AOK Shoutouts Share & Celebrate Kindness

Made a TikTok account for the Photo Booth business & bought a Barbie for a kid who wanted it

This past weekend I participated in a group act of kindness. My son ,grandson and I gathered at the local WalMart in an annual event meant to benefit underprivileged families. It is called the Rolling Thunder Toy Run, where each bike buys a new toy and delivers it to the Salvation Army. There were 800+ bikes and riders from all over Ohio that came together for this event. I would consider this as a group act of kindness for sure !

Hillsboro Global Methodist Church packed 390 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.

At Happy Daze restaurant, ordering breakfast. I piecemeal my order together, to which the nice person at the drive thru says "Let me make that into a combo for you, should save you a couple of bucks". Didn't have to, but did it out of kindness. I appreciate that.

We blessed our neighbors with cookies.

We blessed our neighbors with cupcakes.

I made a big pot of chili and blessed our neighbor with some to enjoy.

My friend’s husband Dave donated blood.

Lima Senior Key Club volunteering at the West Ohio Food Bank.

Today the Bath Interact Students definitely showed how to "Put Service Above Self". Here was a group of teenagers giving up their Saturday to volunteer at Lima Noon Sertoma Pancake Day! Some of these students were there at 6AM!! Some stayed until 1:00! I couldn't be prouder of these young men and women on how they worked today. They served drinks, food, cleaned tables and kept asking "what needs done next"! Definitely an example of service and leadership to our community!

On Halloween ,our neighbor, Sam, recognized my 3 kids and went back into his house to get them "the special stuff"...3 extra large candy bars just for them. Thanks for making those kids feel special.

A good friend - Josh Miller- really helped me out by fixing my electrical outlets! Thank you SO much. #doingAOK

My boyfriend had a hard week, so I stopped by Peanut Shoppe in Akron, OH to get him some treats. AOK #1. The staff helped me decide what flavors to get, AND she gave me a free sample of their seasonal lemon almonds, and a free bag of cashews that weren't picked up that day. AOK #2 and #3. THEN out of nowhere, she gave me an ice cream sandwich for the road. AOK #4. That's why you shop local!!!

The West Central Association of REALTORS® is helping local students have meals when they are not in school. On Monday, the group presented a $5,000 donation and food to the organization Meals Til’ Monday. Each year, the REALTORS® committee selects a local nonprofit organization to support, and this year they chose Meals Til’ Monday because its mission—to help local elementary children have food over the weekend—resonated with the association.

Another Act of Kindness in Hershey, Pennsylvania ! Stopped at the Penn Hotel sports and Raw Bar, in Hershey. The waitress gave my wife a free bowl of Italian Wedding Soup to try ! Awesome food and service. Man, people in the Poconos are so friendly ! Thanks for the kindness.

Spending the weekend in the Poconos with friends and ran into a cool Act of Kindness story. Visited the Shawnee General Store and while waiting for lunch at their fantastic deli, saw this...a board of "pay it forward" coupons people buy, name and hang. Each coupon has an amount and who can use it. I see $5 for any Nurse, free dessert for any teacher, free coffee for any fireman, free lunch if you love dogs, cappuccino for any red head etc etc HOW COOL IS THAT ? I had to buy one...free coffee to any Ohio State Buckeye fan ! What a great idea to show kindness, maybe do this where you work? Thanks for telling me the story, Kelly ! I counted 85 "kindness cards" on the board

Ok, one more Act of Kindness from the Poconos...getting ready to go hiking at Bushkill Falls and me and my slightly banged up knee is sorta wishing I had a walking stick. Lo and behold, as we started onto the steep staircase down to the falls below, a young gentleman who was finishing the hike asked " Hey, anyone want a cool walking stick that I found? " (pictured below). Wow ! Can't make this stuff up folks...#millionAOK #doingaok

Our own John Battles recently visited the Poconos. And while there. Went to Hershey Chocolate World one of the many places I would love to visit as I LOVE chocolate anyways I guess u can make your own chocolate bar “fresh” their u can pick what you want what u want in it nuts , pretzels ect make as you want. Well he made his own and brought back some and let myself and another co worker Alexyss. Try it wow what a difference “fresh “ makes. Compared to buying it off the store shelf you can definitely taste the difference thank you John !

Tana found a lost dog and kept it safe and warm, until it could be reunited with its owner. Thanks for the kindness, Tana ..you made a family and a dog very, very happy

Wrote a kind note for my wife and put it on the fridge !