Ahhhhhh, People Are Good

Some days, humankind gets me down. Some days, it frustrates me. Some days, it even makes me cranky. Today, small acts of kindness filled three buses full of medical supplies and other supplies bound for Haiti. All with a little posting on our internal TMC website and a few stories in the local media.

It was kind of a quickly thrown together effort to generate some good will. We put out a little notice to "stuff the bus" with items to go to Tucson nonprofit World Care -- and the response was astonishing.

Here are some notable inspiration from the day (Friends who were there, please feel free to comment) ....

1. One young woman brought up two bags of first aid supplies from CVS, she said it was all she could buy with the money she had left until payday on Thursday. But she wanted to do what she could.
2. Physicians offices dropped off medical gowns, medical tape and other medical items by the cases. Took time from their busy office schedule to stuff the bus.
3. One man from the hospital came over with a large amount of cash. He didn't want a receipt. He wanted to make a difference.
4. A family shopped all weekend for supplies for the bus -- infant formula, disinfecting wipes, beans and rice, and much more. The young girl, apparently, was confused for a while as to exactly who this "Haiti" person was .... but she understand that Haiti needed help. And, that was enough for her!

And, my darling little friend Alejandro was so concerned about the little boys and girls and babies who died in Haiti -- he wanted to drive the shuttle there. I explained that the shuttle wouldn't do so well going over the ocean, but we would make sure all the donations got there safely. He didn't understand exactly where Haiti was or exactly how earthquakes happen (we Googled it together on my Blackberry), but he understood that people were in pain and, hopefully, this was one more life lesson as to how to make a difference one kind-hearted person at a time.