The 25 Acts of Kindness Challenge

Kindness Campaign... Kindness Challenge

Here is my challenge that I am putting out ---- I CHALLENGE YOU!

Let's all get involved in the Kindness Challenge and perform three kind deeds per day. For the next ten days, I would like to have all students and instructors of Goshin Karate & Judo Academy perform acts of kindness.

I hope these Acts of Kindness (to friends, family, perfect strangers, people in need and even a few four-legged friends) will swept through Phoenix, Scottsdale and Arizona. "Passed It On"

"I hope what we start right here at Goshin Karate & Judo Academy is only the beginning," Lets see who can Perform, and Log the most acts of kindness. (Start Logging them Now)

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The point of my challenge is to see what focusing on kindness does to the person performing them, and also to see what effect doing acts of kindness has on the students and our school. I am just asking for 3 kind deeds that each of us perform everyday. - Thank you. Mr. Boggs







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A to Z of Exciting Kindness Activities for Volunteers


Art – Share your artistic talents and hobbies like drawing, painting and pottery making.

Befriend youths-at-risk, teach baking and bowling skills.

Camping- bring everyone along, including senior citizens of the disabled.

Doing up welfare homes.

Entertaining the less fortunate through concerts and sketches.

Festive celebrations – treat the underprivileged to festive goodies like moon cakes.

Games like ‘goli’ and ‘chatek’ – teach the young the games of old.

Handicraft – teach others how to make soft toys, greeting cards and baskets.

Instruct – instruct others in dancing, gymnastics and qigong.

Jumble Sale – organise a sale to raise funds.

Kite flying and karaoke sessions – simple activities you can conduct for the young and old.

Logistical Support – arrange transportation and offer technical expertise to community events.

Make someone’s day – conduct courses in time management, accounting, et cetera.

Newsletter – write and edit for a community newsletter.

Organisational skills – use your skills to organise community events.

Publicity – help publicise charity and community events.

Quest – inject in the young and old a quest for adventure.

Recruitment – help recruit volunteers for community service.

Sight- seeing – take the less fortunate on excursions and trips.

Tuition – give free tuition to poor pupils.

Unlocking other people’s talents – your encouragement can unlock hidden talents in others.

Video production – teach video production skills.

Water sports – volunteer your time to teach swimming and other forms of water sports.

Xcitement – inject a sense of excitement in others’ lives.

Youth outreach – be proactive, reach out to the youths.

Zoo trip – a simple trip to the zoo can mean a lot to some.


http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/


Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate and Judo Academy
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Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
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Kindness Week - Feb 15-21, - Karate Kindness

It is the little things that make the BIGGEST difference


KIND ACT IDEAS


» Say “I love you” to the the people you love

» Hold the door open for the person behind you

» Let someone out in front of you in traffic

» Tip more than 15% especially when your server seems to be having a bad day

» Give something to the homeless (blankets, a jacket, a sandwich)

» Write a thank you note to one of your teachers past or present and let them know how grateful you are for them

» Call a friend you haven’t spoken to in a while

» Let the person who needs the closer parking spot have it

» Help the elderly and parents with small children

» Smile when you answer the phone

» Thank the men and women in uniform

» Smile and say hello to a complete stranger

» Be kind to animals

» Pick up a check in a restaurant

» Volunteer in your community (hospital, soup kitchen, animal shelter)

» Practice gratitude everyday and simply be kind

Please feel free to share your ideas with us.



Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate & Judo Academy
6245 E. Bell Road #120
Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
480-951-2236

http://www.GoshinKarate.com/
http://www.GoshinCares.com/
http://www.GoshinGirls.com/
http://www.goshingear.com/

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http://GoshinKarate.blogspot.com/

LOG YOU ACTS OF KINDNESS HERE

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Karate KIds -- One Million Acts of Kindness - The Kindness Generation

I read this Article in the AARP Bulletin and have sent Bob an e-mail to see if he will stop by Goshin Karate & Judo Academy and talk to our "Goshin Action Hero's." The Karate and Judo students at Goshin Karate & Judo Academy in North Phoenix and Scottsdale have reached 35,000 Acts of kindness in the last 18 months.

