Kindness: How Good Deeds Can Be Good for You!
Source: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
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People who perform Random Acts of Kindness generally agree that doing a kind deed for someone else makes them “feel good.” But apart from sheer niceness, why should people be encouraged to commit Acts of Kindness? Are there any other concrete benefits that would motivate more people to become kinder?

Selye’s findings on stress are cited by Luks because many of his study volunteers had stress-related health problems that improved after performing kind acts.

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Jog For A Cause will benefit The Justin Gaudineer Fund,  The Kylie Barry Fund, The Keira Grace Foundation, and The Trey Rood Fund. To learn more about these charities click on the respective link.

Registrants can now create their own fundraising page for jog for a cause. Form your own fundraising team if you wish. There will be prizes for the top fundraising individual and team. Help raise funds for this great cause by clicking here.

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Feed Your Good Dog nutritionally this weekend with a yummy pureed soup made with fresh vegetables. This Squash and Ginger Soup from the Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates with Linda Schatz is easy to make. It tastes great and has a wonderful “creamy” consistency. You’ll feel just as good making it yourself as you do eating it!

1-2 Tbsp organic butter or unrefined coconut oil
1 acorn squash, skinned and chopped
2 medium carrots, chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
2 celery sticks, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
Large piece of ginger root (3-4 inches long), grated
Water to cover
Sea Salt or Herbamare to taste
Minced parsley as a garnish

1. Saute carrots, onions, celery and garlic in butter or unrefined coconut oil.
2. Add squash and ginger.
3. Cover with water.
4. Simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Puree and add water to desired creaminess.
6. Add sea salt or Herbamare, and simmer at least 10 minutes more.
7. Serve garnished with parsley.

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You just have to take the dis off of disability — it’s all about ability. ~James Terpenning

Source: Mary McManus Blog Post Take Out the Dis- on DarynKagan.com and Extreme Makeover Home Edition

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OTHERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE IT FUN FOR US TO IMPROVE OURSELVES AND IMPROVE THE WORLD!

We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory. ~ Rolighetsteorin YouTube October 07, 2009

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ACC FOOTBALL TEAMS SUPPORT EWING’S SARCOMA RESEARCH IN HONOR OF #94, BOSTON COLLEGE LINEBACKER MARK HERZLICH

In December, 2008, Boston College linebacker #94 Mark Herzlich was named the 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year. In May of 2009, he disclosed that he has been diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a malignant tumor most often found in bone or soft tissue. After his diagnosis, Mark began an aggressive treatment and vowed to beat the cancer and return to the football field someday. On September 24, it was reported that Mark’s CT scan was clean, and the MRI was good. Congratulations Mark!

There are quite a few heartwarming accounts of how different communities have come together in response to the news of Mark’s diagnosis. Two such communities are his own beloved Boston College and ACC football.

On July 30, in honor of Mark, Boston College, together with Uplifting Athletes, held the 1st annual Lift for Life to support Ewing’s Sarcoma research. Uplifting Athletes is a group of Boston College football players working together to raise awareness and funds for rare diseases that attract little attention and, as a result, research for them may not be well funded. As college football student-athletes, they believe they are in a position to make a difference. Lift for Life and the Uplifting Athletes raised over $15,000 that day to support Ewing’s sarcoma research.

Not only are Boston College and its own football players showing support for Mark Herzlich, but so are other ACC football teams.

Clemson and Virginia Tech’s football teams followed suit and have raised, and are continuing to raise, money in support of research for this disease. From a blog post at Herznation, we learned the following:

Before kickoff on September 19, the Clemson Tigers presented Mark Herzlich with a check for $5,000 to aid in the advancement of Ewing’s Sarcoma research. This was an amazing gesture of love and respect for an amazing player and it looks like that trend will continue with Virginia Tech. HD reports that Virginia Tech will be selling “Team United” wristbands leading up to the October 10th showdown with Boston College. VT is hoping to raise $5,094 and present Mark with the check before the game. All money will be going to Uplifting Athletes.

Individuals or groups wishing to purchase a minimum of 100 “Team United” wrist bands can do so by emailing the Virginia Tech Football Office at lepperly@vt.edu. Checks are to be made out to Uplifting Athletes and no credit card orders will be taken.

It would be great to see this trend continue throughout the ACC. Hats off to the ACC and its players, coaches and schools!

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AARP’s CREATE THE GOOD.ORG MAKES FINDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT FITS YOU AS EASY AS ENTERING YOUR ZIPCODE!

Simply delete the zipcode in the widget below, add yours and hit the enter key, and you’re own your way to creating the good in your community!

Create The Good.org is where good people get connected to opportunities to create good, in whatever way works for them. Nothing could be more simple:

5 minutes? 5 hours? Find good that needs doing that fits you and your community.
Every day, you can find new opportunities to do service in your community that fit your life and interests, and that will connect you to like-minded goodnicks. Only have 5 minutes? Follow Create the Good on Twitter for a daily feed of ideas.

Simple, fun ideas for how to create good.
Find how-to-videos and guides at Create the Good.org to help you create the good in your own way and on your own time. Reform Your Health, Operation Energy Save, Women’s Giving Initiative, or Rx Snapshot – it’s all here. And if it’s not, suggest a topic of your own and Create the Good.org offers to try and make it happen.

Making good even better.
Do you need volunteers? Post your opportunities and they will be seen by one of the largest and most skilled group of volunteers out there. Want to get your organization more involved? Create your own search widget for your site – it is easy (promise) and one of the best ways to spread around the good.

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FEED YOUR GOOD DOG, AND HELP PRESERVE YOUR STATE’S PARKS, BY WALKING, RUNNING, HIKING, BIKING, OR PICNICKING AT ONE OF THEM OVER THE WEEKEND

Legislators around the country have been required to trim state funding for State Parks. State Parks need help from their communities now more than ever. “Friends” organizations are working hard to advocate for our State Parks and are creating ways to get us involved in helping to preserve these sites. For example, Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites sponsors Save My State Parks and invites Georgians to help ensure these sites will be available for generations to come. They want you involved because closure of sites or certain parts thereof is still a very real possibility.

To make it easy for you to be involved, Friends of Georgia State Parks, in partnership with Verizon Wireless will be sponsoring a state-wide day of service. The Georgia State Parks has set aside Saturday, September 26 for My State Parks Day on which admission to all state parks and historic sites will be free! And, you can get involved by showing up, showing your support and getting your hands dirty! Most sites will have a volunteer service project available to anyone who wants to help.

So, help ensure future access to your State’s parks and clear your head, improve your energy, and just all around feel better, by getting outdoors and visiting one of your State’s park this weekend.

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS LABOR DAY

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid

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Looks like Saturday will be a great day to spend with Cardio Kids at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia!

The Queen of Hearts Foundation, co-founded by Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez, brings its Cardio Kids program back to the Green Market at Piedmont Park, and invites you and your kids to “a day for Awareness and Heart Health Education dedicated to Children. The Cardio Kids is all about an ECO Play Day to share fun outside. Games and activities to get their hearts pumping and to share information as to why it is so very important for them.”

The event takes place in a market setting at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Cardio Kids’ tent is set up as a drop by where they will lead activities on the hour.

Destination: Atlanta, GA – Queen of Hearts Foundation’s Cardio Kids tent at the Green Market.
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Piedmont Park’s Green Market
Address: 1071 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

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