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    Niño ELA, inspired by Cooper, is running the Cooper Kindness Project which is collecting donations for the Featherbrook Community Centre during Homelessness Week (7-13 August). 

     

    Five-year-old Cooper introduced children and educators at his service to the issue of homelessness after visiting a local supermarket with his Mum and sister on the way. While walking into the supermarket, he saw a man sitting on the ground outside, with a container in front of him, soliciting donations. 

     

    When they were inside the supermarket, Cooper asked his mother about the man, and she explained that many people struggle for money, leaving them unable to purchase food and other necessities. 

     

    “He might be collecting money from kind people so that he can come in (to the supermarket) and buy something to eat.”

     

    Cooper then asked if they could buy the man something to eat, choosing bananas and apples. Once the shop was finished, Cooper walked up to the man, and handed him the fruit, receiving a smile, a thumbs up, and a “you made my day!” from the man in return. 

     

    Walking back to the car, Cooper was pleased with his kindness, sharing his story with educators and the other children when in care the next day, where the team acknowledged that this little act of kindness could be expanded to a bigger act of kindness “from all our little niños”.

     

    “Cooper’s empathy and willingness to help serve as an example for everyone around him,” a Niño ELA representative said.

     

    “The project also emphasises the importance of community involvement and working together to make a positive impact. It teaches children and adults alike the value of empathy, generosity and compassion.”

     

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    his mother didn't tell him that most of homeless people are homeless is not because they don't have money or they can't find jobs?

    Most of them are homeless because they are addicted to drugs or have mental issue or both. You give them 20 bucks and they just go ahead buy cocaine and come back asking for more money.

    Liberal's issue is that they think that just throwing money in and the problem is solved - and they are not even throwing in their own money :-)

     

     

    Republican Party
    Blambu56 Published 10/28/2008
    I was talking to a friend's little girl, and she said she wanted to be
    President some day.

    Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked
    her,

    'If you were to be the President, what's the first thing you would do?'
    She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'

    'Wow - what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until
    you're President to do that.

    You can come over to my house and mow the grass, pull weeds, and sweep my
    yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store
    where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use
    toward food or a new house.'

    She thought that over for a few seconds, 'cause she's only 6.

    And while her Mom glared at me, the little girl looked me straight in the
    eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work,
    and you can just pay him the $50?'

    And I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'

    Her folks still aren't talking to me.

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    Kindness (empathy, generosity and compassion) isn't limited by any human divisions [e.g., political affiliation ;-)].

     

    Kindness is unconditional!  

     

    Thank you!

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