MSC 05 3410
Scholes Hall, 229
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-0952
Fax: 505-277-6099
ovpsa@unm.edu
Daylight Safety walk
Flash Mob
Kindness goodies at various locations around campus
Information tables
Author Gary Beene, "The Seeds we Sow, Kindness that Fed a Hungry World."
Food drive to benefit the Roadrunner Food Bank
and much more!
Donate blood at the ASUNM Community Experience Blood Drive
Feb. 14, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Student Union Building
February 18 at 7 p.m. and Feburary 19 at 2 p.m.
in Theater X
Basement of Popejoy Hall
Tickets are $8 for students and $12 general public
Proceeds will benefit the WRC Sabrina Single Mother's Scholarship
Help us help New Mexico's hungry by making a donation to the Roadrunner Food Bank during our Random Acts of Kindness Week charity drive!
They are in need of: boxed meals, canned entrees, canned fruit, canned meats, canned vegetables, cereal, macaroni and cheese, pasta, pasta sauces, peanut butter, jelly, rice, soup, and sugar.
Donations will be collected all week at the following Locations:
or your can donate online at www.rrfb.org.
Please click here for a flyer regarding the Roadrunner Food Bank drive.
by Kim Kloeppel, UNM Interim Dean of Students and Student Affairs Planning Officer
This year, Random Acts of Kindness Week will be celebrated February 13-17, and what better way to celebrate than by spreading kindness, respect and civility, while also focusing on safety! Unfortunately, daily acts of kindness are not publicized but rather overshadowed by acts of violence, bullying and insensitivity. Consequently these acts can lead to injuries, deaths and suicides as people seek recognition by copycatting these acts—thereby allowing the cycle of violence and insensitivity to continue.
In order to place more emphasis on kindness, respect, civility, and safety, I am leading the charge to UNM students, faculty and staff to encourage each other to focus on positive behaviors and finding ways to demonstrate kindness, respect, and focus on safety.
Being kind to each other isn't’t difficult or profound and doesn't’t take much extra time or money—it just takes awareness and conscious thought from all of us. Some of the smallest acts of kindness: sending a friend or co-worker a note of thanks, giving someone a compliment, volunteering at a shelter, holding the door open for someone, walking a neighbor’s dog, or giving up your seat for someone can go a long way. And if you want to do more, a few extra dollars could treat a friend to a cup of coffee or a movie, or help your favorite charity, and departments can combine efforts for food or clothes drives. Be a role model and show others how easy this can be!
It always feels good when someone is nice TO you, but it feels even better when YOU are nice to others! In fact, there are many health benefits associated with being helpful and kind. Being helpful can enhance your feeling of joyfulness, emotional resilience, optimism, self-worth, and vigor, and reduce your sense of isolation, helplessness, and depression. Let’s put up a fight to achieve kindness, respect, courteousness, and our focus on safety! Be Kind and Pass it on to Others!
For more information, go to: http://studentaffairs.unm.edu/random-acts-of-kindness.html or http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/
1. Send someone a hand written note of thanks.
2. Make a card at home and send it to a friend.
3. Adopt a stray animal.
4. Put some coins in another student’s parking meter.
5. Buy a coffee for a student or co-worker.
6. Walk your friend’s dog.
7. Give a compliment about your server to their manager.
8. Volunteer at a shelter.
9. Give Blood.
10. Mentor a child.
11. Treat a friend to a mid-week movies.
12. Give a huge tip to someone when they least expect it.
13. Hold the elevator door open for someone on the shuttle.
14. Give up your seat for someone.
15. Talk to a homeless person and have a “normal” conversation.
16. Pick up some trash around campus
17. Compliment a co-worker for their excellence.
18. Babysit for a friend.
19. Give another driver your parking spot.
20. Donate to charity.
21. Tell all your co-workers how much you appreciate them.
22. Buy an inspirational book for a friend.
23. Let someone go ahead of you in line at the SUB eateries.
24. Do something nice for yourself.
25. Smile a lot.
Numerous scientific studies show that acts of kindness result in significant health benefits, both physical and mental. Here are some key points:
I try to live by this rule as much as possible; what goes around, comes around. Leaving a nickel in the water bottle machine may help out the next person who is a nickel short, which we all know is a bummer. My biggest random acts have come from medicine. I became an paramedic so I could help others in need, in their worst moments. Lying on a steel gurney is a scary place to be, when people cannot, or refuse, to see you. One case sticks out from the others, in regards to this topic. During my ambulance time, I responded to a call in which a woman had hurt herself. Upon arriving on scene, I assessed the situation, and sent the crew to the hallway. My patient and I talked; I encouraged her to clean the bleeding wounds she had, then I bandaged them for her. I rode to UNMH with the transporting crew - I knew that ride would be about the last 20 normal minutes she would have for a while. We had a very easy going conversation, and when we arrived at the hospital, I stayed until she checked in. On the way out, she placed a hand on my shoulder, looked at me, and said thank you. Pay it forward, the golden rule, whatever you want to call it. Those who are strong have an obligation to help the weak.
I stopped at Circle K one morning to get a soda and overheard a gentleman talking to the cashier (and I eventually got involved in the conversation). He said he stays at a shelter but they have to be out by a certain time each morning. He said he was standing outside a business after leaving the shelter a few days earlier and a man came up and started talking to him. He told the man about staying in the shelter and having to be out by a certain time each morning and that he didn't have gloves and his hands were so cold. The man opened the store and told him to follow him and took him to where the gloves were. He told him that he was the manager of the store and told him to pick out any pair he wanted. He said he picked out a pair of gloves and his hands are now warm when he is out in the cold. As we all talked he said how grateful he was to that manager. A pair of gloves seem like such a small thing, but to that gentleman it was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him.
Submitted by Rachel Stone
Stefanie Rotunno is a person in my office who is always willing to listen to my stories and give advice. We were talking about cooking the other day, and I told her that I can NEVER get my pinto beans to turn out right. They are either to bland or too firm; I had given up. She then proclaimed that she makes THE best beans ever! She briefly told me what she does to make her beans sublime and I made a mental note. A couple of days later, Stefanie brought me some of her fantastic beans!!! And she was right, they were great! What a nice thing to do because that afternoon, I did not need to wonder what to have for lunch. Thank you, Stefanie!
Click the post-it note on the left for thank you notes you can use to show your co-workers you appreciate them.