Random Acts of Kindness

I have blogged about people who do good things. I love those kind of people! In Saskatoon, Brenda has performed the ultimate act of kindness. Brenda decided she would do one act of kindness a day for one year, starting in October. She did little things like visiting senior homes, writing letters to soldiers and dropping off treats for kids at the Cancer Clinic. While at the Cancer Clinic, Brenda met Argie, who was from the Philippines. She had come to Canada, alone, to make enough money to help her family back home, but her big dream was to send for her seven-year-old son and bring him to Canada. She had not seen him for two years and desperately wanted to reunite with him. Sadly, Argie was told in October that she had terminal cancer and was advised by her doctor to return home to spend her final days with her family. Because she deteriorated quickly, it became clear that in order to fly home, she would need to be accompanied by a nurse. The cost was too much for Argie - and that's where Brenda stepped in. She organized a fund-raiser in her home and raised over $4,000 and added $1,000 0f her own to the fund. However, when it was time for Argie to leave, she was too ill and everyone soon realized she would live out her days in Canada, thousands of miles away from her family. Brenda decided the only alternative was to bring Argie's family to Canada. She was able to cut through the red tape in time to bring her son and sister to Saskatoon last week. It was an emotional reunion. They were able to spend five days with her before she died - five days they never would have had if Brenda had not taken it upon herself to do a good deed for a stranger. Because of Brenda, a little boy will have a memory of his mother and a sister will know she was there when most needed. Knowing there are people like Brenda in the world who go out of their way to perform a good deed. . . it's a good thing!