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December 8th, 2009
Random Acts of Kindness, Yahoo! Style
Bob Hope once said, “If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” Truer words were seldom spoken. At Yahoo!, we strive not only to not be evil, we want to do a little good. That’s why, during this year’s season of sharing, we’ve launched the year-end giving campaign “You In?”. And without necessarily spending a dime.
Here’s how it works. First, go to kindness.yahoo.com and enter your random act of kindness. You might have dropped off a raincoat at a homeless shelter, or donated a sawbuck to fight breast cancer, or sent a holiday greeting card to a disabled veteran, or simply just remembered to say “happy holidays” to the bus driver. You get the idea. Once you’ve submitted your act, it will automatically appear on your Yahoo! Status and can be shared on your Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace pages. It will also be displayed on an interactive global map on the campaign’s website at kindness.yahoo.com. For example, your post might say, “I just helped an elderly person with a walker cross the street. You In?” and provide a link so others can join in and share their own acts of kindness. So get in, give well and ask others, “You In?” It’s a great way to give Scrooge the what-for during a tough season. To get you in the mood, here are a few more quotes from the great and good: “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”—Mark Twain “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”—Seneca “The more sympathy you give, the less you need.”—Malcolm S. Forbes —The Team (Special thanks to Quote Garden for the inspiring words above; image courtesy Ed Youdon via Flickr, CC 2.0) |
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“You In?” program encourages acts of good during the holiday season
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6. Arlan Berglas | December 10th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
That’s Acts of Kindness is in!
7. Arlan Berglas | December 10th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
We are so thrilled about this new website, we have highlighted it on our website http://www.aunitedworld.org/youin.asp
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9. aliyah | February 16th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
i helped my brother when he did not know what a homanim is and i told him what the definion is.he said ”thank you” i said ”you don’t have to say thank you i gust won’t to help you to understand the meaning of the word”.he smiled and i walked away.
10. aliyah | February 16th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
13 weeks ago my mom was sick she had a REALY BAD headache to were she was throghing up.i felt realy bad so i drow her a bunny that is saying ”get well soon”.with sprkely eyes and wile he was speeking he was eating a small carit.i gave it to her and she said” your the best drower ever”. ”you don’t have to say that although it’s true” i was braging so much i made my mom throgh up agin.when i saw my mom throgh up i slowly backed away then dashed out because when i see people throgh up i get a stale belie[it means i am about to through up].i was like a srvent to her that day.that is my true story by.
11. aliyah | February 24th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
When my friend came over to play the wii with me the tragitie happend.It all happend the next day after the mystery happend.my friend siad”do you have my keys”? I said”no I dont have your keys why”?she sid ”can you help me”?.I helped my friend find he keys.she still thought I had it but I did not.I fond it.I looked every were I finully found it under the pillow by my brother’s bed.ahely said ”you found it”.She gave me a penny. I said ”you don’t have to pay me just for finding a pare of keys”.She smiled and walked away.I was proud of what I did.So if your firend or family member lost something help them don’t just stand there help.
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