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Acts of Kindness
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Chí's
Martial Arts Joins National Random Acts of Kindness Program
What happens when each child taking martial arts lessons at two
thousand schools across America, with one hundred students each,
performs thirty random act of kindness in a single month? Six
million random acts of kindness! That’s the goal of a new
character development program spearheaded by the National
Association of Professional Martial Artists.
Local instructor, Charles Chí, owner and operator of
Chí's Martial Arts, has joined the program and believes it will
have a profound effect not only nationally, but right here in our
own town.
Charles Chí puts money in expired parking meters so
village residence don't get tickets
“Think globally, act locally. That’s the message I’m driving
home with my young students,” says Chí. “ We can make a
difference if each one of us does more. This is a brilliant way
for my students to turn the ideas of respect and kindness into
something they can do. It also fits perfectly into President
George Bush’s call for one million acts of kindness.”
County
Legislator David Bishop casts his vote for kindness
A random act of kindness is defined as a kind, respectful or
considerate act performed from one person to another without any
expectation of return, reward or recognition.
A random act of kindness could be dropping a quarter in someone’s
expired parking meter, sending a note telling someone how much
they are appreciated or putting a basket full of canned food on
the doorstep of someone in need.
Lindenhurst
Mayor Tom Brennan gives his endorsement for“Acts
of Kindness” Website in Tribute to 9/11
“If just seventy-five of my students do thirty acts of kindness
over the course of the next month, that’s 3750 acts of
kindness,” beams Chí. We’re going to encourage our kids to
begin at home, under the watchful eye of their parents.” Chí
says her young students are jumping into the idea with both feet.
“One of my kids brought his parents breakfast in bed and another
one cleaned his sister’s room without being asked. Our
school’s parents are ecstatic, to say the least.”
Assemblymen
Bob Sweeny is a firm believer in Acts of Kindness and pledges his
support
Children participating in the program log their random acts of
kindness in a journal and after accumulating 50 acts, they turn
the journal into their instructor for review. Children who
accumulate one thousand random acts of kindness are entered into
the “Kind Acts Hall of Fame.”
Every kind act counts, so
whether you say “hello” and smile at someone you might have
typically ignored, help someone out with something they’re
trying to accomplish, open a door for someone, or donate your time
to a good cause, RECORD IT.
From the simple gesture to
the profound and generous donation of time, energy, and resources,
EVERY KIND ACT COUNTS.
For Americans --and perhaps for most citizens
of the world --September 11, 2001 was a horrible, tragic day.
For many, it was something even beyond a tragedy; it was, to this
day, a nearly unbelievable event –and for some souls it changed
the very color of the sky, the smell of summer, and the sound of
laughter.
While still numb from the images and
ramifications of 9/11, many people sought to help each other. We
looked for something, anything, we could do. Perhaps the only
really good thing that came out of 9/11 is the kindness that
people showed each other following the event. A handful of men
found a way to destroy four airplanes, the twin towers, and the
lives of several thousand people, but they could not destroy our
spirit.
The ultimate tribute to 9/11, in our opinion,
would be to turn that horrific day into a tribute to the spirit of
America, indeed to the spirit of good that manifests itself in any
human being, regardless of what country they reside in.
For more information on the Random Acts of Kindness Program or
Chí's Martial Arts, contact Charles Chí at 631-957-1882.
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