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This one isn't a good deed done by me, just one I witnessed:

At the airport, there was a middle-aged black man with a cool shirt (it had a guitar and a tree merged into one picture somehow - I'm thinking Matt Maggiacomo needs this shirt!). I complimented the guy on it. Later, as we were waiting in line to board the plane, I pointed out the cool shirt to my son. The guy asks my son (8 yrs old) if he plays. He gets all shy and doesn't say anything much. I answer for him: "He's an aspiring guitari… Continue

I'm on vacation! So, naturally, I caught two different kinds of nasty at the same time this week... I've been working hard to get over them both, but my energy level has been quite low and I've just generally been a lot less awesome all the way around.

Still...
* Before we left town, I donated more stuff to the Lift for Life Gym project going on at my church. Enough to give after-school snacks to another 40 kids for a day.
* I picked up a little trash at the beach. (How wonderful that there was… Continue

So - my church is collecting a bunch of stuff for people who need it, and I'm helping.

* I donated breakfast foods to Circle of Concern, a food bank kind of place. My church has an ongoing collection, different items every week.

* I donated batteries and food that doesn't need to be cooked (granola bars, applesauce, etc) to people in Kentucky who are without power after the big ice storms last week.

* I am organizing a project to collect snack foods & beverages to donate as after-school s… Continue