Smiles to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Hope for baby Dana

Hello Smilers!

 

I have some great news today! I told everyone in my previous posts that I have been attempting to contact hospitals and schools across the country to try to get others involved in handing out our smiles. I have received a very excited email from the marketing manager at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. On the week of May 10^th-16^th they are celebrating hospital week and would love to incorporate putting out smiles into their celebration! Our dear friend Hilary wants to put out the smiles and even write about and take pictures of the people who receive them. She even plans on trying to get them to post to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/somewhereoutthereproject) about what the token meant to them. This is very exciting for me and I can’t wait to go home tonight and start making some smiles for Vermont!

 

This week for my kindness story I would like to focus on a member of my online ‘family’. For those of you who do not know this about me, I play World of Warcraft online avidly. I am a part of a very large guild and we have a huge community. This week we found out that one of our members was in need of some help. Our friend Neil has a 3 month old daughter who has suffered from cardiac arrest. Right now, Dana’s parents are not working in order to stay by her side while she is in the hospital. In order to help them pay for expenses during this trying time we have set up a fundraiser for them. If you want more information on it please go to www.gofundme.com/HopeFundforDana. We appreciate any help and support offered!

 

That’s all for today smilers! Soon I will post some photos of the smiles that will be making their way to Vermont! Keep smiling!

Places, Places Everywhere!

Welcome Smilers! I’d like to start showcasing acts of kindness here on my blog in the hopes that they will inspire some of us smilers to find new ideas to spread kindness. 

Today I would like to tell you about a sandwich shop in Oklahoma City. The owner of PB Jams recently noticed that it seemed like someone was taking food out of the dumpster at the restaurant. In a great act of kindness she posted a sign that said she would give a free sandwich and some veggies to whomever asked for them. Shortly after, Ashley’s good deed went viral. The response prompted Ashley to start the #Sharethenuts campaign where her customers can purchase extra meals and are given a nut shaped paper to post on the wall. Any customers can come in and redeem those nuts for a free meal. Ashley’s business is growing steadily because of the attention her good deeds are getting. I think it is great to know that there are still business owners out there who want to spread kindness and that they will be rewarded for it. Salute to you Ashley! As for our project today, I have been trying to find new and creative places to place our smiles. Lately I have been putting them around works of art, which I think is really neat.

I love all the support the project is getting from various places and it would be awesome to see that support here on this blog. If you’ve come to read this today then I am sure you know what the power of one small act of kindness can do. Please comment on my blog and let me know if you have a good idea of a place where our smile tokens should be put out!

Spread Positivity!

Hello smilers! I trust you are all having an awesome day and sharing kindness everywhere you go! 

 

I spoke last week about getting our smiles out there, and I have contacted a few places (hospitals and schools) so hopefully I will hear back from them soon. 

 

Today I just wanted to ask some of you a quick question, what message would you put on your smile? I try to make sure it is only one word, and I have come up with some great positive ones, but I am sure you guys could come up with some as well. Some of the examples I have used in the past are ‘Kindness, Happiness, Life, Love, Hope, Success, Motivation, Determination…etc.’ If you found a token what message would have the greatest impact on you? What is you ‘Somewhere Out There’?

 

Thanks all and can’t wait to get some new ideas going!

Let's Share Some Smiles!

Welcome back Smilers!

 

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately considering how to grow the project in order to reach more people with our smiles. I have decided that I need to add a new focus to the project. While I always enjoy sharing smiles wherever I can, I want to make certain others get to share some smiles as well.

 

Since the beginning of the project I have tried to reach out anywhere I can in order to help share smiles where they are most needed. I shipped smiles out to the Children’s Hospital here in Madison, WI, as well as shipping out some smiles to FSU shortly after the tragic shooting (faculty told me they would be happy to put them out for students to find). I was hoping to get photos on these occasions but alas, I did not. While that was a bit disappointing, I don’t think it should stop me from continuing to reach out to others. To that end, I may try contacting some more hospitals, but I also wanted to open up this discussion to my Smilers! Do you have any ideas you think would help us get some smiles out to those who might need it today? Visit the website if you want a better idea of what we have done so far (www.somewhereoutthereproject.com). Comment and let me know!