Mountain Media’s 26 Random Acts of Kindness

As many of you know, there is currently a nationwide trend to perform 26 random acts of kindness, 1 each day, in honor of the 26 victims of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy.

In our own effort to show our support for our east coast neighbors, as well as back a huge local effort organized by our very own Mamatoga to make this happen across our beautiful city of Saratoga Springs, NY, Mountain Media has decided to partake in our own 26 random acts of kindness.

Now, the three of us here in the Mountain Media marketing department that are spearheading our company’s efforts aren’t exactly rolling in the Benjamins – so we can’t make large donations to our favorite charities or pick up someone else’s restaurant tab on a whim or anything like that (although we sure do wish we could!). What we can do, though, is small acts that simply bring a smile to someone’s face and that will encourage them to “pay it forward” – and isn’t that what it’s really all about?

So we’ve enlisted the help of our entire staff to complete our 26 days of 26 random acts of kindness, and here’s what we have to share with you so far!

Wednesday, December 19: Act 1

As our first random act of kindness, Ashley, MacKenzie and I all took our lunch break to make the short drive over to Dunkin’ Donuts to purchase a Box O’ Joe to deliver to the construction workers next to our office building. We pass them every day on our walks to and from the office, and we always feel for them, always out there in the cold working like crazy to complete Saratoga’s new BowTie Cinema.

When we brought them the coffee, they were so pleasantly surprised that they didn’t know what to say to us. It was the greatest feeling ever, walking away after having wished them a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday, knowing that we had performed our first random act of kindness.

Thursday, December 20: Act 2

We’ve started off our kindness campaign on a bit of a coffee kick, as our second random act of kindness also involved delivering coffee. For this one, Ashley and MacKenzie took a stroll over to the Stewart’s down the street from our office to buy some coffee. They stocked up on all the fixins for a cup of coffee, and delivered a hot, fresh cup to the man ringing the Salvation Army bell at the Price Chopper next to our office building.

The man began tearing up when the two of them delivered the coffee, and said to them, “You two must be angels.” He then pulled a silver coin out of his wallet that he had received from a soldier who had come back from Iraq. The coin had a prayer from John 3:36 on it that read, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not parish, but have everlasting life.”

Ashley and MacKenzie returned to the office beaming, saying it was the best thing they had ever done for anyone.

For today, we are currently accepting ideas, but Mountain Media’s CEO, James Curley, has an idea to pick up a few cheeseburgers at McDonald’s to deliver to a few of the homeless men that are always outside around town. And Scott Fultz is playing Christmas carols on his guitar to a local elementary school – pictures of which will come on Mountain Media’s Facebook page shortly!

Also, I am considering bringing a few Christmas cookies to the Post Office today. I go on a cookie extravaganza every year, and yesterday, the Post Office helped me locate a misplaced package, and the man who I was talking to over the phone all day sent their delivery driver to my apartment building at 6:30pm last night to hand deliver my package to me after they found it. The delivery man pulled up in his personal vehicle and everything. I was blown away by the kindness, so I feel a need to thank them!

Do you have any ideas for us for our 26 Random Acts of Kindness campaign? Let us know here or over on our Facebook page! Or, just participate yourself – it could be something as simple as leaving a friendly note in your mailbox for your postman to pick up, or picking up the coffee order for the person behind you in line at the drive thru window.

And, of course, all of this is in honor of the 26 fallen victims in the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy, who are in our thoughts and prayers for this upcoming holiday season.

What will you do to “Pay it Forward”?

Smiles and cheer,

Dani

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