Think Kindness

Think Kindness board meeting going on now. Mapping out our year of kindness.

Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012                                                          

Think Kindness Family Assistance Fund raises more than $40,000 for Air Race victims

Fund helps those in need after tragic accident

RENO, NEV. – Immediately following the tragic accident at the National Championship Air Races in September, Think Kindness, a local non-profit who seeks to encourage thousands across the country to inspire others through random acts of kindness, created a fund to help the victims and family members affected. Since that time, Think Kindness has managed to raise more than $40,000 that will be used towards living and medical expenses, home renovations and more.

“This past year has been a challenging one for northern Nevada but the incredible people of this community have been inspiring, optimistic and heroic,” said Brian Williams, founder of Think Kindness. “Their uplifting spirits have given us the encouragement to continue moving forward to help all of those affected by the terrible tragedy that occurred at one of our community’s most significant events.”

Over the past several months, Think Kindness has coordinated with Home Depot Foundation to remodel a home in Washington for one victim who has suffered from a severed right hand and crushed right leg and foot among other things. Additionally, the “Kindness Crew” has helped to coordinate two major fundraising events including the Nevada Day Governor’s Banquet which raised funds for the victims of the IHOP and National Championship Air Race tragedies. More projects are in the pipeline and Think Kindness expects to continue helping families through 2012.

To make a contribution to the Think Kindness Family Assistance Fund, visit any local Wells Fargo bank and reference routing number 582500507 and account number 3854301920. Donations can also be mailed to Think Kindness at 522 Lander Street, Reno, NV 89509 or made online at thinkkindness.org. All of the proceeds will support those who are in need of financial assistance for clothing, food and support services. All donations are eligible for a tax deduction.

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About Think Kindness

Think Kindness is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization that aims to inspire thousands from coast-to-coast to change the world through seemingly simple random acts of kindness. We’ve created several elementary, middle, high school and corporate programs that challenge individuals to “Change the World in 15 Days.” Each event draws everyone together for one common purpose, to make a difference. In addition to school challenges, the organization creates unique fundraising events that draw hundreds within the community to participate in a massive community act of kindness. To date, the organization has challenged over 58,992 students, documented over 203,235 acts of kindness, collected over 130,000 shoes for Soles4Souls, and received the 2009 Thornton Peace Prize for the impact on the nation’s youth.

2012 isn’t the year with Resolutions… But the year we live with a PURPOSE. #kindness #winning #fb

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VIDEO: Quick tour of our Lights of Kindness forest. All money raised goes to charity.

Lights of #Kindness Christmas Tree Decorating Contest - All for charity! Check it out:

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We are getting ready for the governor’s banquet at the grand Sierra resort.

Getting ready to the governors dinner.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

-Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

- BusinessWeek, 1998

“[Design is] not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

-The New York Times, 2003

“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”

- Stanford University commencement speech, 2005

“The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it into a nationwide communications network. We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people — as remarkable as the telephone.”

- Playboy, 1985

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Stewart being interviewed by @ktvn

Raising $1,000,000 for air race victims & families. Behind the scenes.

Today the Saint Mary’s Kindness Crew took on a challenge from NVEnergy to fill 1,201 backpacks full of food for local homeless children in the Washoe County, Nev. area. A unique kindness challenge between large organizations is starting to spark a new kind of ‘competition’ between large organizations. 

In the end, the children in the local community, benefit the most. 

JEWEL AND PANDORA INSPIRE ME…