Kindness. Do you think that the trait of kindness is innate, or is it something that we “learn?” I’m not sure that everyone is born with it, but I think that most people can learn to be kind … although it takes practice. By practicing simple acts of kindness, I think we can teach our children the trait by example.

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Bob Votruba and his dog Bogart are spreading the message of kindness around college campuses.

Bob Votruba’s Boston terrier, Bogart, jumps up on students hurrying by with coffee and books at the entrance of Ohio University’s campus. One young woman looks impatiently ahead; another stops and glances at the big, pale-blue bus painted with sayings and slogans promoting hugs, kindness and generosity.

Votruba, 54, smiles and hands out a blue circular sticker that reads “One Million Acts of Kindness.”

“This could be the coolest goal of your lifetime,” he tells a young woman. “It will probably take 50 years or so.”

A slender man with a quiet smile and an upbeat outlook, the Cleveland native is crisscrossing the country in his bus on a 10-year mission to encourage, inspire and remind people to be kind every day—even every hour. Last August he started visiting college campuses to reach students, who he says are the most receptive to his ideas.

“I didn’t go to college. So now I’m going to all of them,” he says, with plans to visit about 100 campuses a year.

Throughout the day students and other passersby take a minute to pat Bogart and listen to Votruba talk about kindness and its importance in today’s world. After they leave, he gulps a little more coffee and starts his spiel again to others who stop by. Some agree to take extra stickers. A few already know about him from Facebook, Twitter or the One Million Acts of Kindness website. He’s also on YouTube.

When Votruba first started talking about the effort, friends tried to persuade him to lower his goal to 100,000. But it didn’t have the same ring as a million.

Reaching 1 million kindnesses over a lifetime requires 50 acts of kindness a day for 55 years, performing good deeds such as picking up trash, holding open a door or giving a hungry man a sandwich. “It’s a big, big number and totally obtainable, with kindness in the heart,” Votruba says.

But he knows he must pick up the pace to meet his own million mark. “I’ve got to do like 500 [acts] a day,” Votruba says with a laugh, noting he finds it difficult to connect with a charity while on the road and juggling a blog, campus visits and speeches.

Votruba’s promotion of goodness started more than seven years ago, when, after the Sept. 11 tragedy, he created a Sow Only Seeds of Love sticker and website. That part-time pursuit grew into the kindness campaign after two suicides among his acquaintances and the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech. He attended the campus memorial service and started thinking about how, as a father of three children in college, his job “is to make this the safest place that I can.… Kindness is the only thing that’s going to break that mess out there,” he says.

Votruba, who grew up in a big Catholic family with eight sisters, learned early about kindness by watching his mother perform good deeds, such as sewing for neighbors and helping with clothing drives. After high school, he became a carpenter’s apprentice and then a cabinetmaker. He started a custom cabinetry business and later expanded into homebuilding, a handsome living that provided luxuries such as family ski vacations and a 10,000-square-foot home.

“I never had a care in the world,” he says. “I’ve been spoiled all my life.”

Friends know Votruba, who is now divorced, as a good father and a successful businessman—as comfortable talking with the homeless as with a CEO. “He’s one of the most considerate and giving and warm people,” says Warren Morris, a friend for 20 years.

Yet selling his home, getting rid of possessions and moving into a bus—with bed but no microwave or bathroom—struck some in his circle as “way-out-there thinking. Some people think he’s gone off the deep end,” Morris says.

But others see it a little differently. “It’s a cool idea,” says recent OU grad Tyler Wallace, 21, of Cincinnati. However, “the cynic in me wonders how many people will follow through on it.”

After only a few months on the road, Votruba already has many fond memories—meeting two older adults who are changing retirement plans to help others, the students who made him a lasagna dinner, the professor who invited him to stay at his home for a few nights.

The grassroots effort is financed and run by Votruba. He thinks it’s gaining momentum and hopes to see it become a nonprofit organization and develop into a Kindness 101 curriculum for elementary schools. He dreams of adding more kindness buses to spread his message around the country.

For now though, Votruba is happy reaching people in small groups, which on a good day can add up to 300 or 400 students. He knows only a few will embrace the million acts of kindness immediately but hopes more will get the spirit at other times of their lives.

