Introduction

Hello.

My name is Richard Lavoie and I am a teacher in Saugus, Ma.  This year, I am trying something different for my new year's resolutions.  I have two resolutions that I will be working on...one is honorable, the other is somewhat selfish and promotes self-adulation.  You can decide which is which.

For my first resolution, I am going to try to commit 26 notable acts of kindness.  These acts are inspired by the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  I will attempt to complete two acts a month and four in December.  Two of those acts will be on the anniversary of the Newtown tragedy.  I first heard of #26 acts on Twitter.  Anne Currey of NBC was promoting the idea.  I saw people buying coffee for strangers, dropping off bags of dog food at an animal shelter, and a wide variety of other simple acts.

The second act is trying to get more celebrities to acknowledge me.  The vehicle for this act is Twitter.  I am collecting screen shots of Retweets, Mentions, Favorites, and Direct Messages from celebrities.  I don't have a number that I am focusing on, but I would like for it to be significant.  I am posting these screen shots on my Facebook page, but will probably do a Month-in-Review at the conclusion of each calendar month.

I hope that you will find my acts of kindness to be notable and inspirational.  I also hope that you will find my Celebrity Retweets to be whimsical and light-hearted.  

Enjoy.