Candy Acts of Kindness!

From a fan in North Carolina! :)

Today I gave out my first glimmer cards.  I was so excited to get started.  The first one I gave to my husband so he would get to experience the same joy passing it on as I did.  Yesterday I purchased two boxes of his favorite "Sour Patch Kids" and put them along with a glimmer card on the front seat of his truck so he would find it this morning as he left for work.  He was excited! 

 

Next, I wanted to give the next card to a co-worker that I not only believe deserves something nice done for her but I also know that she will definately pass it along.  I visited our local dollar store and purchased a few items to make her up a small Easter basket.  I had shared the concept with her so she knew I was going to give her a few cards to share, but she had no idea it would come with a gift.  She was really excited to recieve and and already has an idea on how to pass one of the two glimmer cards I gave her along.

 

I have a few ideas for my next glimmer acts, I can't wait!

 

Stephanie Doughty

New Bern, NC

Then we got this post from Rosa on our facebook page:  What a great idea!! A co-worker surprised me with an Easter basket today, along with 2 glimmer cards. (Thanks Steph for this adorable treat!!) I can't wait to surprise someone with my random kindness... The possibilities are endless!

Sharing leftovers! :)

Yay! I got an email from someone who gave out a Glimmer Card today!! :)  Read her email below:

We put our first glimmer card out today. There is a small retail store located in our neighborhood and we stopped in there tonight to pick up some extras for dinner. As we were checking out the cashier asked what was for dinner. We told her and she jokingly asked if we were going to bring her any. Well, after we finished with our family dinner we plated up some and took if back to the cashier accompanied by a glimmer card. She was shocked and pleased at the same time as were a couple of customers that were in the store. It was an awesome feeling making someone's night like that. :) -- Bonnie from Greenville, NC

The First Response!!

Tonight I got an email as a response to THE FIRST GLIMMER CARD THAT WAS GIVEN OUT!!!  It made my night!  :)  If you missed the post about the first random act of kindness I did this week you can read about it here.  Anyway, here is the email that Charlotte from Newport News, VA sent me:

On Monday I received a big plate of Chocolate Chip cookies with the glimmer card.  What a treat!  My favorite cookie.  I was taking care of the 2 little girls that I keep on Monday's and my new neighbor Michael came over with this big plate of cookies that his Girlfriend had baked.  It really made my day.  I am the stay at home Mom in my neighborhood.  The person that put's everyone's kids on the bus and when the bus pulls up in the afternoon and the parent's are not home, I bring those kids back to my house.

I'm also the one who always catches the loose dogs in the neighborhood.  Which I did on Saturday!  I plan on passing my card on to the next loose dog and it's owner since it happens quite often lately!

I'm located in Newport News.  I think this is a great idea and I'm putting on my thinking cap to come up with some more ideas.  What a smile it put on my face and my kids!  Thanks so much!!

Charlotte

Thank you Charlotte for emailing me back!  It sounds like you totally deserved receiving that Glimmer Card because you are always helping everyone else out!  (Especially that time you found my house keys in your street and returned them!! I was so grateful!)  So glad you liked the cookies!! :) 

Rainy Day Smiles!

This is an email I got from a fan of The Project Glimmer in Virginia Beach, Va.  Check it out:

This is my very first glimmer card.  My friend Alice and I had lunch on a rainy day—I had just picked up my cards from the mail box and excited to open them.  Met my friend of 40some years for lunch—shared a glimmer card with her and we chatted about the project—made us have big smiles AND then she bought my lunch—another big smile!  We went over to Belks in Suffolk and I shared a card with 2 ladies that were checking out with some real bargains—they were already smiling but they even had a bigger smile.  Thanks Susan! 

This was sent in from Linda in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Thanks Linda!  So glad the Glimmer Cards brought smiles to those around you!

Yellow Flower Tuesday!

I'm going to be honest with you... today started out rough.  Customer Service issues, cranky people, bad drivers, bad moods!  This was exactly what my morning revolved around.  And then I realized it was Day 2 of The Project Glimmer Kick Off Week.  And here is what I did:

I headed out with a bundle of yellow daisies after lunch!  

First Stop: Wachovia Drive Through!  I needed to make a deposit.  There were two ladies working the windows so I sent two flowers and two cards!  They both smiled! :)

Second Stop:  Verizon.  I hate going into the Verizon store.  But I wanted to go in and talk to someone about the costs of the ipad and/ or the mobile internet options they have.  Typically I feel like going into Verizon is like doing your time at the DMV.  Long and painful.  But not this time!! A lady named Rosie was super helpful, got all of my questions answered within 5ish minutes, and had me out the door with a smile on my face.  Because of her friendliness and patience, I experienced great customer service!  So I went back in and asked for her.  Sadly, she was busy, but I asked another lady to leave a couple of flowers and a card for her.  When I was explaining myself I heard a few other people around me say "Awww" and smile.  

