Pay it forward

Sunday, January 4, 2009





I'm going to help my family because I rarely do nothing. I'm going to shovel the snow because there's no one that want to do it since my grandpa isn't here, he's in the Philippines and he usually shovels it himself. I shovelled outside of my house, side and the back. I'm going to do it when the snow is high because I don't want to keep shovelling everytime snow drops.
I shovelled the front, side, and back of my house. I felt proud of myself because I usually don't do anything in or out of the house, I don't know why but I think I'm lazy. I just do something when I really have to when my parents get mad at me that's when I do something. My parents reacted happy because for someone that doesn't do anything in the house finally did something. They even said so themselves, and they were happy. No, because I forgot to make the pamphlets. Yes, one person can make a difference because if that person does something really nice and people really like it they'll participate with that person and in no time everyone is involved in it. Then everyone in the whole world will do it after everyone will be happy.



Paying It Forward

For my act of kindness, I'm thinking of helping anonymous people like the elderly, children, and the homeless. Some of my ideas to pay it forward was to help at an old folks home, help at the Children's Hospital, babysit for free, volunteer at a Christmas cheerboard, shovel someone's driveway, do community service, do chores at home without being told, and to donate money, clothes, or toys. I thought about going to the Children's Hospital or Calvary Place. I'm going to pay it forward during the break.


What I ended up doing was I made cards with Abby, Alyanna, Carrie, Gelli, Arielle, and Tracy. The cards we made were about paying it forward, explaining what pay it forward is, why we are doing it, and how others can help. We all participated and equally shared the work by thinking, writing, drawing, and coloring.


On the front of each card said, "Pay it Forward" and to read before thinking to even throw it out or something similar. If you think about it, do you think you'd read something handmade made by anonymous people in the mail? Would you throw it out without even reading it? I honestly probably wouldn't take the time to read it, but maybe if it said something like, Please read before throwing out." or "Before you even think of throwing this out, please read it." I'd probably read it. We also drew pictures on the front of the cards like flowers, cartoons, and forward symbols like the ones on a VCR. In the inside of the cards basically covered the who, what, when, where, why, and how. We also drew diagrams of one person paying it forward to three other people, each of the three paying it forward to three other people, and so on. We showed how it can spread quickly to many people and around the world. We also attached a lollipop to each of the cards to show our appreciation to pay it forward. We put the cards into mailboxes of unknown people.


I felt that I have done a good deed by spreading the message to others. I also felt like watching someone open their door and read what we had left in their mailbox and how they would react. I think the people whom I have given it to would have probably had a happy feeling reading the card and had a smile on their face wondering who had made the cards. I'm hoping that the people who received the cards actually read it and don't tend on throwing it out. I hope that they also pay it forward to help us spread the message.


Do I think that one person can make a difference? I know someone can make difference, it may not be a huge difference like to stop global warming but everyone counts. Even if that difference is very little, it will continue to grow no matter how small it may be. It is almost like a tree, it'll start out small and it will take time for it to grow, but in the end it is a large beautiful tree, and all the waiting really paid off. I think if you really believe in yourself that you can make a difference in our world and that you never give up, you will make a difference. No matter who you are. Age? Size? Culture? Ethnicity? That all doesn't matter, what matters is what is in you! Every little difference can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE! EVERY PERSON COUNTS!

Pay It Forward

Saturday, January 3, 2009
For my act of kindness i helped family. What I did was I shoveled yards and babysat. But only thing is i wish i was able to shovel more if it wasn't so cold. But we live in Winnipeg and it gets pretty cold here. Okay so I shoveled my yard more than once. It got kind of annoying but it felt good to know i'm doing a good deed. And for babysitting I babysat my cousins and my sister. Its kind of hard but not really. Its only hard if they don't listen. Also like shoveling I babysat more than once probably every other day.

Well since my grandma had a hair salon in our basement her costumers were so surprised because most of the time our yard was the only clear one. So they kept complimenting my grandma. And the babysitting my grandma and my auntie were so thankful that i babysat. The reason was my auntie had work and my grandma had to go somewhere. I felt really good that I did something nice for my grandma and my auntie. They were surprised that I handled it really well. Because my cousins are kind of hard to take care of. Then before they left I just remembered to say pay it forward. My auntie said "whats that". Then I said "since I did a good deed, you have to do a good deed, that's what paying it forward means". After she said "oh okay".

