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“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” Henrik Ibsen

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Let not Kindness and fidelity leave you. Bind them around your neck. Then will you win favor and good esteem before God and man! Proverbs:Chapter 3 verses 3&4 New American Bible

Check out this awesome video, Turn up your volume. This video is very true and very powerful. Please view it until the end.

Old friendships are like old songs.
They can either fit in with our
changing lifestyle and thoughts,
or be placed upon a shelf…
save for a few meaningful lyrics.

Lorraine Jara 1989

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~Doug Larson

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” - Robert Frost (1875 - 1963)

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Kageno urgently needs your support to help the community members meet their critical needs through these tough times. Donations, no matter how large or small, can make a big difference in the lives of these children. They are in need of sewing kits/sewing supplies/Needles-Thread ect. so that their caretakers can sew their clothing. Please do not send material as it will be too costly to mail. As quoted by my nephew who is working there, ” We went on a school visit yesterday and it is sad to see how many of the children come to school with clothes that are more missing than that are there. I am talking about shirts with holes that take up most of the shirt. It is really sad.” To find out more information about this worthwhile organization, please visit their web site.

The mailing address for donations is as follows:

• Michael Maloff (BK2HK)
• Kageno Worldwide, Inc.
• 261 Broadway 10D
• New York, NY 10007

Michael Maloff’s email: michael.maloff@gmail.com

“Be Kind to Humankind” crosses all borders. We cannot thank you enough for your generosity. Much Kindness 2U, Lorraine

DoOneNiceThing.com is a wonderful web site which features all types of kind acts and ways to get involved in helping others without spending a fortune. In fact, being kind and helpful to others is usually FREE (holding a door for someone, sharing a smile or a kind word, and just plain being polite and considerate!) Debbie Tenzer, creator of DoOneNiceThing and author of this fab book with the same fab title also suggests many other groovy ideas on how we can improve our little corner of the world one person at a time!!! To order this book and view Debbie’s video please visit the link provided! Order Book here
Remember, being kind is FREE and meant to be shared with others. Just imagine (as John Lennon once sang) what a wonderful world this could be if all of us followed this simple philosophy!

Hurray!! Thanks to so many generous people “Be Kind to Humankind” (BK2HK) has collected over 1,000 pairs of used prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses for the folks in Guatemala!!! BK2HK cannot THANK YOU enough for your efforts to help these folks. We will have a complete update in late July as to how many eyeglasses we were able to collect for the Gary family’s trip to Guatemala which is taking place in July. We will also have a list of those who participated in the collection. The collection will go on indefinitely, as the Gary’s make this trip every summer. See Ann Arbor News article here BK2HK looks forward to June when we can estimate how many pairs of eye wear we have collected! THANK YOU again and please continue to donate.

Much Kindness and Appreciation to All,
Lorraine

Address for Donations:

Lorraine Jara (BK2HK)
P.O. Box 131397
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113-1397

May the good Lord guide you, protect you and your family,fill you with His wisdom and grace, encourage you to always seek out His leadership in all decisions, and may God, in partnership with you, lead us into being a prosperous, compassionate and generous Country.

• Love and truth will meet;
• justice and peace will kiss.
• Truth will spring from the earth;
• justice will look down from
• heaven.
• The Lord will surely grant
• abundance;
• our land will yield its increase.
• Prosperity will march before the Lord,
• and good fortune will follow behind.
• The New American Bible
• Psalm 85; 11-14

Please don’t forget our troops who are risking their lives at this moment to preserve our safety here in the U.S.A. Regardless of how we may feel about the ongoing war in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must remember to let our troops know that we are still thinking about them and wish to help.

Go to www.americasupportsyou.com for further information on how you can make a difference!!

Thank you!!!

Below is a wonderful book which I received in the mail from a man in N.J. named Lawrence Danks. He wrote to me and explained that his sister lives near me here in Michigan and read a recent newspaper article about Be Kind to Humankind Week. Mr. Danks wrote a book about the benefits of being kind to others, and took the time to reach out to me and give me one of his books! I was so surprised and happy that Mr. Danks thought of me! I am reading his book now and I am enjoying it very much. If you would like to order his book (pictured below) you can find it on Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles. What a kind thing to do Mr. Danks…Thank you so much!!!

My Kindness sent your way,
Lorraine

View the books cover

Once again Meijer on Jackson Road in Scio Township, Michigan, has come through for BK2HK and The Robert J. Delonis Homeless Center in Ann Arbor Michigan and granted the homeless center a whopping $350.00 gift certificate from their store. The generosity of Meijer is fantastic and this is their 3rd year that they have been so kind. Each year since 2006 BK2HK has asked for this donation to help the homeless and Meijer always comes through! Thank you again from both BK2HK and The Robert J. Delonis Center!

Read about the donation from last year
Read about the donation from two years ago

The Gary family is taking up a collection of used unwanted prescription eyeglasses for the men, women and children of Guatemala. The Gary family has gone to Guatemala for the past 2 summers bringing these much needed eyeglasses to the people there. If you have any used eyeglasses which you no longer wear, please mail them to the address below. An idea to pass along to you is to take a small box and hold onto it while asking any friends/family if they have eyeglasses for donation. Once you have filled the box, then please mail it to the address below.

The folks of Guatemala are in crucial need of our help. I understand that many of the children lack proper education and perform under average in academics because of their poor eyesight.

• Mail Eyeglasses to:
• Lorraine Jara (BK2HK)
• P.O. Box 131397
• Ann Arbor, Michigan 48113-1397

We will also be accepting drug store reading glasses and prescription used sunglasses.

The people of Guatemala need our help! Thank you!!!