The Great Kindness Challenge

Okay, I lied.  I'm posting today.  Only because I found out that today is the Great Kindness Challenge and I wanted you guys to know that!

Here's an article from the Star Tribune and the site to check out what you can do today!

The story of a 7 year old Wisconsin boy whose random act of kindness inspired others to do the same is burning up the internet.
It all started when young Joshua Thorson decided to put his $1 allowance on a random person's windshield with a note. 
Jim Pfifer found the money and the note, which read, "This is the dollar I made doing my chores and I wanted to do something speical with it, so I'm giving it to you.  God loves you.  My name is Joshua.  I'm 7 years old."
Touched, Pfifer donated the $1, along with $10 of his own to the YMCA's Strong Kids campaign.  Later, when he told the story at a fundraiser, donations totalling $3,000 poured in - all because of one child's generosity. 
Joshua's mother reportedly suggested after he cleaned his playroom that he give his allowance to someone else to learn a lesson about doing something nice without any expectations.
This weekend is a great time to do that.  Saturday (TODAY!) is the Great Kindness Challenge, presented by Kids for Peace.  For the day, the group hopes to get more than 1 million children around the world performing as many acts of kindness as possible from sunup to sundown.  The goal is to inspire children to a lifelong commitment to service and kindess.
The movement's website (http://www.greatkindnesschallenge.org/) even offers a Great Kindness Challenge Checklist, which features 50 acts of kindness to choose from and includes acts such as simply smiling at 25 people, donating food to a food shelter, having a lemonade stand to raise money for a good cause, picking up trash, or planting a tree.
As the site says, even the simplest acts can make a big difference in someone's life.  And kids just might be amazed at how fun it can be.

Go change the world! :)

K