RAOK August 7: Seans Troopers fight against Neuroblastoma Cancer

A friend of mine shared this link on Facebook yesterday...

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/8ZbXb?fb_action_ids=10201818483167535&fb_action_types=fundrazr%253Adonate&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%257B%252210201818483167535%2522%253A151752521695852%257D&action_type_map=%257B%252210201818483167535%2522%253A%2522fundrazr%253Adonate%2522%257D&action_ref_map=%255B%255D

I figured it would be a great RAOK....

So I went for it today.

I made a $20 donation.

RAOK August 6: Smile!

Today, flowers will deliver to a friend of a friend...

Who could use a smile.

I sent them anonymously, with a little note:

ROAK August 5: Breast Cancer Survivor

I have a friend who is a Breast Cancer Survivor...

I found these bracelets in Chicago, and thought of her.

One says "Find a Cure" and one says "Celebrate - Survivor"

I put them in the mail to her today :)

RAOK August 4: Pool Toys!

I found this idea on Pinterest...

And thought it would be great for my parents backyard...

The bin took me a few tries, but I finally found exactly what I wanted... and I ordered the letters on Etsy - they are weatherproof for outside...

Tada...

RAOK August 3: Battling Brain Cancer

When I asked people if they who knew of someone that could use cheering up, or a Random Act of Kindness...

One of the responses I got was from my friend Jen (AKA Shoes).

She has a friend battling Brain Cancer.

Today, I shipped an anonymous package to her.

Its a gray ribbon bracelet where proceeds of my purchase went towards curing brain cancer, and a Chicken Soup for the Soul book.

I was bummed I had to put a city on the return address, the post office is so picky...  :)

RAOK August 2: Welcome To Your New Home

This is one of those RAOK's that made me nervous.

I hate being sneaky!

I left my house for work this morning at 5:45am...

Walked over to the apartment a couple down from me, where someone just moved in two weekends ago.

Their setup has a gate leading to their front porch then door.

I leaned over the gate... it made a huge noise, and then my alarm for normal days of work started going off... full blast of course.

I dropped the RAOK bag inside their gate, and ran  :)

I put together just a small little bag of things, welcoming them to their new home.

RAOK August 1: Adopt a Soldier

August 1st:

I joined the "Adopt a Soldier" program, and was assigned a soldier in Afghanistan.

Today, I wrote a letter saying thanks, and asking what sort of items they would like to receive in a care package.

If you are interested in adopting a soldier, here is the link:

http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/

It took a few days for me to hear back, and get approved and receive my soldiers information.