Let's Get YOUR Journals Rolling!

Today is the last day to kick off your 30 day challenge!  (Not familiar?  Check this out: http://www.projectpositivity2013.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-challenge-for-you.html)

Kinda confused as to what I'm looking for?  Check out my grandma's journals!:

October

                9^th- I said nice things to my customers.

                10^th- I helped with youth group.

                11^th- I drove my recycling to my best friend’s house.

                12^th- I gave my empty pop cans to my friend’s friend.

                13^th- I put out some popcorn from work for the birds.

                14^th- I helped set up chairs for church.

                15^th- I drove a friend from church to the doctor because the drugs for the procedure makes a person a bit loopy.

                16^th- I fed the bird’s popcorn.

                17^th- I took a lot of pop tabs and education points to a nearby school and put them under my best friend’s grandson’s name.

                18^th- I recycled today.

                19^th- I gave my empty pop cans I get from work to my friend’s friend.

                20^th- When people complain about the newspaper I tell them there is good news in it.

                21^st- I started my mission project for animal rescue thru the church.

                22^nd- I fed the birds popcorn even though they always poop on my car.

                23^rd- I said happy birthday to my nephew on Facebook one day early.

                24^th- I took a couple things from work to add to my recycling.

                25^th- I recycled.

                26^th- I found out about the bag-2-bag program and took my plastic bags there.  http://www.projectpositivity2013.blogspot.com/2012/10/day-twenty-seven-bag-2-bag.html

                27^th- I fed the birds popcorn today.

                28^th- I set up chairs for church

                29^th- I found a couple quarters for a customer who is saving them.

                30^th- I left out some food for a stay cat in my neighborhood.

                31^st- I took my best friend to get a massage and lunch for her birthday.

 

November

                1^st- I took my recycling to a friend’s house.

                2^nd-I gave away empty pop cans so they can collect the money.

                3^rd- I left out food for the stray cat again.

                4^th- I helped set up chairs for church.

                5^th- I roasted a pheasant that was given to me and gave away half.

                6^th- I left some food out for a cat again.

                7^th- I had lunch with my pastor.

                8^th- I recycled.

                9^th- I told people about Project Positivity!

 

One or two sentences a day- It's THAT easy.

I strongly suggest telling me why you're positive act means something to you. (You recycled?  Awesome!  Tell me why it matters to you.)  However, it's not required.  Everyone journals different!

 

Remember!  For everyone who journals for a whole 30 days, I'll donate $10 to an approved charity of YOUR choice!

($500 max)

Day Thirty-one: Marks of Kindness

Today was the last day of the active part of this project.  Now, all I have left to do is research a few charities and spread the word about the journaling challenge I talked about at this link: http://www.projectpositivity2013.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-challenge-for-you.html. I also want to mention that I plan on doing a few more positive things for my community. I just won’t be blogging about them every day.

So what did I do for my very last day?  I wanted to go out with a bang.  I wanted to do something that really got people involved.  So, I made this poster!

I talked to classmates and asked a few teachers to tell their students about this.  And a lot of people responded!

 

 

 

Even the fifth graders I mentor for took part!

 

I would have had more entries, but the volleyball players had a game today and they didn’t want marks on their arms because of it.  But that’s okay!  I think my point was proven.

My point was this:

 

You do little things to make a difference every day. 

However, if we start making a conscious effort, WONDERFUL things are possible.

 

Day Thirty: Twitter Talk

So, because of this project, I’ve realized the impact the internet has on society.   Information is passed around so quickly!  It’s great!  And the things we can do with it…it is unimaginable!

I’ve tried to do things that are easy to do in your everyday life for this project.  I’m really trying to stress that making a big difference doesn’t have to be something incredibly time-consuming or noticeable.  It’s the little things that can add up to extraordinary things.

So today, I followed someone on Twitter.

Yes, I know how that sounds.  How could following someone on Twitter possibly be beneficial to the local or world community?  Let me explain.

@St0pChildAbuse, the Twitter handle I started following, has vowed to donate 5 cents to Love Our Children USA for every follower they get.  By clicking one button, I’ve helped a child in need.  And my good deed didn’t end there, but we’ll get into that later.

First, I want to tell you about this cause.  You see,

Three million children are victims of violence or neglect.

This number is 3x greater if you add the cases that haven’t been reported yet.

Every 10 seconds child abuse and neglect is reported.

5 children die every day because of abuse or neglect.