Okay so I did a good thing for someone. And if they do a good thing for someone else and it keeps going, I bet it will probably spread to a lot of people. Especially if one person helps more than one person. So yes, I think one person can make a difference in this world.

Pay It Forward

For my act of kindness, I'm thinking of helping anonymous people like the elderly, children, and the homeless. Some of my ideas to pay it forward was to help at an old folks home, help at the Children's Hospital, babysit for free, volunteer at a Christmas cheerboard, shovel someone's driveway, do community service, do chores at home without being told, and to donate money, clothes, or toys. I thought about going to the Children's Hospital or Calvary Place. I'm going to pay it forward during the break.








What I ended up doing was I made cards with Abby, Alyanna, Carrie, Gelli, Sutchai, and Tracy. The cards we made were about paying it forward, explaining what pay it forward is, why we are doing it, and how others can help. We all participated and equally shared the work by thinking, writing, drawing, and coloring.

On the front of each card said, "Pay it Forward" and to read before thinking to even throw it out or something similar. If you think about it, do you think you'd read something handmade made by anonymous people in the mail? Would you throw it out without even reading it? I honestly probably wouldn't take the time to read it, but maybe if it said something like, "Please read before throwing out." or "Before you even think of throwing this out, please read it." I'd probably read it. We also drew pictures on the front of the cards like flowers, cartoons, and forward symbols like the ones on a VCR. In the inside of the cards basically covered the who, what, when, where, why, and how. We also drew diagrams of one person paying it forward to three other people, each of the three paying it forward to three other people, and so on. We showed how it can spread quickly to many people and around the world. We also attached a lollipop to each of the cards to show our appreciation to pay it forward. We put the cards into mailboxes of unknown people.

I felt that I have done a good deed by spreading the message to others. I also felt like watching someone open their door and read what we had left in their mailbox and how they would react. I think the people whom I have given it to would have probably had a happy feeling reading the card and had a smile on their face wondering who had made the cards. I'm hoping that the people who received the cards actually read it and don't tend on throwing it out. I hope that they also pay it forward to help us spread the message.

Do I think that one person can make a difference? I know someone can make difference, it may not be a huge difference like to stop global warming but everyone counts. Even if that difference is very little, it will continue to grow no matter how small it may be. It is almost like a tree, it'll start out small and it will take time for it to grow, but in the end it is a large beautiful tree, and all the waiting really paid off. I think if you really believe in yourself that you can make a difference in our world and that you never give up, you will make a difference. No matter who you are. Age? Size? Culture? Ethnicity? That all doesn't matter, what matters is what is in you! Every little difference can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE! EVERY PERSON COUNTS!

Pay it Forward

For my act of kindness, I'm going to help anonymous people like the elderly, children, and the homeless. Some of my ideas to pay it forward was to help at an old folks home, help at the Children's Hospital, babysit for free, volunteer at a Christmas cheerboard, shovel someone's driveway, do community service, do chores at home without being told, and to donate money, clothes, or toys. I thought about going to the Children's Hospital or Calvary Place. I'm going to pay it forward during the break.

