Votruba challenges older Americans to skip a golf game or play less bridge to make time for kindness and volunteering. “Find the passion that’s always been there and embrace it,” he says, and be a kindness role model to your children and grandchildren.

“I would like to see another Mother Teresa in the world because of this,” Votruba says. “I want thousands of Mother Teresas. The world needs people to go out and care for one another.”

What if there was a million Mother Teresa's --- Imgine That..........

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Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei

Goshin Karate & Judo Academy

6245 E. Bell Road #120

Scottsdale, AZ. 85254

480-951-2236

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Arizona Children Learn That Kindness is the Ultimate Self Defense

Students at Goshin Karate and Judo Academy in Scottsdale Arizona learned that karate is a lot more than blocks, punches and kicks. They learned that Acts of Kindness can really improve our community.

September 30, 2009 – Phoenix, AZ. – According to local karate instructor Roger Boggs, the martial arts are about a lot more than punches, kicks, and blocks. To help make that point to students at Goshin Karate & Judo Academy next week during National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Boggs spend every day teaching them about martial arts philosophy, most specifically about kindness.

“Kindness is, really, the ultimate self-defense,” says Boggs. To make the point clear, Boggs challenged all of the school’s classes to an acts of kindness contest. For 30 days students will be performing and recording acts of kindness; the class that completes the most acts will win a pizza party and prizes.

“It’s not just about kindness, it’s also about the power of little acts and how they can add up to be big accomplishments,” says Roger. “By working together to reach their goal, the students will get a lesson in teamwork as well.”

The program was created by Roger Boggs, chief instructor of Goshin Karate & Judo Academy. Boggs loves the project, but he has his eyes on an even bigger goal. “I’m shooting for a 500,000 acts of kindness in the Phoenix area in the next five years.”

According to Mr. Boggs, the Random Acts of Kindness Challenge started in 2007 and has continued to grow each year. So far, the program has been a catalyst for over 35,000 acts of kindness, most of them completed by his karate students between the ages of 4 and 15 but we have adults too....

“This year, my goal is to expand this program to include our local elementary schools.” says Mr. Boggs. “It will take some time to get the administrators at the Paradise Valley Unified School District, to understand what acts of kindness and the Goshin Actions Heros have to do with karate, but I hope to get them enthusiastic about the project.”

Check back in from time to time to see how many acts of kindness our students have completed. Or better yet add some yourself at https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8186829832650938427&postID=5572664368017707111&isPopup=true

For more information on our Martial Arts classes or program or to get your own acts of kindness challenge started, contact Mr. Roger Boggs at (480) 951-2236.



Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate & Judo Academy
6245 E. Bell Road #120
Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
480-951-2236

http://www.GoshinKarate.com/
http://www.GoshinCares.com/
http://www.GoshinGirls.com/
http://www.GoshinGear.com/



http://www.yourworthdefending.com/

http://GoshinKarate.blogspot.com/

Goshin Karate & Judo Academy has been providing Instruction/Lessons in Martial Arts, Self Defense, Judo, Jujitsu, MMA and Karate, for Kids, Teens and Adults in the Cave Creek, Phoenix, Scottsdale and the entire north valley of Arizona since 1991.

Karate - Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness
33,146 Acts Completed (August 1, 2009)

Goshin Karate & Judo Academy in North Phoenix promotes “Random Acts of Kindness" .

Our mission is to be the first Karate School in Arizona to complete and record 100,000 acts of kindness.

If we teach our children to be kind to others, the world will be the better for it.

Be a Part of the Movement To Create a Better World Through Positive Action!

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an action is worth a thousand pictures.” - Martial Arts Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee

We encourage you to help us reach our goal by TAKING ACTION on the idea of kindness towards others. Perform random and purposeful acts of kindness and respect towards others and record them on a piece of paper.

Make each act of kindness like a vote –a vote for what is good and right about the human spirit.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

There is so much negative on the news and in the world today. Let’s focus our minds and energy on doing kind things for each other and together we WILL change the world –for the better.

Who Can Participate and What Can You Do?

Every person is invited to participate in this program. I have my students – some as young as 4 years old – working on it. If they can do it, so can you! Every kind act counts, so whether you say “hello” and smile at someone you might have typically ignored, help someone out with something they’re trying to accomplish, open a door for someone, or donate your time to a good cause, RECORD IT.

