Generosity from lots of places this week

475) Helped a woman at the grocery store with her cart.
476) Held the door for someone with packages in their hands.
477) Sent a card to a friend who had done a great job.
478) Volunteered at school today and wrapped up one of our fundraising events. Yesterday when I needed some help, one of our babysitters [...]

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Playdate mitzvahs

472) Helped a woman at the market get a shopping basket.
473) Helped a woman at our local community center who was looking for someone to help her locate what she needed.
474) Today at school, one of my daughters best friends was waiting for her mom to pick her up after school. She is often a [...]

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Say thanks for something you have enjoyed…

461) Made a meal for a friend and her family after my friend had just undergone  surgery.
462) Referred a colleague to someone and made sure to call her with that information.
463) Followed up with someone looking to volunteer to connect her with the right person at the agency.
464) Sent a thank you note to a [...]

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Kids do what you do…

458) Volunteered at the school Book Fair.
459) Gave a man asking for money a couple of dollars on my birthday. I don’t know what it is but recently I have been feeling very grateful for my life and everything I am blessed to have so when I see someone asking for money I want to [...]

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A shared mitzvah…

447) Volunteered through DSFO.
448) Brought an item for our raffle today.
449) Volunteered in my son’s classroom.
450) Sent a thank you note to two people who helped me on our recent Entertainment book fundraiser.
451) Called a friend back in a timely manner who was looking for information about something.
452) I also have two stories to [...]

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Weekly mitzvahs

430) Sent a card to a colleague who needed to be congratulated.
431) Gave a flower to a colleague who I wanted to recognize for a job well done.
432) Sent a thank you card to a client telling her I appreciated her.
433) Picked up some trash on my morning walk.
443) Volunteered to fill in for a [...]

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For the Mitzvah we performed…

On the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur we spend an entire 24 hour period, praying and thinking about all of the different transgressions we have committed in the previous year. We have spent the previous 10 days since the holiday of Rosh Hashanah speaking to others whom we have done wrong to ask forgiveness from [...]

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