DAWSON: Now is perfect time for random acts of kindness

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January 10, 2009

By CAROL A. DAWSON The News and Tribune Sat Jan 10, 2009, 01:46 PM EST

National Random Acts of Kindness Week is February 9 – 15. The Evening News and The Tribune would like Southern Indiana to take the lead in creating and delivering acts of compassion and thoughtfulness throughout our region.

Tell us about your acts of kindness, random or planned. Also, report an act of kindness bestowed upon you. A Web site is set up for your submissions at Southern Indiana Acts of Kindness.

Or submit an e-mail to Extra.Milers@newsandtribune.com . The primary postal mailing address is: The Evening News, 221 Spring St. Jeffersonville, IN 47130-3340.

Make plans to be part of the Random (or premeditated) Acts of Kindness Week – February 9-15, 2009. Involve your family, school, office, neighbors and friends. Be creative – be bold – and go that extra mile in 2009.

>>Click here to read see local acts of kindness

>>Submit yours via e-mail

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