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Friday, February 15, 2013

Random Acts of Kindness in Medfield

Use the hashtag #PatchRandomActs on Facebook or Twitter to spread the word about a selfless act you witnessed or experienced in your town.

This week (Feb. 11-17) is "Random Acts of Kindness" week, according to www.randomactsofkindness.org, a site that hopes to inspire people to "practice kindness and pass it on to others."  Have you noticed your friends or neighbors making a difference in Medfield? Have you done a random act of kindness? Patch wants to know about it! Whether it's shoveling out a neighbor's walkway, taking a stray dog to a shelter, taking out trash for a sick neighbor, or helping out in a community garden, every random act of kindness is appreciated by the community. We want to see how many random acts we can inspire across the United States in the 905 communities Patch covers. If you know of someone who has done a good deed in Medfield, tell their story in …

Melissa Roeder

10:25 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013

I would like to thank our Neighbor and Friend John Cartisser for snow blowing not only our drive way but four other neighbors drive ways as well the morning after Nemo. This was after he did his own driveway and lawn (paths for the dogs)   more ›

Friday, December 28, 2012

Stranger's '26 Acts' Gesture Makes Family's Morning

An anonymous person bought breakfast for people Friday at the Sunnyside Cafe in Marlborough, in an act of kindness seemingly inspired by the Newtown tragedy.

This happened at a diner in Marlborough. Have you ever been the recipient of a random act of kindness?  OUTSIDE BOSTON, MA -- A local woman was walking back to her table at a cafe Friday morning when she saw the looks on her family's faces. "When I sat down they were silent and showed me a note on a piece of paper. At first I thought it was a joke, but when I saw the note on another table, I knew it was real," said Julie Purcell, a Marlborough resident. The handwritten note (pictured with this article), left at Purcell's table at Sunnyside Cafe around 9:15 a.m., indicated that their breakfast was paid for: it was one of several a kind stranger requested servers leave at patrons' tables. The note read it was one of "26 acts," which is an …

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