Kindness is Catching! Check out the action today:

• 2 more doors were held by the King of the Door Holders. When one wears SHORTS in DECEMBER, this is a sacrifice!

• The Kindness Kid and a Sweet Sister also got in on the Door Holding Action. Thanks for adding to our tally and for welcoming others in!

• Band equipment was set up and gym equipment was chased after. Glad nothing got away!

• Compliments abound! One for someone who needed it today, one for someone who's artistic efforts needed it, and a bunch from a Very Caring Math Teacher (Miss Johnson--your notes made a difference to us! We love you!).

• A student observed a Target employee (A former Calvin student!) going out of his way to assist another Target employee who has difficulty walking.

AND FINALLY,

A commendation from a teacher:
     "I noticed last week that Katie in 8th grade bought hot chocolate from Snack Shack for her classmates  instead of using her money to buy something larger just for herself."

A story from an Avail parent:

It was a struggle-bus-kind-of-day and I needed to run and get quite a few 
things for work. Went up to the register and a fun-looking young man was 
the cashier. After asking how my day was and hearing that it was a 
struggle-bus kind of day, he began to enter into a cheesy-philosophical-90s 
quote banter with me. Made me laughed sincerely in the middle of the store! 

It was a great gift that young man gave me that day.

Anh W.

And a word of wisdom from another Avail parent:

So often, taking time to stop and listen to someone's difficult day (or life experience) is an encouragement. A gift we can all learn to give and an act of kindness, too.

Regards,

Lisa