Love Our Children USA believes in stopping abuse and neglect by educating parents and creating programs that empower positive changes in things such as family attitudes and bullying prevention.

To sum it up:

“The goal of Love Our Children USA is keeping children safe and strengthening families.”

This is the last sentence of Love Our Children USA’s mission statement.  To learn more about this cause, go to www.loveourchildrenusa.org.



I wanted to get this cause as much help as I could.  So, once I followed @St0pChildAbuse, I made sure to tweet what I had just done.  I told my friends to retweet and follow this cause.  And I also tweeted some big people on Youtube about it.

As I’ve said in previous posts, I love watching Youtube beauty videos.  But we YouTube beauty gurus know that it’s what’s inside that counts.  I knew that if I asked, someone would help me spread the word about this.

Meghanrosette on Youtube has 169,994 subscribers and 32,380 Twitter followers.  And she retweeted my cause!  Think about it this way.  If only half of her Twitter followers follow @St0pChildAbuse, that’s $809.50 right there.  And think about her followers that also retweeted.  And the followers of the ones that retweeted Megan’s followers!

(**Since posted, Alexxandraaxo, with 14,974 Twitter followers, has also retweeted my cause!**)

I know that that’s a confusing mesh of words, but just trust me.  That’s a lot of people.

So get involved and get everyone you know involved too.

 

We can keep ALL children safe. Together.

Day Twenty-Nine: “Just Because” Flowers

I’ve received flowers a lot in my life.  My best guy friend got me flowers for my birthday.  My boyfriend got me one for our one year anniversary.  My dad got me flowers one year before a Christmas concert.

But, I had no idea how hard it was to find flowers at 6 o’clock in evening in the fall!  Wal-Mart doesn’t sell any of the pretty ones anymore.  They only sell the autumn flowers with the intentional brown steams.

Those are pretty if you are trying to decorate your house.  But not good enough when you are trying to buy flowers for someone you care about.

I had no rhyme or reason to get flowers for my grandma today.  I just wanted to make her smile.  So, I tracked down the prettiest flowers I could, bought a vase, and made a beeline for her house.

I sat in her driveway for about five minutes, cutting the flowers to the perfect size and writing her a short, but sweet message.  Then, I sneaked into her house (It’s okay.  I have my grandma’s permission to sneak into her house!) hoping that she would be sleeping.

Turns out she was taking a nap on the couch.  I tried to be sneaky, tiptoeing into the kitchen, but it was no good.  She woke up and caught me red handed!

I inconspicuously walked to the counter with the flowers, making casual small-talk.

“So, who got you flowers?” my grandma asked.  I tried to dodge the question.

“I don’t know.  What are you up to?”

“Trying to sleep.  I have to work tonight.”  My grandma works night shifts, which was part of the reason I tried to be sneaky about getting the flowers inside the house.

“Oh!  Alright,” I said, making my way to her for a hug. “I love you!  Bye!”

At first, I could see that my grandma was kind of confused.  But as I walked out the door, I could see that she had a giant smile on her face as she looked at HER flowers!

Mission accomplished.

Day Twenty-Eight: Cupcakes and Pediatric Cancer

A few weeks ago, I was talking to my manager about random things- college, movies, favorite foods- and he mentioned to me that he loves carrot cake.  So, since today is payday, I decided to make some carrot cake cupcakes with buttercream frosting!

The first step was finding a good carrot cake cupcake recipe.  When it comes to baking, I don’t trust myself without one.  I headed to pinterest.com and within three minutes I had a fairly effortless recipe with easy -to-track-down ingredients.

I went to Wal-Mart, picked up the ingredients, and raced back home.  I love baking!

I had two problems while making these cupcakes.  For one, I needed three cups of grated carrots.  That means me, the most uncoordinated person you’ve ever met, had to sit down and rub carrots back and forth on really sharp cheese grater.  I did, in fact, grate my finger quite a few times.  Luckily, I had Angry Bird Band-Aids!

The next problem I encounter happened when I was ready to do the frosting.  I had all the ingredients, but instead of sixteen ounces of cream cheese, I only had one eight ounce package.  I called up my mom and she told me to just keep going.  The cupcakes would be fine.

And they were!

So, tomorrow, when I go into work to pick up my paycheck, I’ll drop off these cupcakes for my manager and co-workers.  Hopefully, I’ll make someone’s day!  If there is one thing I’ve learned about being a waitress is that your attitude really makes or breaks your night.  You can make some good money in tips if you are in a good mood!

