Random Acts of Kindness

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• Staff went the extra mile

  I put a 65th wedding anniversary celebration ad in the Free Press for my mom and dad. I saved a copy of the paper only to discover that my husband threw it out while I was in the hospital.

  View Full Post 10/2/2013 2:00 AM 0

• Alvin, a true gentleman

  I was in my way to the Costco near Kenaston Boulevard when my car ran out of gas as the gas gauge wasn’t working. It was a bitterly cold day and I was going to walk to the nearest gas station to get help.

  View Full Post 02/9/2013 2:00 AM 0

• Took time to do the right thing

  I went swimming at the Elmwood Kildonans Pool. I was changing to leave when I put a small coin wallet on the bench. At times, I have put my necklace, keys or pieces of ID in it.

  View Full Post 02/4/2013 2:00 AM 0

• A very grateful family says thanks

  On behalf of my very grateful family, thank you to the woman who found our brother who lives with dementia. Despite excellent supports, he managed to walk in the cold to the area of Concordia Avenue and Molson Street.

  View Full Post 02/3/2013 2:00 AM 0

• Another Good Samaritan

  Due to a gas gauge malfunction in my car, I ran out of gas on Route 90 at Dublin Avenue during morning rush hour — much to the chagrin of others on their way to work.

  View Full Post 02/2/2013 2:00 AM 0

• Good Samaritans walk among us

  My husband and I were driving towards Confusion Corner when the slippery road got the best of us, and we ended up with a severely damaged tire.

  View Full Post 02/1/2013 3:02 PM 0

• Kudos to dog searchers

  Being a dog lover, I get great satisfaction and feel joy every day from checking into the Facebook page, Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert, where I see total strangers helping out other strangers, in finding their lost dogs. Winnipeggers are amazing and loving people, showing it by helping a person in need or an animal in need.

  View Full Post 01/24/2013 3:00 AM 0

• Help at yoga class

  I would like to thank the young man Sunday morning at Yoga Public for putting a donation towards my Karma class pass.

  View Full Post 01/23/2013 3:00 AM 0

• Thank you from the bottom of my heart

  I was at Polo Park along with my sister and our 95-year-old mother, on our way to my mother’s weekly hair appointment.

  View Full Post 01/22/2013 3:00 AM 0

• God bless you, Hendrik P

  It is amazing the lengths some Winnipeggers will go to help someone in need.

  View Full Post 01/20/2013 3:00 AM 0

• Couple of broken ribs

  I took a really bad spill while rollerblading on the Bishop Grandin Greenway.

  View Full Post 01/18/2013 3:59 PM 0

• So no one is left out

  A friend’s daughter, Lisa, wanted to teach her four-year-old daughter the importance of sharing, particularly at this time of the year. Lisa decided they would donate to the program that gives shoeboxes full of toys and other items to disadvantaged children.

  View Full Post 01/8/2013 1:00 AM 0

• Thank you, honest person

  I stopped by the men’s shoes department in The Bay at Polo Park in mid-December to put my jacket on, packages on the floor, purse on a table.

  View Full Post 01/19/2013 1:00 PM 0

• Snow job for angels

  I had to drive from Winnipeg Beach to Winnipeg for a doctor’s appointment. It was snowing and I turned off Highway 9 onto a secondary road to get to Highway 8. The turn was a curved yield lane, but because there was so much snow and no tire tracks, I could not see where the road was.

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• Catastrophe averted, thanks to Bert

  To Bert,

  View Full Post 01/17/2013 1:00 PM 0

• What is that infuriating sound?

  At one o’clock in the morning, I was awakened by the infuriating, determined “CHIRP” of what I assumed to be a smoke alarm.

  View Full Post 01/16/2013 1:00 PM 0

• Generous gesture

  The roads were slippery and cars bumper to bumper. Heading south on Sherbrook and waiting for a light change to cross Broadway, a homeless person crossed in front of three lanes of vehicles.

  View Full Post 01/15/2013 1:00 PM 0

• Warm hearts, frozen faces

  Gowns for Grads recently received over 500 gowns that needed to be picked up and transported to our storage room.

  View Full Post 01/14/2013 1:00 PM 0

• Smiled all the way home

  I had finished shopping at Superstore on a recent Saturday afternoon and was ready to pay for my groceries with my credit card.

  View Full Post 01/13/2013 1:00 PM 0

• Thanks for the tow

  Thank you to the kind motorist who stopped to tow my daughter, a novice winter driver, from a steep snow bank on River Road in the afternoon on Dec. 9. Your kindness was appreciated.

  View Full Post 01/12/2013 1:00 PM 0