Freedom Park in Naples, Florida is one of the newer parks specifically meant for honoring veterans and the liberties and freedoms they protect. There was a banner hanging ceremony to honor a few Collier County residents who are veterans. It was a very proud moment for these individuals.
What an honor it was to welcome back 70 World War II veterans from their Honor Flight to Washington DC.
These men and women spent a very full day traveling to the World War II Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial and Arlington Cemetery in Washington, DC. Over 1,000 people were on hand to welcome these heroes back to Southwest Florida. All of them had smiles on their faces from the memories of the day.
Thank you to everyone who made this day possible for these veterans.
70 World War II veterans will leave on a day long trip to Washington DC to view the World War II Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial and visit Arlington National Cemetery. They will arrive back in Southwest Florida tomorrow night where a very large crowd will gather to welcome them back. What an honor this will be to meet these heroes.
If you are a teacher, parent, counselor or principal of a school please contact me regarding our personalized videos to congratulate the students at your school. I will create a short video with Bogart mentioning your school and the acts of kindness that are being done during the course of this school year.
The videos are free for the asking. It is so important to inspire children to be kind.
For the past two weeks I have been putting together an itinerary for my 1,600 mile ride/drive around the perimeter of Florida to honor veterans. This 27 day long journey will take me to 35 cities where I will visit veterans hospitals, veterans nursing facilities, veteran cemeteries, various veteran groups, VFW’s, American Legions, etc…
This ride will begin on November 10 eve of Veterans Day from Naples Florida and will return on December 7 Pearl Harbor day. The ride is to honor the bravery and sacrifices of all veterans.
Please help us spread our message of a Goal of Kindness to schoolchildren across the country. Your donations are crucial to making this a reality.
Mail donations to:
One Million Acts Of Kindness
PO Box 770054
Lakewood, OH 44107
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Bogart is my travel companion on The Kindness Bus Tour for the next ten years. We will be on the road traveling to campuses across the country. Bogart is a eight year old Boston Terrier. He is a great people dog... he loves meeting new people. I am Bogart's fourth owner in his short 8 years of life... Not because of him but because his three previous owner's lifestyles changed after they took him in... Lucky for me!! Bogart is the luckiest, most spoiled dog on the face of the earth. He loves the bus and he loves to travel. Please come and visit him when we are on your campus.
The Blue Bird Corporation donated this amazing bus to One Million Acts of Kindness, allowing us the continue this initiative. It has been painted to closely resemble the original Kindness Bus. It will last well beyond the ten years of this mission. A very big thank you to Blue Bird from Bob Votruba and Bogart too!!
The original Kindness bus has been donated to a professor at Virginia Tech who will use it on campus and at schools in the Blacksburg area. The Kindness Bus will continue to inspire and comfort residents, students and visitors in that area for years to come.
One Million Acts Of Kindness is a goal. A goal for each person to individually perform One Million Acts Of Kindness in their life. Can you imagine a greater goal for one's life? It is a constant mind-set of kindness every day of your life for the next fifty-five years. Doing for others and kindness in your heart for everyone. It is my wish that you will dedicate your life to a charity... finding the passion in your heart for something or someone in need.
As a father of three college age kids I am concerned for the world in which all kids will live. A great way to create a safer, more caring world is for everyone to start their lifetime goal of One Million Acts Of Kindness. So I bought a bus, had about sixty family members, friends and neighbors help paint it and began a ten year journey with my Boston Terrier, Bogart, to college campuses across the country hoping to convince as many of you as possible about this much needed movement for this world. I love you guys too much to sit back and not do anything about this. Let's start a kindness movement in this country today to change the direction this world is headed!! You are the change that this world needs.
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