J

The last thing I wanted to mention today was a video about Pediatric Cancer, http://www.causes.com/causes/789392-powering-the-possible/actions/1672930?utm_campaign=browse.   On this link, it is said that “pediatric cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death for children in the U.S. between the ages of 1-14.”  I know that I did a post on children’s cancer awareness earlier this month, but this issue is a big deal!  Watch the video and you will not only become informed about this kind of cancer, but Dell will donate one dollar to a pediatric cancer research center. Currently, $36,457 has been raised.  The goal is $50,000.

It literally takes 2 minutes and five seconds.  That’s it.

Please watch this video.  Every little bit helps.

Day Twenty-Seven: Bag-2-Bag(:

Today, before work, I gathered all of my plastic bags.

Sixty-three.

That’s the number of plastic bags I have at my house.  Why so many?  Yes, they are very useful, but I think any number over fifty is a little excessive.

I left my house fifteen minutes before I usually do and drove to the grocery store.  This particular grocery store has this barrel in the front entrance:

I stuffed all of the plastic bags into this barrel, and headed to work.  That's it.  I didn't even need the whole fifteen minutes I allowed myself for this positive act- it literally took two minutes to make a big difference.

So, you may be asking, what exactly is this barrel for?  Well first, let me introduce you to the company that provides the barrels: Hilex.

Hilex is the leading manufacturer of plastic bags.  Their goal is to set up a practical environmental program and product line to reduce consumers’ carbon footprints while they shop and to preserve natural resources.

To do this, Hilex set up the Bag-2-Bag program.  Plastic bags, retail bags, dry cleaning bags- they all end up in landfills.  Using the Bag-2-Bag program, the bags will go to a recycling plant to be turned into clean, new bags.

“Hilex wants to better utilize our natural resources and protect our environment. Bag-2-Bag® can help reduce waste and litter on our streets, waterways, and beaches.” –A quote from www.hilexpoly.com

Wanna know how it works?  Check this out:

If you are interested in taking two minutes out of your day to make a difference in the enviroment, gather all of your plastic bags and take them to any Bag-2-Bag location. 

This link, http://www.hilexpoly.com/about-us/our-locations, will take you to a list of Hilex locations. However, you not all locations are listed (like my town’s location!).  Also, you can recycle plastic bags in a lot of different places.  I know that JCPenny also has a recycling program.  AND!  You also have the option to reuse plastic bags if you don't want to recylce" them.

Everyone can make smart descions to help the enviroment. 

And if we work together, we can have a pristine environment for the coming generations!

Day Twenty-Six: Doing What You Can With What You Have

Today was another Saturday of marching band- only today, I got to sleep in until around 9ish and was back home at 12:30.

Unfortunately, even with the later start then last week, I woke up to a cold morning.  Under my band uniform was Under Armor tights, thick socks, and a thin T-shirt that was begging to become a full-out winter jacket.  In fact, my band director told me that when she got up today it was only 25 degrees!  And, as the day got later, it didn’t get much better- as I’m typing this, it is 47 degrees outside.

The best thing about our band director is that she lets us wear gloves.  I’m very glad- I was scared that my poor fingertips would freeze to my flute!  My gloves are the kind with the tips cut off, so you can see the top of your fingers.  They even have a magnetic flap that can unstick to wrap around your peeping fingertips like mittens.

Anyway, just before the parade my band director went around to all of the clarinets and told them that they can’t properly play with full gloves on.  I felt bad for them- having cold fingers won’t hurt them (the weather wasn’t THAT bad and it was only for a few blocks) but it sure won’t feel good!  As my band director got to a young clarinet player in my line to collect her gloves, I went over to them.

“Can she have my gloves?  They have the fingertips cut out.”

“That works for me,” said the band director “Do you want to switch gloves with Shay?”

The young clarinet player agreed, and we quickly switched gloves.

"Do what you can

with what you have

where you are.”

I’m not sure who said that quote, but I saw it on Pinterest once and it is the basis of today’s positive act.  I took what I had and did what I could with it.  Yes, I wish I could have helped all the clarinet players, but I didn’t have that many gloves!  

I think that this is a quote that we should live by.  We shouldn’t stress about things we can’t change. 

We should use what we have in this moment.

Day Twenty-Five: The Power of Words

Today, my positive acts started and ended my day.

First, when I got to school, I noticed one of my classmates was home sick.  A flashback of yesterday, 2^nd period, popped into my head- he didn’t look very healthy!

