Cups of Kindness Countdown: This and That

By fromskilledhands ( December 4, 2008 at 11:26 pm) · Filed under Art, Caring, Christmas, Christmas in Peninsula, Collecting, Community, Cups of Kindness, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, Donating, Helping, Love, Passing it Forward, Peninsula

Elves

I had fully intended to write about Cups of Kindness and Christmas in Peninsula. And my Wordless Wednesday was just that: wordless.

We’ve been working hard preparing for Cups of Kindness. I am very excited about it—-when I’m not terrified. I have envisioned this for a very long time, and seeing it to fruition when the need is so great is an amazing thing. Kindness is all around us—we just need to take the time to open our hearts to receive it.

The generosity of our community is a wonderful thing. The cyber-community has opened its hearts and spread the word. Amy at Knit Think sent a lovely donation of a cup, some hot chocolate and 2 beautiful cloths with a cup in the middle of each that she knitted. (I apologize for the quality of the photo.)

Amy's

Judy Merrill Larsen emailed me and offered to send a a couple of signed copies of her beautiful book, All the Numbers. My incredible community of bloggers has helped spread the word. I was trying to list everyone and link to their blogs, but I am too tired—-you know who you are and you have my gratitude and my love.

We now have 74 artists who have donated 164 pieces of artwork to benefit the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.

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Yesterday, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad ran a special train of their popular Polar Express. Their passengers were kids with a variety of special needs. Volunteers elves and others came to greet the train and wave to the children as they entered the North Pole.
North

volunteer

elves

We constantly prove the Power of One. Keep your eyes open. You’ll see it all around you. And you can pass it forward.

Remember: every dollar raised provides 7 nutritious meals.


Cups Of Kindness

Friends and neighbors helping each other.

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4 comments »

  1. Larramie said,

    December 5, 2008 @ 1:23 am

    Here’s to you, Debra, and everyone involved with Cups of Kindness. Cheers to a spectacular opening!

  2. Jane D said,

    December 5, 2008 @ 7:32 am

    All the very best for such a brilliant idea and I hope it works fantastically. Good on you Debra. Jane x

  3. Amy said,

    December 5, 2008 @ 11:35 am

    Here’s hoping for huge success!

  4. Eryl Shields said,

    December 6, 2008 @ 1:57 pm

    I have finally got round to putting the Cups of Kindness website on my sidebar, it can take me a while to realise the best way to go about something, hope it’s not too late. Best of luck, X

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