Kindly Knitting Circle Groups

The Kindness Movement is growing strong with people like Fran, a partner-in-kind, who sent me this nice message about her plans to promote kindness via a circle group. She touched on several issues that I'm passionate about, such as the needs of foster kids aging out of the system and services for seniors. I've blogged on both these issues a number of times. The guerilla knitting movement is something new to me and I love it! Leaving a handmade goody behind is such a nice way of spreading kindness. I'm not a knitter but my mother-in-law knits these adorable little caps (see below) for newborns in developing countries. What a nice way to say "I care!" with something made from your own hands.

Fran wrote:

Hi - I love, and try to live, your theme of Random Acts of Kindness. I am returning to my hometown next week (from 6 months of travel), and planning on starting a Kindness Circle group, possibly through the MeetingUp site. I hope to encourage members to perform anonymous RAoK, including guerilla knitting, donations of goods (especially books), help foster kids ageing out of the system, and senior citizen socializing and visit/assistance. I have loads of ideas and am looking forward to putting them into action. Let me know if you'd like me to keep you posted. ~ Fran Young