Project Garbage Gratitude

I introduced Patience (a.k.a. Kindnessgirl) to the Kindness Community blog in November of 2009. Since then she has landed an important gig as a kindness contributor for the Huffington Post and has been featured in Oprah's O magazine. (Proof in my eyes that the kindness movement is widespread and growing in popularity!) In yesterday's Huffington article, she wrote about a kindness mission inspiring a wave of garbage gratitude for our collectors. Trying to rally support for the most thankless job in america, she suggest we write a note of thanks to our garbage collectors with a gift card from the local coffee shop or gas station and attach it to our cans. I've actually given my waste management collectors baked goods for a Christmas gift and you should have seen the look of surprise on their faces! These guys work hard and are rarely given the thanks they deserve. I'd love to see a street lined with trash cans covered with notes of thanks. I'll help spread the word on Project Garbage Gratitude.

*photo from Huffington article