Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Save The Pants!


--by KindMyst, posted Apr 4, 2018
Yesterday when I was at one of my schools a parent that just enrolled her child in PreK was looking for a uniform for her daughter. The school nurse has uniform donations she can distribute.

As she was looking for the right size of pants she pulls out a pair of pants and she notices it is missing a button. Without hesitation, she throws the pants In garbage. I did not see anything wrong with the pants and I could not contain myself. I reached into the garbage and pulled the pants out. I examined the pants and they were in good shape except for the button that was missing and the button hole was unraveled.

I told the nurse I would fix the button part and I would return the pants in the school mail. The pants still have good service in front of them. I must say that I surprised myself to unabashedly go reach in the trash can and in front of people.
 
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lindariebel wrote: Hurray for you! Our throwaway society is killing the earth.
splain wrote: Good on you. I would have done the same. I am surprised at her throwing the pants out. You should be proud of yourself in doing what you did. Your actions might make the nurse think twice about her actions.
mindyjourney wrote: Thank you for leading the way with your senstible reach into makine a difference, just by sewing on a button! Well done :)
seamar67 wrote: Small act done with great love. Thank you :)
TC wrote: So often things that still have purpose get put in the trash. So good of you to see what was needed and acted upon it. Thank you for this act of kindness.
mish wrote: You done good!! Bravo 👍
savraj wrote: Yeah! Good job! And now those pants will get another life!!!
RoseMarie wrote: Isn't it great your kindness instinct took over 😊 x 💓
kjoyw wrote: What a wonderful example you showed to others by reaching into that trash can and announcing to all who could hear that you would fix them and return them! You planted a crop of kindness seeds that day! Well done?
terre wrote: Thank you for saving those pants! Of course they have more life and someone will truly appreciate them.

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