So, I thought I would make his day a little brighter!  I sent him a “get well soon” text message!  I wanted to do more, like send a picture of my beautiful shinning face or call him with a bunch of friends and put him on speaker phone.  Sadly, however, the first bell had rung, and I was in No-Cell-Phone territory!

The next positive act I want to tell you about was also in the form of words.  While I working as a waitress tonight, I noticed that a coworker of mine wasn’t his happy self.  I decided to get down to the bottom of it.

“May I ask you a personal question?”  I asked him as I scooped butter into portion cups.

“Sure” he replied.

“Is something wrong?  You seem kind of ticked off.”

“It’s just been one of those nights.”

I wanted to ask him a little bit more about it- see if there was any way I could make him feel better- but someone started talking to him about his table and he walked away.

I thought about that statement.  “It’s just been one of those nights.”  We’ve all had nights like that.  You are just ready for them to be over, so you can climb into your nice comfy bed and wake up to a better day. (They say the bridge between hope and despair is a good night’s sleep, you know.)

So, while I was walking to my car at the end of the night, I looked at this guy with the off day and said,

“Have a better day tomorrow, okay?"

He just nodded and said,

“I will.”

And he will.  I guarantee it.

Day Twenty-Four: A Good Morning, a Poster, and a Ride Home

Today I said “good morning” to three people, I don’t normally say “good morning” to.  I know, I know.  What a small, insignificant detail of my day- but think about it!  Saying good morning to someone means that you are acknowledging their presence.  You are showing them that they are important enough to be recognized.  

J

In August, a nearby town put on a play called “Footloose.”  Posters were tacked up all over the town.  When it was time to tear down the posters, my manager handed one to me.  He knows that cool little things like that make me really happy!

I was so pumped to have this poster!  I even worked with one of the actors!  I planned on having him sign the poster, then taping it to my wall in my bedroom.

I told one of my friends this plan.  She told me that she absolutely ADORED Footloose.  And at that moment, my wheels started turning.

Before I even started this blog, I wanted to have the actor that I work with sign it and give it to my friend.  She’d like it ten times more than I would- I haven’t even seen Footloose!  But sadly, the actor that I worked with quit.  And I haven’t seen him since.  So the poster has been sitting in my car since I got it.

Today, the same friend that loves Footloose needed a ride home.  I could have easily said no. I didn’t want to give her a ride home!  I wanted to go home and catch up on my beauty sleep.  But, when I have to make decisions like this, I always ask myself what I would want if I was in their shoes.  I ended up giving her a ride.

She lives quite a ways out of town, but I didn’t mind.  It made me feel good knowing that I was doing something for her.

And right before she got out of the car, I gave her the Footloose poster.

J

Day Twenty-Four: Respecting my Mother

Not many people know this, but I have family trouble.  The past year, specifically, has been really hard for me.  And boy!  The rumors I hear about my family just make everything harder.

I find that sometimes, anger gets build up inside of me.  And the person I take it out on the most is my mom.

Anything and everything about her ticks me off when I’m in that “let me be angry” stage.  And I know that it makes her really upset.  She only has one more year with her little girl before I leave for college and she’s on her own.

Today, for my positive act, I tried to respect her.  When I get in those angry stages, I just slam her with insults.  I can’t believe how disrespectful, ungrateful, and spiteful I get sometimes.  I know I need to change and treat her with value- because she is worth so much.

My mom and I were stuck in a car today for about an hour to get my senior pictures done.  I sincerely tried my best to be pleasant.  We talked like normal human beings instead of irate cats and dogs.  We laughed, debated about which lip and cheek color I should use for my photos, and, eventually, we even started singing to the radio together.

While I was getting my senior pictures taken I actually talked to my mother instead of ignoring her like I thought I would’ve.

And it felt good.

We are taught to treat others with respect, but we rarely think of our parents as people who also need to be respected.  Especially when a person is going through a hard time in the family.

I vow to make an effort to continue treating my mom with respect.

I want a stronger relationship with my mother.  Because, like I said…I only have one more year before I leave for college.

Day Twenty-Three: Being Informed

As a senior, I am required to take an American Government class.  And today, this class drove my positive act.

We were required to host a political forum for our district’s State Senate and House of Representative candidates today.  We asked questions that we thought of ourselves and each candidate came up and talked about said question for two minutes.

And I listened intently.

A few weeks ago, I registered to vote.  Voting is a right that I do not take lightly.  People have risked their lives for our right to voice our mind. We should exercise that right to honor these people. In fact, I find not voting almost disrespectful.

