With
the new school years comes a new group of Superheroes and we are excited to
start spreading kindness. With a little
direction and reading the book “Have you filled a bucket today?” we were ready
to take on our ultimate goal of making people smile. 
We
all donned our new capes and we were ready to set off on the first mission of
the year. This was a two part mission
and we had a long walk and lots kindness to spread but we were up to the
challenge. The first stop was a familiar
one, Nine Patch Quilt & Fabrics, to thank a very nice lady for donating the
fabric for our capes. About 2 months
prior to our first mission we needed new capes for our new Superheroes and with
one call our needs were answered. A very
kind lady stepped up and said that she had some extra fabric lying around and
it might fit our needs and that it did!!
So we were headed to thank Sandra Horvath for her generous
donation. As we walked into the store
you could see the smile on her face and we knew we were off to a great
start. As we always do we gave her a few
of our trademark hearts and a special thank you for her to hang on her
wall. The Superheroes answered a few
questions and asked many more but that is what we do, we learn as we go. We posed for a few pictures and thanked
Sandra again and we were off on the second leg of our mission.
The
second leg had a great importance especially to me as the leader of the
Superheroes. We were on our way to the
Vernon County Ambulance District to thank them for all of their hard work. This is a trip that we tried to make last
year but it never seemed to work out, but I do not think our timing could have
been any better for this trip. The
people over at VCAD were in need of some caring and warm smiles and needed a
bit of a pick me up. Earlier in the week
they had suffered a great loss when one of their EMT’s lost his life in a
vehicle accident. The Superheroes to my
knowledge did not know of this loss but I think they gave them a little bit
extra in their heart to each of the workers.
I do not think we have handed out more hearts in anyone spot. I also saw a lot of good hugs and some high
Fives and handshakes. I know we couldn’t
erase the pain that they were feeling but I hope for the short time we were we
brought some much needed smiles and relief to them. I know that I was very
impressed with the Superheroes.
As we always do we got several pictures with
as many people we could and of course we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to
get a photo in front of one of their cool ambulances. Though many of the Superheroes can’t even
pronounce ambulance we still had a great time looking at them and learning
about what they do. It never ceases to
amaze me at how these young kids grasp the concept of what these people do and
how hard they work. They know they are
out there to help and are truly grateful for all they do for us and our
families. I honestly do not know who
gets more out of these missions them or me. They truly know what kindness is
and how to share it with everyone they meet.
I
am really looking forward to this year and all the good things that the
Superheroes are going to do. It will be
hard to top last year but I think if any group can do it, this is the
group. Though we are a smaller group
than last year we are not lacking in the heart department. Keep an eye out for the Superheroes we are
out to do some big things this year. We
are already working on our next big mission; we plan on helping the entire
community with this one so, brace yourself Nevada Missouri!!
As
I always say no matter how big or small you are you can make a difference with
just a simple smile and a kind word, and even though you don’t have a cape you
can be your own Superhero of Kindness.
But seriously how cool are those capes!!
