Support Our Troops with These 5 Kindness Motivation Tips
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size=3>Every day thousands of people lay their lives on the line for you and me. They don’t know us by name, but they treasure freedom like we do. They are our military troops.
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size=3>Show them your support by performing a kindness for them at least once a month.
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size=3>Don’t know where to start?
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size=3>Below are 5 kindness motivation tips. Choose one — or several and get started today.
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style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in”>size=3>When you see people in military uniform, make a difference by shaking their hands and saying, style=”mso-bidi-font-style: normal”>”Thank you for serving our country.”
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style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in”>size=3>Talk to your schools and ask them to invite veterans into to classes so students can meet ‘real people’ who have given “their all” to their country.
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face=”Times New Roman” size=3>Put a human face on history for our youngsters. It will be powerful and make a difference.
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style=”MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in”>size=3>Adopt a Soldier – My Soldier is a program that puts politics aside and lets ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />w:st=”on”>U.S. military troops know someone back home cares. Sgt. Juan Salas, who served for 14 months in Iraq, established the program with the help of his school, w:st=”on”>Manhattanville w:st=”on”>College, when he returned from the war.
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size=3>Use these kindness motivation tips and let them spark your imagination for other kindnesses to perform for the people who defend our freedom every day!
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size=3>Grab your own copy of the E-book, 101 Ways to Support Our Troops, with plenty more kindness motivation tips (http://www.101WaysSeries.com).
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size=3>Make an even bigger impact with your project.style=”mso-spacerun: yes”> Help swell the ranks of people gathering the first Saturday of each month to make a difference. Register your kindness event (no cost) at Together We Can Change the World DAY to let others know about it – and gather volunteers to help! (Or search for a project to join!)