However, if you choose not to vote, that is your right as an American citizen as well.

One thing that I don’t find right at all is voting without being informed.  In fact, I’d rather you not vote at all then to just vote without knowing the facts.

This is why the political forum that our American Government class meant so much to me.

If you had the chance to change your state or country, why wouldn’t you?  With the right leadership, we are possible of such amazing things.

So, please, inform yourself about the issues and the candidates.

You have the RIGHT as an American to make a difference!

Day Twenty-Two: The Bully Text

"Ready for the bully challenge?  It's your 1st day back at school & every choice you make decides how your day ends.  Text SCHOOL to start."

 

In 2011, 1 in 5 high school students reported being bullied in their school.  Even more sad?  160,000 kids skip school EVERYDAY to avoid being bullied.

 

This is a huge statistic that I wanted to make sure I drew attention to for my senior project.  So, I got super excited when I found The Bully Text on dosomething.org. 

 

If you go to http://www.dosomething.org/bullytext and enter your phone number, dosomething.org will text you everyday senerios and options that you can choose.  Once you choose, you need to text back an answer and that choice affects how the story will end.  The website states that "the game is meant to put people in common bullying situations to show different ways to react and the realistic consequences of those decisions."

 

And it's honestly really entertaining and informative!

 

This game goes as long as you want it to, and you can stop playing anytime.  Also, it's completely free- only your standard messaging and data rates apply.

 

Once you enter your number and five of your friends' numbers, you'll be entered for a $2,000 schoolarship!  What can be better then that?

 

Will you stand up?



Day Twenty-One: Backrubs and Being a Listener

So, my boyfriend works really hard.  Yes, he slacks off at school, and no matter how hard I try to get him to study and do his homework, he doesn’t.  But he’s a hard worker otherwise.

He works for a farmer pretty much every day and he tears apart cars to sell scrap iron with his dad.  Not to mention all the side jobs he does for other people.  In fact, he’s so busy doing manual work that sometimes I need to go help him just to spend time with him.

Today is no exception.  So, for my positive act, I gave him a backrub.  Now, just to clarify- I HATE giving backrubs, but he LOVES them.  So, I thought I’d be nice!

Backrubs are relaxing and show people you care.

And you know what they say: treat others the way YOU want to be treated.

And who doesn’t like backrubs?

J

Another positive act I did today was gave a nice long hug and shoulder to cry on for someone sad.

Sometimes a listener is all someone needs to feel better.

Day Twenty: Representing My School

On a Saturday mornings, I like sleeping in.  After a long, hard five days of getting up at 7 in the morning, it’s a nice change of pace to sleep in until about 11 on Saturday.  It’s something I’ve always liked doing.

However, today, I got up at 7 o’clock, and made it to school by 7:30.  Why, you ask?  Because I had marching band.

Now, I don’t particularly enjoy marching band.  However, as a rule, if you are in band at my high school you have to march.  And that’s okay.  It takes approximately three days out of the entire school year to do.  So there aren’t any complaints here.

I was actually surprised how easy it was to get out of bed this morning.  Which is a good thing- it was a great way to start the day.   And I think that’s why it was so easy to represent my school today.

Whenever you go somewhere, you are a representation of something.  You represent yourself, your school, and your community.

After marching in a parade, we went to a buffet at Pizza Ranch.  And all of us kids were very respectful if I do say so myself.

For one, we weren’t greedy.  We only took what we knew we could eat, just like our band teacher instructed.

Next, we cleaned up after ourselves, stacking plates and glasses as neatly as possible, for the bus people.

And I’m not sure if anyone else did this or not, but I made sure to thank the workers at Pizza Ranch.  It was very nice of them to let us eat there and I wanted to make sure we could come back again.

(The food was really good, by the way.)

J

Time for some critical thinking on your part!

What do you represent when you go out into the world?

Day Nineteen: A Few Little Things(:

 “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”  --Arthur Conan Doyle

 

Today, I did a lot of little positive acts

The first one included a button.  I wrapped a button with paper and wrote “Free Hugs” on it.  Then, I walked around school and went to a football game with this pin on my shirt.

There are some real benefits to hugs, you know.  These include:

 

- Make someone feel accepted

- Relieve stress

-Improve your immne system

-Lower blood pressure

J

 

The next thing I did was make a bookmark for a stranger. I went to my American Literature class and walked to my desk.  On it was a book.

