Do One Nice Thing

Posted by Harmony

That is what the website doonenicething.com is encouraging us to do - every Monday. The creators of the website want you to start your week off right by doing one nice thing for someone else. It does come with a disclaimer:

WARNING: DOING ONE NICE THING CAN BE HABIT-FORMING. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Debbie Tenzer, the founder of Do One Nice Thing started the trend in June 2005 that is now practiced every Monday in 43 different countires. She started it as a way to get rid of the Monday blahs and look at how many people have benefited because of it:

- Thousands of packages of school supplies have been sent to U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, who give them to local children so they can study.

- More than 5,500 hand-made cards have cheered hospitalized children in Los Angeles, Oakland, Seattle, Memphis, Boston, St. Louis, Houston, New York, Miami, Detroit, Tucson, Jerusalem, KwaZulu Natal (South Africa) and Rwanda.

- Hundreds of toys, games and art kits have been given to families living in homeless shelters.

- Thousands of emails, Girl Scout cookies and valentines have been sent to American service members.

- Hundreds of books have been given to schools, libraries and children's hospitals.

- Numerous people registered to become organ donors.

- Tens of thousands of cans of food, frozen turkeys, packages of pasta and other food items were donated to food banks for Thanksgiving and throughout the year.

- Hundreds of dolls, games, and other holiday gifts were donated for seriously ill children.

On the website, browse ideas for your one nice thing, read profiles of other participants, or share your own ideas.

If you decide to join or just do one nice thing, come back and let us know what you did! Make it a family affair, let the kids get involved and teach them what it means to do good things for others.

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