Third Stop:  MacCarther Mall. My roommate asked me to make a trip to the Apple Store with her.  She has been having issues with her macbook (unheard of, I know!) and has been in there several times.  Since this was probably going to be a stressful trip we decided to take some flowers along.  Before we went in to the mall, we left a couple flowers on several cars windshields, along with a Glimmer Card.  We had a few extra flowers that we decided to leave in the ladies & family restroom as well.  

We put these the the door handle instead of the windshield... 

(Blurry to protect the identity of the Jeep!)  Since I drive a jeep I HAD to leave a couple flowers on this one!

Family Bathroom, first floor of MacCarther Mall.  

We figured that even if the Janitor is the one who finds this, it will be worth it!  

Luckily it was a very happy trip when the manager at the Apple Store said they would replace her dud laptop with a brand new laptop!  Since our spirits were up, we decided to stop by the restrooms to see if anyone had found and taken the flowers yet.  Sadly, no, not yet.  But we figured even if it is a Janitor who finds them, then hooray! :)

When we were heading back to the car I glanced around, wondering if anyone had found the other flowers yet.  It was actually really funny, because timing is everything!  As we were getting closer to our car we saw a guy pulling the flowers and card off of his windshield.  He looked around, like he was SUPER confused and then climbed into his car.  We just looked like two innocent shoppers walking out of the mall, so unless he saw the funny smirk on my face, he had no clue it was us who left the flowers for him.

Last Stop.  The Parking Garage Lady. I'm honestly not really sure what her title is, but she is the lady that sits in the booth, while leaving the parking garage, to collect our money.  (It's not a toll, but a.... help me out... what's the word??)  Anyway, Caitlin handed her the ticket and she told us we owed $2.  When Caitlin passed her the $2 she had two yellow flowers with it.  This lovely lady had the biggest grin on her face as she smiled back at us and said "Thank You."

So that's it ladies and gentlemen.  Day two of the Glimmer Week Kick Off!  What do you think?  Give me your feed back!  Did you get a flower?  Let me know!  

Glimmer Card Batches!

Yesterday evening I spent some time getting the Glimmer Card packets put together for the group of people  who emailed me their addresses.  Here's what they looked like:

Get excited if you are expecting one in the mail!!  

As part of my kick off week I decided to include a little special something for four of you though!  A random act of kindness from me to you!

You might be wondering how I picked which four would receive this special treat.  Since I was sitting in the parking lot of the post office, I couldn't go to the random picker online, so I used the next best thing!

Chloe "picked out" four random envelopes for me!

All of the packets (except for one who emailed me her address literally as I was pulling out of the post office parking lot) have been shipped out!  If you are local, you might get it today!  Otherwise, be on the look out for your cards Wednesday and Thursday! :)

PS.  I still have 6 batches of Glimmer Cards that need a good home!  Do you or someone you know want to get involved?  Let me know!  I will mail them to you asap!

The First Glimmer Card!

The First Glimmer Card!  Kick Off Monday!  Both pretty exciting if you ask me!  I'm so ready to get this project rolling, and from the sounds of it, so are a lot of you!  I cannot believe we have over 70 facebook fans and 30ish people who are following the blog (because they clicked that little follow button right over there ----->  and you should too!)

So here we go!  The first random act of kindness!  I wish I had done something so much more creative, but stay tuned... I will try to think something up for the rest of the week.  Anyway, what did I do?  Well let me show you!

I baked cookies!!  And when I say baked, I use it very loosely.  I was in Newport News at my boyfriend's house and he didn't really have the "tools" necessary to bake from scratch, so I resorted to this!  Cookie dough from the tube!  :)

I'm not going to lie, we tasted a couple.  You really would've thought they were home made, not tube made.  

Then I made him PROMISE me that he would pick one of his neighbors and deliver the cookies.  I got a text message this afternoon saying "mission accomplished."  

And of course I made sure he took the Glimmer Card along too!

So there you go.  Simple, delicious, random act of kindness.  Let's get this project rolling!  I mailed out a ton of cards today (actually only 260) to those of you who have emailed me your address.  I think I have 6 more packets of Glimmer Cards left to send out into the world!  Let me know if you want one!

Do you have an idea of a random act of kindness I should do?  Leave it in the comment section below!

ps. sorry about the poor picture quality... they are from the droid because the camera was MIA :)

Thank you Mailman!

On Friday afternoon the mailman had NO idea what he was leaving on my door step.  When I saw him walking away after dropping off a large box from Vista Print I almost wanted to chase him down and tell him how many good deeds and smiles he just brought all of us!  I'm sure a bear hug would've been too much, and he would've thought I had indeed flipped my lid.  So I simply smiled and waved a thank you at him before I quickly tore into the box!  The Glimmer Cards are here!  

Don't forget!  If you want your own stash of Glimmer Cards you need to let me know!  Read my post from Thursday on Glimmer Cards if you are interested.  

Kick off starts tomorrow!  I'm excited!  Are you?