So, thinking I’d be nice, I made a bookmark!

I know I’d like it if someone saved my page.  And I’d REALLY like if I found a nice message in it.  And even now, I don’t know whose book that was.

JI started a trend today too.  I was at the football game at 5:45 to set up the concession stand, and my art teacher was there.  He gave me some calk.  And me, being a former cheerleader, decided to pump up the beaver spirit!  Look at my beautiful art work!

See?  I think these really got people excited!  I even drew a pink ribbon since today was the Cancer Awareness/Parents’ Night football game.  And the best part?  When I was done working concessions at the end of the night, the entire slab of pavement was covered in drawings!

J

My last positive act of the day involved Jena A.  (The A stands for awesome.)  She wanted me to walk her to her car when all everything in the concession stand was put away.  I decided that I could take five minutes and do that.  Why not?

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." --John Wooden

Day Eighteen: Donating Blood

Today's act of kindness didn't go as planned.  Which is okay, I think.  Not all acts of kindness go as planned.  But you know what they say:

 

It's the thought that counts.

 

Today, I went to a blood drive with the intention of giving a double!  A double amount of blood!  I would be helping so many people!  But, unfortunately, I have to be at least 5'5" and about 145 pounds to do that.  I'm a measly 5'3"  AND A HALF!  I will never be able to give a double, which makes me very sad.

 

But, anyway, I got called into do my interview about my health history.  After the lady was done taking my temperature, I asked the lady, "Does it matter that I have a cold?"

 

She looked at me and said, "Well, normally, I don't give blood unless I'm in good shape.  Otherwise I feel really rundown.  Do you still want to donate?"

 

I contemplated that for a good thirty seconds then decided to go on with the donation.  I'd rather sarific my stamina for someone who really needs the blood.

 

I responded, "No, I think I will be fine."  Then quickly added, "Do you think I can still give blood if I had Mono last May?  Since it's September now, that would be about six months, I believe."

 

The lady pondered for a moment, then walked around the confidentiality walls.  I heard the shuffling of paper.

 

A minute later, the lady came back around the corner.  "Sorry, hon.  The next time you would be able to donate will be at the end of October."

 

Well, that didn't go as planned...

 

But!  I still feel good about trying!  In fact!  The lady still gave me this oversized "super donar" shirt for stoppin in!

 

 

 

So why should YOU donate?

Here are some fast facts that may influence you to donate someday:

-Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood, which means more than 44,000 blood donations are needed every single day.

-More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year, and many of them will need blood.  In some cases, they may need it daily.

- One car accident victim may need as many as ONE HUNDRED pints of blood.

- One donatioon can actually SAVE up to three lives.

-Bood cannot be made.  It comes only from donors.

 

Still not completly convinced? 

Think about THESE facts:

-Donating is safe.  They always use a sterile needle.

-Donating is fast.  The actual process of giving blood only takes about ten to twelve minutes.

-You have enough blood!  The average adult has about 10 pints of blood in their body.  About 1 pint is given during the donation.

-All information given during the donation process is completely cofidential.

 

I STRONGLY suggest you donate blood.  Especially if you have an O Negative blood type (Sadly, I'm O POSITIVE!) because their blood can be universally transfused to all blood types.  Only seven percent of all the people in the United states have an O-negative blood type, but it is always needed.  In fact, this type of blood is used for emergencies, when the doctors don't have time to determine their blood type, such as car accidents.  Interesting stuff, huh?

 

So conquer that fear of needles, and make an appointment...TODAY!

(Unless you have Mono in the past 6 months...)

Someone in this world desperately needs YOUR help.

Day Seventeen: Volunteering to Babysit

Today’s positive act is a small one, but a kind one.  While my best friend was practicing her oral interp piece with our oral interp coach, I volunteered to watch her brother.

We played dominos together and I genuinely had a good time.

And as I was talking to my oral interp coach (who happens to be the teacher I mentor fifth grade for) before I left, she told me about how much of an influence I have on the elementary students

She told me about how this little boy was grumpy before I came into mentor earlier in the day and how happy he became once I left.

That is what this project is about.

Making people’s days brighter, by showing them someone cares.

If you show younger kids you care, they will grow up to care too.

You have no idea how much impact you have on someone, you know.  In fact, I plan on babysitting my boyfriend’s little sister here sometime soon.  I think we are incredibly overdue for a girls’ night, and I know that all she’s looking for is someone to show they care.

“No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my…idols brought me.” -- Shirley Manson