What I ended up doing was I made cards with Abby, Alyanna, Arielle, Gelli, Sutchai, and Tracy. The cards we made were about paying it forward, explaining what pay it forward is, why we are doing it, and how others can help. We all participated and equally shared the work by thinking, writing, drawing, and coloring. On the front of each card said, "Pay it Forward" and to read before thinking to even throw it out or something similar. If you think about it, do you think you'd read something handmade made by anonymous people in the mail? Would you throw it out without even reading it? I honestly probably wouldn't take the time to read it, but maybe if it said something like, Please read before throwing out." or "Before you even think of throwing this out, please read it." I'd probably read it. We also drew pictures on the front of the cards like flowers, cartoons, and forward symbols like the ones on a VCR. In the inside of the cards basically covered the who, what, when, where, why, and how. We also drew diagrams of just one person paying it forward to three other people, each of the three paying it forward to three other people, and so on. We showed how it can spread quickly to many people and around the world. We also attached a lollipop to each of the cards to show our appreciation to pay it forward. We put the cards into mailboxes of unknown people. I felt that I have done a good deed by spreading the message to others. I also felt like watching someone open their door and read what we had left in their mailbox and how they would react. I think the people whom I have given it to would have probably had a happy feeling reading the card and had a smile on their face wondering who had made the cards. I'm hoping that the people who received the cards actually read it and don't tend on throwing it out.
I hope that they also pay it forward to help us spread the message.Do I think that one person can make a difference? I know someone can make difference, it may not be a huge difference like to stop global warming but everyone counts. Even if that difference is very little, it will continue to grow no matter how small if may be. It is almost like a tree, it'll start out small and it will take time for it to grow, but in the end it is a large beautiful tree, and all the waiting really paid off. I think if you really believe in yourself that you can make a difference in our world and that you never give up, you will make a difference. No matter who you are. Age? Size? Culture? Ethnicity? That all doesn't matter, what matters is what is in you! Every little difference can make a HUGE DIFFERENCE! EVERY PERSON COUNTS!
I also volunteered somewhere for Pay it Forward. I'm not sure if volunteering at an old folks home counts for Pay it Forward because I don't know how they could pay it forward. But I am a regular volunteer at Calvary Place, on Erin St. Lester and I volunteer together with Roldan Sevillano Jr, a casual at Calvary Place. Junior as we call him is the funniest guy ever!




















We learned how to push someone in a wheelchair so that we could transport residents to the Activity Room. In the Activity Room they have exercises where they stretch, have trivia games, BOWLING, concerts and entertainment etc. During the games I would most of the time be a scorekeeper or if someone wanted to go back to their room I would take them.

Lester and I have had some bonding time with residents, one in particular, Louise. She is the nicest lady, we walked with her around the 1st floor and there were only a few moments of silence. We found out that she went to school at Sargent Park! We talked about how nice it was at Calvary Place, she said it was kept very clean and that the nurses and volunteers are very kind.

We've been very familiar to most of the residents attending the activities even though Junior himself can't remember all of their names. Clara is a resident that stands out the most to me, she is so tiny, fast and energetic. Junior one day, decided to play a trick on me! He gave my bag to Clara saying he bought it for her... And he was like, yeah go ahead and look inside! I was like oh my gosh, and I didn't want to take it from her because that would be rude! Then Junior being Junior... takes a picture of Clara and himself, and then Clara figured that it was my bag. That's why she has that look on her face, she was saying that Junior should know better than to take someone else's things! ;P

Since we only helped out for the activities which finished quickly, we'd help them organize things like fixing a new calendar for the new month, which was what I did.















Lester and I have had so much fun volunteering there and are absolutely going to continue volunteering there when we have free time! (:

Pay It Forward

This is a picture of me doing my good deed.



I decided to write a letter to a soldier who couldn't make it home for Christmas this year.
I did this because I felt bad for them and there families, so I wrote a letter to express my sympathy. After I wrote all up on paper I typed it and sent it off. I hope the person who gets it enjoys it and maybe writes back if he can. And that was my good deed for pay it forward

I hope you enjoyed the blog, Alex.

Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward

The morning after a very snowy night, I went outside to shovel my neighbour's walkway and around my house. When I looked at their walkway, it had already been done, so I just did my own house, so my parents wouldn't have to.






At first, I was going to shovel my neighbour's walkway and around my house because my parents weren't home. I decided to do my neighbour's walkway because I haven't seen them for a while and I heard that one of them was ill. As soon as I got outside, I saw that my neighbours had already cleared their pathway. I decided to just do my own house(front, back, and driveway) and make it look very clean, like a professional snow shoveller did it. It took a little longer than I had expected, but I still got it done. After I finished shoveling I felt a little cold and my fingers were numb. When my dad got home he told me that he didn't feel so well. He checked the mailbox and happily told me someone had secretly helped him shovel the snow around the house. Therefor I felt happy that my dad didn't have to shovel the snow, while he wasn't feeling well.


I think that one person can make a difference because it's like a dollar. If a charity was buying food for people with donation money. And there was a package for $1000, but they only had $999 because someone didn't donate their extra dollar, then that's a big difference for the starving people that don't get to eat once again. Now, besides just donating money to charity's, you could help people yourself and take nothing in return except for them to help other people. If everybody in Winnipeg or anywhere else did this than it could reach to the whole world, and that would give everyone at least one happy moment in life. Every person helping counts!
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