A Kind Hart in America

In February of 2014, my family and I traveled 20 states in only 18 days, and committed 1,679 acts of kindness! My goal was to prove that America is truly beautiful and every act of kindness matters.

The states we visited were:

1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. South Carolina
4. North Carolina
5. Virginia
6. West Virginia
7. Ohio
8. Indiana
9. Illinois
10. Missouri
11. Kansas
12. Iowa
13. Nebraska
14. Colorado
15. New Mexico
16. Texas
17. Oklahoma
18. Louisiana
19. Mississippi
20. Alabama

Our 1,679 Acts of Kindness:

1: Donation to Pet Smart Charities
2: Payed for someone's beach parking
3: Gave $10 gift card to the guy behind me at 5 Guys
4: $20 Tip for hotel housekeeper
5-16:  Hand out 10 bags of candy to strangers
17-116: 100 Free Wishes left at a fountain
117: Helped a guy pick out hot cocoa for his wife
118-133: Passed out 15 boxes of hot cocoa on a cold snowy day
134-148: Quarters in 15 'gumball' machines
149-193: 45 Thank you notes for Soldiers
194-229: 36 goody bags for seniors at Hillcrest Nursing Home
230-240: 10 candy bags to McDonald's crew.
241: Said a prayer for those driving in a snow storm in Virginia
242-245: Payed tolls for drivers behind me
246-310: Delivered 65 candy bags to people working on a snowy day
311-321: Completed 11 Customers satisfaction surveys
322-386: 65 Valentine Gifts for Foster Kids
387-470: 84 Flowers on Veteran's Graves
471: Visited a Friend
472-486: 14 Lottery scratch offs left on gas pumps
487-496: Backed 10 Kickstarters
497-842: Tell 346 Strangers they are beautiful
843: Bought some guy's dinner
844- 879: Donated 36 baby items to a Crisis Pregnancy Center
880-889: 10 hidden Starbucks Cards hidden in library books
890-949: 60 sticky notes of inspiration
950: Donation to The National Parks Service
951-975: 25 "good vibrations" CDs left of cars
976-978: Supported a local school by buying 2 boxes of chocolate and making a donation
979: Donated Snacks to Fire Fighters
980: Donated Snacks to staff at Myriad Botanical Gardens
981-1,520: Picked up 540 pieces of litter
1,521: Bought a "homeless man" a happy meal
1,522-1,551: 30 McDonald's Sandwiches to Cops
1,552-1,652: Donated 35 toiletry items and 65 food items to a Community Action Center
1,653-1,677: Handed out 25 Mardi Gras Motivational Beads for LSMSA's Eagle Wings Club
1,678: Gave food to some hungry travelers
1,679: Payed one final toll for the car behind me

Links to blog post from the trip:
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-one.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-2-savannah-georgia.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-3-manning-south-carolina.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-four-north-carolina-virginia-and.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-5-charleston-west-virgina-buckeye.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-6-columbus-ohio.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-7-marion-indiana.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-8-bloomington-illinois.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-9-missouri.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/yesterday-was-big-day.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/days-11-and-12-colorado-and-new-mexico.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-13-14-texas-and-oklahoma.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/day-15-16-and-some-of-17-natchitoches.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/02/days-17-18-louisiana-mississippi.html
http://i-am-kind.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-final-count.html

Below are some photographs from our journey! Enjoy :)

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