At a local church recently a Sunday school student’s name was randomly selected and she was given $50 in cash and assigned the enjoyable task of keeping the “random acts of kindness” tradition continuing. The student, along with her little sister decided to use the money to purchase ten $5 gift cards at the local Kwik Trip and give them out to people as they walked into the store. The results were heartwarming. The girls received mostly surprised looks followed by an enthusiastic “Thank You!!” One elderly lady blew kisses to the girls as she left the store; another lady said she would be sure to keep paying it forward. A gentleman accepted the gift card on the way in but then when he was leaving gave the girls a $10 dollar bill and told them to get themselves a treat. The girls did treat themselves by purchasing two additional gift cards to hand out to customers. This random act brightened the day for 12 unsuspecting individuals going about their routines and two sisters who shared the joy and uplifting power of doing nice things for people. My husband was a recipient of this wonderful act of kindness. It made his day.
Reported by Diane Alm
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