#26Acts of kindness movement grows as feel-good trend goes viral after Newtown (Photo: Rock Center) At the Newtown General Store in Connecticut, Pete Leone has been inundated with calls from around the country, including one from Elizabeth Glass of Annapolis, Maryland. The mother of a student in first grade, Glass called to offer a gift of coffee to Newtown residents. Her call is part of a massive, unexpected wave of goodwill that began online last weekend with a simple idea: “Imagine if we all committed 20 acts of kindness to honor the lost children of Newtown.” Read the complete story.
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#26Acts of kindness movement grows as feel-good trend goes viral after Newtown

(Photo: Rock Center)

At the Newtown General Store in Connecticut, Pete Leone has been inundated with calls from around the country, including one from Elizabeth Glass of Annapolis, Maryland.

The mother of a student in first grade, Glass called to offer a gift of coffee to Newtown residents. Her call is part of a massive, unexpected wave of goodwill that began online last weekend with a simple idea: “Imagine if we all committed 20 acts of kindness to honor the lost children of Newtown.”

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Inspired to spread the word, man’s #26Acts Facebook effort goes viral (Photo Courtesy Warren Tidwell) On the day of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Warren Tidwell came home early from work because he wasn’t feeling well. As he watched the story unfold on TV, his heartwrenching feeling only worsened. “I had to do something,” the 34-year-old auto parts salesman told NBC News. He logged onto Facebook and within minutes had started a new page: 26 Acts of Kindness. Read the complete story.
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Inspired to spread the word, man’s #26Acts Facebook effort goes viral

(Photo Courtesy Warren Tidwell)

On the day of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Warren Tidwell came home early from work because he wasn’t feeling well. As he watched the story unfold on TV, his heartwrenching feeling only worsened. “I had to do something,” the 34-year-old auto parts salesman told NBC News. He logged onto Facebook and within minutes had started a new page: 26 Acts of Kindness.

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T-shirt fundraiser for Colorado wildfire relief takes off COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When the wind pushed the Waldo Canyon blaze over the crest of the mountains toward this community one week ago, young business owners and designers here set out to raise money for the victims. “There was a real feeling of helplessness,” says one of the initiators, Tucker Wannamaker, who owns a small marketing firm. “You just wanted to do something.” Read the complete story.
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T-shirt fundraiser for Colorado wildfire relief takes off

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When the wind pushed the Waldo Canyon blaze over the crest of the mountains toward this community one week ago, young business owners and designers here set out to raise money for the victims.

“There was a real feeling of helplessness,” says one of the initiators, Tucker Wannamaker, who owns a small marketing firm. “You just wanted to do something.”

Read the complete story.

Source: MSN

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