AOK Shoutouts Share & Celebrate Kindness

Kindness is powerful, and every act—big or small—deserves to be recognized! The AOK Shoutouts page is where you can share your own Acts of Kindness and read inspiring stories from others in the community.

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Did you witness an incredible act of kindness?
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Read & Get Inspired Need a little motivation? Browse stories of kindness from people just like you—families, businesses, and everyday individuals making a difference. See how small actions can create a big impact!

My dad kindly venmo’d me money to get lunch on him after having a bad day at work! Thanks dad!
Anonymous
A friend saw a car crash and everyone was fine. She saw an elderly lady sitting with a little 2 or 3 yr girl, who were in one of the cars. My friend parked her car and took the lil girl a cold water and sat with her for a lil bit, to calm her down. Kind act for sure
Anonymous
My buddy Tim, met a guy at the liquor store who was buying supplies for his wife's gender reveal party. Tim gave the guy $20 and told him to buy his son/daughter a drink on their 21st birthday...on him. Unique, kind gesture.
JVB
Rain or shine, we serve! 🌧❤ Today Shawnee Methodist UMC were blessed to provide food for 192 families in our community. So grateful for every servant volunteer who showed up and served with willing hearts! 🙏
Jodi M.
Weekend Kindness Challenge - I blessed my mom with a piece of strawberry rhubarb pie.
Anonymous
We had many (8) volunteers show up from the West Central Ohio Safety Council to help out at WOFB during the resource fair / distribution. The safety council organized the opportunity, and members of the safety council signed up to help out!
Anonymous
Lincoln Community Center in Troy Ohio. Blessed the kids in the community with 602 backpacks that need them for the first day of school! Victory Church - hundreds of pairs of shoes Countless individuals and small businesses have dropped off bags of supplies Dozens of Volunteers have helped to sort supplies and pack bags More than one dozen stylists will help us cut hair! An army of volunteers and vendors will help us put on the event! Victory Church supplied shoes for all. Knucklehead Barbers brought their whole team!
Jodi M.
I dropped off a dozen of chocolate chip cookies at WhiteWater Car Wash for the staff.
Anonymous
The volunteers at St.Marks church in Lima served 118 with a community meal.
Jodi M.
Kindness Alert - Coldwater Lake, MI Doing AOK would like to recognize Emily Ann Staley as our 1st ever winner of the "DoingAOK Kindness Kaptain" award. Emily took it upon herself to host the Tim Stroup Birthday Bash 2026 at her lake place. Not only did she allow us to stay there, she arranged dinner plans at The Lake Shack, captained the boat for tubing, gave guided tours of the surrounding lakes, organized the fishing activities and pretty much kept all of us in line. She also correctly informed some of our group that "shots" are not usually done while tubing and it is NOT clothing optional. Thanks, Emily, for baby sitting the bunch of us and making it a memorable weekend. We all owe you one !
JB
At a weekend birthday party, a friend of DoingAOK, Teresa Kaufman got up early and make breakfast for our large group. Sausage gravy and hash brown casserole. Very delicious, for sure! Thanks Teresa, very kind of you
JB
St.Marks Church in Lima has a food pantry and served 209 people.
Jodi M.
Yesterday was National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day so I brought in cookies to share with my co-workers.
Jody M.
I made BBQ chicken and had leftovers and shared with the guys who were playing baseball in Cairo.
Arby M.
Family Promise of NorthWest Ohio , a non profit whose mission is to assist the homeless , has provided 5160 meals to date this year. They are a true blessing for the community and an advocate for heartfelt kindness. Very inspirational. Visit https://familypromisenwo.org/ for more information, please
Anonymous
Mission accomplished- dropped off iced coffees to my favorite RN Vonda Helmig & CNP Nikki Warnecke at Gastro Health
Anonymous
We treated 2 grandchildren and a friend to lunch today and 2 other grandchildren to lunch yesterday! We had a great time!
Kathy Sherrick
7 Brew in Sidney Ohio provided 30 free drinks for my friend’s office.
Jodi M.
I accomplished the weekend challenge and provided my neighbors, friends, and family with cold beverages. {Thanks for participating !)
Anonymous
This afternoon I went to the LCC car wash to support the football team and cheerleaders. They did such a fantastic job and were so enthusiastic that I went back to the pay spot and gave them another $5. They worked so hard in that heat!
Anonymous

Together, we’re building a world where kindness is a way of life. Keep spreading good, and keep shouting it out!

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