Stories of Kindness from Around the World

Happy Holidays!


--by cabbage, posted Feb 9, 2025
Nominated a colleague for a college-wide award and was so happy when we found out that she got it! She had no idea :-)

Brought lunch for my office-mate who was teaching back-to-back classes all day on his birthday, and surprised him with treats from a college holiday party. Wrote "Happy Birthday" on his classroom whiteboard and told his students to wish him---and then I could hear them singing Happy Birthday to him from the next classroom---that made my day! Apparently he was very touched by the group singing to him.

A former student who took my class 14 years ago is now a faculty member (assistant prof) in our department and will be starting in January---just saw him and we had a beautiful conversation and hug! He is amazing and it just made my day.

A neighbor gave me toiletry bags from flight which were really nice--warm socks, etc. and I knew exactly where to give them so they can be used by people who need them...took them to the soup kitchen on Saturday

Baked biscotti and gingerbread cookies to give to neighbors and friends, and more to give away on a trip we are taking soon.

Sent letter to our legislators to advocate for higher education state funding--and shared the letter with others to help get the word out about drastic budget cuts and the impact they will have on our most vulnerable students

A friend is collecting for gifts for incarcerated juveniles, so I will donate gift card for that project.

Gave appreciation to family members for all the little things they do to help out.

Checked in on a few different folks who live far away to see how they are doing.
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Readers Comments

Mish wrote: An awesome array of kindness, dear cabbage. Bless 🙏❤️ And how cool to now have a former student of yours as a faculty member!
pluto178 wrote: Amazing well done x
janfour wrote: terrific kindness all around!!
Rajni wrote: It looks you are kindness wholesaler with variety of kindness projects. You are doing very good job that definitely gets you A+. May others get inspired.
cheeka wrote: Lovely, lovely, lovely. Thanks
DANCE wrote: wow, lots of inspiring kindness, thank you
adot wrote: Rockin l :) ans kindness
Joy wrote: Cabbage, making a difference one ear dropping at a time. Classic
Padford-rookie wrote: Thanks to ms becket efforts in literature and popcorn making and for moving on and not just collecting a pay check to not pay insurance. Outstanding dick team efforts and what fine community efforts she leads. Wow. Bravo bravo bravo, one more bravo. Lol

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