Category Archives: homeless children

Actress Rooney Mara ~ Humanitarian Kindness

After traveling to Kenya as a volunteer in 2006, Rooney Mara made a humanitarian decision to help the children she worked with by founding a charity in 2007, Faces of Kibera.  She returned several times; while there, Faces of Kibera and the Uweza … Continue reading

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KIND Snacks–being Kind Again!

WHAT AND WHEN:  From now until September 4th, Do the KIND Thing is challenging people to go out of their way to make someone feel special – this could be calling a loved one or sending someone a card or email to … Continue reading

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Shelter and Love, Sequin Style

My eldest daughter’s friend was kicked out of her house, I offered our home to her; she is now staying with us until she gets her own place. CF – Student, Nashua Community College

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Celebrities are doing the “Kind Thing”

Actresses and mothers Tiffani Thiessen (“White Collar”) and Elisabeth Röhm (“Law & Order”) today issued a nationwide call for kindness in support of Baby Buggy®, a non-profit organization founded in 2001 dedicated to providing families in need with essential equipment, products, … Continue reading

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Boy Passes Sequins To His Grandmother

12 year old, Noah Lamaide, from Stevens Point, Wisconsin felt it wasn’t right that his Grandmother, who has fostered hundreds of children over the years, was about to loose her home to foreclosure.  Janice owed $10,500 and had one month … Continue reading

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Sequins of Shoes

*Starting December 27th, Do the KIND Thing will be challenging people to do the following act of kindness: do a small favor of your choosing for someone who has helped you take a big step in life. *If-and-only-if enough people pledge … Continue reading

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Spanish Sequins

I taught someone Spanish! ~ Student, UMass Lowell

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KIND Healthy Snacks & Holiday Sequins

  Every month, Do the KIND Thing challenges its community to do one act of kindness for someone else.  If enough people sign up to do so at KINDmovement.com, the organization behind it (KIND) gives back in BIG ways to people who … Continue reading

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Homeless people need sequins.

I gave money to a homeless man. ~ UMass Lowell Student

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Hooray For Kind Teenagers!

I was selling raffle tickets for the Housing Assistance Corp. on Cape Cod one afternoon and we were raffling off a large wooden playhouse, and the money was to benefit homeless children on the Cape (1000 children are homeless or … Continue reading

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