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From the simple gesture to the profound and generous donation of time, energy, and resources, EVERY KIND ACT COUNTS.

Why We’re Doing This
We are doing this due to demonstrate the philosophy and beliefs that the martial arts has become known for – leadership, courtesy, respect and confidence. In order to be a master instructor, it is my responsibility to LEAD the way.

We have found that children learn a lot more if the experience is interactive and not a lecture. Instead of TELLING them that they need to be nice, we want them to actually BE nice.


Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate & Judo Academy
6245 E. Bell Road #120
Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
480-951-2236

http://www.GoshinKarate.com/
http://GoshinKarate.blogspot.com/


http://www.GoshinCares.com/


http://www.GoshinGirls.com/


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Goshin Karate & Judo Academy in Scottsdale Arizona - Has exceeded 25,000 Acts of Kindness

WE HAVE EXCEED 25,000 ACTS OF KINDNESS



The quality of respect is central to our (or your child’s) ability to be happy and to function in the world. The form of respect is shown by appropriate conduct and good manners. The spirit of respect is represented by a sincere appreciation of the value and the rights of other people.



All Goshin Karate & Judo Academy students are encouraged to participate in the "Acts of Kindness" program!

3 A DAY - THAT'S THE GOSHIN WAY



“If a picture is worth a thousand words,then an action is worth a thousand pictures.”Martial Arts Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee



Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate & Judo Academy
6245 E. Bell Road #120
Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
480-951-2236

http://www.GoshinKarate.com/
http://www.GoshinCares.com/
http://www.GoshinGirls.com/
http://www.GoshinGear.com/



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Providing Instruction/Lessons in Martial Arts, Self Defense, Judo and Karate, for Kids, Teens and Adults in the Cave Creek, Phoenix, Scottsdale and the entire north valley of Arizona since 1991.

Karate Teacher in Scottsdale declare every week is Random Acts of Kindness Week

Goshin Karate & Judo Academy in Scottsdale Arizona is working to make Scottsdale/North Phoenix a kinder place

Mr. Roger Boggs the owner of Goshin Karate & Judo Academy has challenged his nearly 300 students to do a 1000 acts of Kindness each year.

... 267 students motivated to do 1000 acts of kindness would equal more than quarter of a million acts of Kindness.

Here is my challenge – I CHALLENGE YOU!

Let’s all get involved in the Kindness Challenge and perform three kind deeds per day.

I would like to have all students and instructors of Goshin Karate & Judo Academy perform acts of kindness.

I hope these Acts of Kindness (to friends, family, perfect strangers, people in need and even a few four-legged friends) will swept through Phoenix, Scottsdale and Arizona.

"Passed It On"

"I hope what we start right here in our studios will only be the beginning,"

Let’s see who can Perform, and Log the most acts of kindness this year.
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“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an action is worth a thousand pictures.” Martial Arts Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee

This week, our students will don their Goshin Karate shirts and go around doing acts of kindness. Boggs said the program is “wide open” and students can do whatever acts of kindness they choose.

Acts of Kindness for the Earth

Acts of Kindness for Others

Acts of Kindness for themselves (Like Eating Healthy)

Once a student does an act of kindness for someone, they will give that person a card. On the card that is dedicated to this event.

Mr. Boggs said participants will be encouraged to go to https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8186829832650938427&postID=5572664368017707111&isPopup=true, and write about what they did or was done for them and then do another act of kindness.

Who Can Participate and What Can You Do?
Everyone can participate.

Every kind act counts, so whether you say “hello” and smile at someone you might have typically ignored, help someone out with something they’re trying to accomplish, open a door for someone, or donate your time to a good cause, RECORD IT.From the simple gesture to the profound and generous donation of time, energy, and resources, EVERY KIND ACT COUNTS.

Roger

Mr. Boggs - Sensei
Goshin Karate & Judo Academy
6245 E. Bell Road #120
Scottsdale, AZ. 85254
480-951-2236

http://www.GoshinKarate.com/

http://www.GoshinCares.com/

http://www.GoshinGirls.com/

http://www.GoshinGear.com/