Blog post by Maria D., a Kindness Investor from Washington, DC. Tadiyass! (that means hello in Amharic) Well friends, I had the pleasure of meeting Asrat last weekend and would like to introduce him to you all. I have only taken a cab 3 or 4 times since moving to the DC area in October [...]
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Day 45 – Asrat
Posted in Gave the money back, tagged Asrat, Day 45, DC, Ethiopia, hard work, Maria D, taxi on March 2, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Day 44 – Marilyn J.
Posted in Gave the money back, tagged age, comedy, day 44, DC, Kathy Griffin, Maria D, Marilyn J, sense of humor, week 7 on March 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Blog post by Maria D., a Kindness Investor from Washington, DC. Say a big hello to Mrs. Marilyn J. If you’re going to sit down and chat with her, get ready to laugh your head off because Marilyn epitomizes what it’s like to be young, flirty and fresh at ANY age. This grandma had taken [...]
Day 332 – Molly T.
Posted in Gave the money back, tagged $10, books, DC, first, Metro, night, seattle, washington on November 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Good morning! Today has got to be a better day than yesterday…I just wish I had a few more hours in the day. I hope to send out the invites via email today for the Year-End Celebration…still waiting on the venue to send over the agreement. At the event we will have a small auction [...]
Day 275- Diego U.
Posted in Gave the money back, tagged $10, celebrations, DC, fiesta, hispanics, independence, Kennedy Center, Latinos, Mexicans, Mexico, patriotism, washington on October 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I keep all my notes from the people I meet in a small Moleskine notebook. I had filled up my third notebook and today I cracked open my fourth one. By the way, Moleskine was very cool and sent me six notebooks when they heard about my project! I use the small pocket-size ones and [...]
Day 231 – Yab F.
Posted in Gave the money back, tagged $10, activism, DC, giving, homeless, homelessness, international, religion, washington on August 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Today is my brother’s 39th birthday! Happy birthday Ryan. He has helped me in so many ways with my Year of Giving; from suggesting that I start on the anniversary of my mother’s passing to countless hours of computer and camera support to reading every blog post and pointing out mispelled words that I missed. [...]
Day 130 – Jona P.
Posted in Gave the money back, Refusals, tagged $10, Albania, DC, Dupont Circle, giving, homeless, Jose Maria Figueres, Richard Branson, technology, washington on April 27, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Technology is just not being my friend these days. First last week the display on my point and shoot Canon camera died. Then that little ball that you use like a mouse on the Blackberry decided it didn’t want to roll to the left. The WiFi switch on my laptop is starting to fail. It [...]
Day 112 – Juan E. and Alex C.
Posted in Gave the money back, Refusals, Transportation, tagged $10, baseball, DC, giving, karma, Philadelphia Phillies, washington, Washington Nationals on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Katy’s decision to destroy the $10 seem’s to have sparked some interesting discussion. That’s good. So last week I went to the opening day game of the Washington Nationals. I have went to the opening day game every year since I moved back to DC. I thought it would be fun to find someone at [...]
Day 8 – Kevin and Betsy
Posted in Food & Beverage, Gave the money back, Refusals, tagged $10, coffee, frozen pizza, Metro, New York Post on December 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Well….yesterday something happened that I hadn’t prepared myself for. I tried unsuccessfully to give the $10 to a woman with a small child leaving the Takoma Park Metro. Later, I boarded the Metro round 10pm and decided to approach a man sitting by himself to see if he would accept my $10. Kevin, a 50-year-old African-American [...]
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