proud to be your kid....this was worth the BS I got from passerbys..also the Man was blessing me as I went on my way!!! Great RAK!!!

Answer 6

I used to sponsor 2 kids through Plan USA but unfortunately I had to discontinue due to relocation out of USA. Now that I am back, I intend to do it again.

I always wanted to do something for girl children from poorer nations, especially Africa and Asia, where most of the poorest of the poor reside and have not much access to clean water, sanitary conditions and a roof over their head or enough food to eat.

I got to sponsor a little Vietnamese girl who wanted to be a doctor when she grew up and a adolescent girl from Burkina Faso who was enrolled in an Adult Literacy program. It was about $20 per month per person and we (my husband and I) realised if we cannot spare even that much for 2 kids, we should feel ashamed of ourselves.

I was introduced to this by my grandmother (who was an active volunteer for Save the Childrens Fund in India). I am also planning to introduce my kids to my new sponsored kids and ask them to exchange drawings/ gifts to inspire my kids to do it all over again.

A little something to give the world hat gives you so much.........

Answer 7

An indigenous woman on the property next to mine had a baby girl two months ago on her dirt floor. The nights in these mountains of Central America are getting really cool. A dear friend of mine who is dying in Tucson made a blanket for me last year. This morning I gave it to the woman for her baby who was in only a worn cloth. The blanket meant a lot to me, but was more important to see the baby kept warm.

Answer 8

I work for a local grocery store which, aside from being the cheapest store close by (in prices), I also get a fairly good discount at. In the interest of helping to cut costs at least a little, for my childrens' schools, I have recently contacted said schools and made a schoolwide offer for them to enable me to use said discounts toward the purchases of classroom, event and every day needed items for them. I have provided what I have as a resource to them to help them save money so that said savings can go toward something I can not help with. I have also donated tons of books to their libraries and two sets of VERY OLD encyclopedias that were my great-grandmothers when she was in grade school in early 1920's. Copywrite 1880. She meant everything to me and it killed me when she died but during her long life, I was her number one priority and so was my education. What better way to honor someone you love so much than to share something like this of her that is useful in helping so many others. I could have sold them to a collector for double didgets but chose to something far more valuable with them.

Answer 9

One time I was in a really poor area of Shanghai, China and a woman sent her child to me to beg for money. I gave him 100 YUAN ($12) which is actually ALOT of money if your poor there. Enough to eat for about half a month.

Answer 10

Yes< I stoped and changed a flat tire for an ole guy today, he was just setting half on and half off the road.someones dad,mine is gone so,it felt good to just help the ole guy.I'm 61 myself..