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Morning mitzvahs

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425) Brought in several slightly used helmets to the school Phys Ed teacher who needed them for the unicycle-rs in training. She was ecstatic since I was the only parent who heeded her plea in the school newsletter.

426) Spent the morning at Dress For Success working on our “Inspirational Library”. Currently it is only a bookshelf and the books didn’t look completely inspiring yet, but I know they will soon as this project has just begun.

427) Had a couple of books that I didn’t use in the bookshelf and I gave two of them to a man on the street asking for money. I included some money in each one too.

428) I have the lucky good fortune of being the morning dog walker since our sweet puppy Ginger arrived in August. It has enabled me to see the beautiful sunrises and morning dew many days. Yesterday, both of my kids joined me for my walk and my son decided he wanted to pick up the newspapers at the end of the driveways and walk them to the front doors. At one house a woman was just coming out in her bathrobe and was thrilled to see the “new delivery kids.”:-) She thanked them.

429) In this busy time, I am always happy when I remember to do something someone has asked me to do (especially right after my father died I felt like I was in a complete daze and told people to email me or call me and remind me because I just didn’t seem to be remember things then.) A friend had asked for a phone number of another friend who was sick, I sent her that information as well as an update on how our friend was doing.

I received a mitzvah today for which I was very grateful. The school secretary did a project for me for our fundraiser. She saved me at least an hour by helping me with this one! What a great way to start the day.

Independence Week Mitzvahs

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I feel like 300 was a wonderful milestone but still have a long way to go to reach my personal and monetary goal with this project. So here are some more mitzvahs during this Independence Day week.

301) Donated to Loaves and Fishes at grocery store today.

302) Called an acquaintance that I had met many years ago when I came across her card. I wanted to thank her for recommending a book. Ironically, even though she lives in another city the phone number I had still worked. She called me back a couple days later and was thrilled to get my call and find out that I had loved her book recommendation. We discussed the idea of pay it forward. I know that thanking someone even years later is always welcome.

303) Ran into a counselor last week at a garage sale looking for some used books for our summer camp. Packed up a bag of used books from my kids to give to the camp.

304) Donated a raffle item to my networking groups monthly raffle.

I have two mitzvahs this week that have stories and while I am going to count them as mitzvahs I am wondering a bit if they really do count.

305) As the new VP of fundraising at our school, I received over 50 entertainment gift books before school ended as a thank you for our agreeing to do the sale again next year. Before school ended we gave out most of the books to the teachers but I was still left with a box of about 10 books. Today, I brought them to the director of Dress For Success to give to the professional women’s group next week.  I am not sure where this fits in the world of mitzvahs, but it felt like the right thing to do, so I am counting it.

306) Also, the night before last a solicitor came to our door. I cheerfully opened the door and listened to her. I wasn’t prepared to give the initial amount she was looking for but did pledge a smaller amount happily. I understood her organizations mission and was prepared to support it in a smaller way than initially requested. Afterwards, I realized that just being kind and polite and in the end donating when you weren’t planning on it probably counts as a mitzvah. Any thoughts on this one?

Mitzvah count

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282) Had an awesome idea that I shared with the coordinators at DSFO (Dress for Success) to help get inspirational books into the hands of their clients. I can’t wait to help make this happen.

283) Called a friend to tell her I loved the work she was doing. (She just started a new business venture a few months ago.)
284) Gave a colleague a call to suggest a potential place for her to share her work.

285) Arranged and attended a meeting for fundraising at our school next year.

286) Stopped my car and told a mom her daughter had dropped her sunglasses on the ground.

287) Encouraged some colleagues to work in a new way and received feedback this week that that conversation was really helpful.

Weekend Mitzvahs

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255) Picked up some trash from the playground and threw it away.

256) Sent a card to a colleague whose mother had recently passed away.

257) Donated some inspirational books to the Professional Women’s group at Dress for Success. After attending their meeting last week, I thought starting a library for the women to borrow from with inspirational books could be really useful.

258) Asked an old friend for forgiveness for how I acted years ago, she accepted.

259) Left a donation at a church that allowed us to use their facilities during a local parade.