The Winners of BK2HK’s “Best Christmas Movie” contest are…

The “Best Christmas Movie” contest was won with a total of 5 votes! The movie chosen by the 5 winners is “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring Donna Reed and James Stewart and produced by Frank Capra in the year 1946. This movie is based on the short story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern.

It’s a Wonderful Life was nominated for 5 Oscars without winning any, but the film has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Best American Films ever made.

Ref: Wikipedia

Our lucky 5 winners are as follows:

1. James Dundas
2. Peter James Calafiore
3. Fran Sgobbo Osterburg
4. Robert Hulsart
and last but not least
5. Tom Grant!!

Each winner will be receiving 1 free movie pass in the mail to be used @ any movie theater chosen, compliments of “Be Kind to Humankind”(BK2HK). CONGRATULATIONS to all of you and a big THANK YOU for all of those who participated!!

Will all winners please e-mail BK2HK your home address’ and BK2HK shall mail out your ticket ASAP!!! Just click on contact to the right and send me your address. Thanks!!! Lorraine

We Honor our Fallen Soldiers. Send a Free Post Card to Our Soldiers Overseas!

If you go to letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.

How amazing it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is free and it only takes a second.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them.

Family & Consumer Science Teacher Of The Year For Michigan

Teachers hold a special place in our hearts. We can remember certain teachers who stand out from the others and they were the teachers who gave us encouragement, kindness, and took a true interest in our future. Dawn Farrell of Michigan is one of those teachers, and she has recently become the recipient of the Family & Consumer Science Teacher of the Year Award for Michigan! Being the kind of person Dawn is, she is extremely honored to have received this prestigious award. In her own words, “It was very exciting and humbling all at the same time.” Congratulations Dawn, you are truly an inspiration to many! Teaching is the profession that creates all others. Dawn often quotes Ghandi’s famous statement to her students which is “You be the change which you wish to see in the World.”

Please contact Dawn at deltadawn109@hotmail.com

Photos from the event: Photo 1, Photo 2

Dexter Cider Mill

The Owners of The Dexter Cider Mill, the oldest cider mill in Michigan (Established in 1886), took a shine to the recent article in the Ann Arbor News about Be Kind to Humankind Week (BK2HK). Former owner Richard Koziski (he passed the business ownership over to his daughter) had always wanted to be able to spread acts of kindness though out Dexter, however, as he had stated he did not have a way to do so. That was until he read the Ann Arbor News article about BK2HK. He realized that BK2HK would be the perfect “vehicle” as he put it, to promote kindness.

Richard had Kindness Vouchers made up at a local printers. He then asked the Sheriff’s Department if they would be interested in helping to reward folks “Caught” in the act of being kind by giving them a voucher for free cider and homemade donuts! The Sheriff’s Department agreed, and a new tradition has begun. Richard hopes that each year the Village of Dexter Michigan can be known as “The Kindest Village in the Country” as the Ann Arbor News stated! Additional newspapers who helped spread the word of this great kindness pilot program include The Dexter Leader in Dexter, Michigan and The Chelsea Standard in Chelsea, Michigan.

Richard hopes that other communities throughout the Nation will catch on to this wonderful program and start the tradition in their home towns! Thank you Richard Koziski and the Sheriff’s Department for making this a wonderful success!!!

Kind Acts In Action : Labyrinth Consultants, Inc. Brings BK2HK To Florida In Support Of CCMI

Kimberly Becker of Labyrinth Consultants, Inc. is from Ft. Myers, Florida and she had asked me how she and her coworkers could bring “Be Kind to Humankind Week” into their area to help with the many wonderful things that their organization does to help others. This year they would specifically like to help collect food and other needed goods for the folks at Community Cooperative Ministries Incorporated (CCMI).

CCMI is the umbrella agency that serves multiple organizations in downtown Fort Myers, including The Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels and Faith in Action. Labyrinth Consultants will have a number of locations to drop off items during the week. Canned goods, non-perishable foods, toiletries, and monetary donations are all accepted.

Links:
Labyrinth Consultants
CCMI

Downloads:
Press Release for the event
Download the Event Poster – PDF | JPG
Download the Event Flyer – PDF | JPG

Poster and Flyer Design by: Bryan Chaikin
bryan@dofgdesign.com

I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to Kim and Labyrinth Consultants, Inc., you guys are awesome! We wish you luck with your week!

Update: The efforts taken up for donations for the CCMI totaled $1,500.00 and 900 lbs. of food in ONE WEEK!!! Great job!!

Drop Off Locations and Events:

The Island Store – http://www.captivaislandstore.com
11500 Andy Rosse Lane
Captiva Island, FL
239-472-2374
August 25 – 31
9am – 6pm

Roadhouse Cafe – http://www.roadhousecafefl.com
15660 San Carlos Blvd # 36
Fort Myers, FL 33908
(239) 415-4375
August 25 – 31
5pm – Close (9pm)

Urgent Care Center of SW FL – http://www.urgentcareswfl.com
Free Cholesterol and Blood Sugar Screenings by appointment
1708 Cape Coral Parkway, West – Suite 2
Cape Coral, FL 33914
(239)-333-3333
or
1021 Arcos Ave, Suite 105
Estero, FL 33928
(239)-333-CARE

Doodle For Google Event Winners

I was unaware of a friendly competition that Google has been holding called “Doodle for Google”. Below is an explanation:

From Google:

Doodle 4 Google is a competition where we invite K-12 students to reinvent Google’s homepage logo. This year we asked U.S. kids to doodle around the theme “What if…?”

Our winning doodle, selected from over 16,000 entries, was created by Grace Moon, a 6th grader at Canyon Middle School from Castro Valley, California. Grace’s lovely doodle, “Up in the Clouds,” will grace our homepage, Google.com, on May 22nd, 2008.

Congratulations to Grace, and to all our finalists!

Check out the Regional Winners

2008 National Association of Broadcasters Speech by Tim Robbins

Be Kind to Humankind has been saying for over 20 years that we are tired of the medias hunger for broadcasting bad new, news stories in poor taste and stories which glorify negative sensationalism. Most say we can choose to watch these programs or simply turn to another station. However, television today is so inundated with foul language, foul behavior, and negative sensationalism that unfortunately there remains very few stations which provide excellent programming. Below is a testimonial by actor/producer Tim Robbins at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. He speaks what we here at BK2HK feel.

Listen to Tim’s speech

Kind Acts In Action : Relay For Life 2006

The American Cancer Society held a “Relay For Life” on April 29, 2006 at the Chelsea Fairgrounds in Chelsea Michigan! They had a wonderful turnout and many “THANKS” goes out to all who participated! This was a “Kind Act In Action” if we ever saw one! Above we have posted just one of the many photo’s taken that day. We were unable to include all participants photo’s, however we did manage to get quite a few nice pictures of the event. To view them, please click on the link below and take a look at what an awesome event this was.

Look at more pictures !

Many thanks again!