Natalie's 9th birthday is Monday, July 25 and on August 12, we are doing a “9 Random Acts of Kindness” Birthday Party (9 for 9 years old!)"If you have much, give of your wealth; If you have little, give of your heart”
I can't take credit for this idea, as I was inspired to do this particular party from the following blog post I stumbled upon: http://theletteredcottage.net/sweet-party-ideas
I love birthdays. I love my friends and family and I love celebrating life. After a birthday, my very frugal father will always say, "Ya went a little overboard again didn't you?"
With inspiration from this blog post, Natalie and I have come up with 9 random acts of kindness that we have planned for the birthday party:
1) Donation/Volunteer at Safehomes (will check to see what they need)
2) Walk dogs and leave treats at Animal Shelter
3) Take homemade treats for the residents and staff at the nursing home
4) Take flowers to hospital and leave for the volunteers to give to patients who don't have flowers
5) Volunteer at Food Pantry (my mom does the Snack Packs for needy kids (they pack them at South Covington UMC) so she is going to show them what they do)
6) Stand outside Walmart and hand out free lollipops to kids (and young at heart!)
7) Place fliers under windshield wipers in Walmart Parking Lot that say “It’s Natalie’s 9th Birthday and we are celebrating by doing 9 random acts of kindness! Have a great day and pass on an act of kindness today!”
8) Go through the McDonald's drive thru and pay for the person behind us
9) Put change in all of the gumball machines and drink machines at the supermarket
When we return from our adventure, we will have birthday cake and food and watch this little diddy...
And then there is this scene from The Pursuit of Happyness makes me cry like a baby...
We will take plenty of pictures and shoot plenty of video during the day and it is my hope to make the girls a DVD of our pictures throughout the day and mail to them the following week. I’ll be sure to upload it on here for all of you to see as well!
I can’t wait to see the faces of giving…
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” ~Kahlil Gibran
P.S. Feel free to copy this idea and do your own random acts of kindess party!
UPDATE!!! Here is how the day went!
