THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. Scott Adams (1957), Creator Of Dilbert Comic Strip I was listening to the news one day and the announcer was relating the story of how the payit-forward movement was coming to the city. This trend is taking hold in coffee shops everywhere. Someone walks into the shop and buys themselves a cup of coffee and pays for the next person’s as well. Oprah talked about “random acts of kindness” on her shows often. She even pulled into a drive thru and paid for coffees for the people behind her. When I was reading the “kindness” ideas on the Random Acts of Kindness website I came across this story. “Someone gave me a $10 tip the other day so I took a friend for a coffee. The guy behind the counter was a trainee and having a hard time so it was really slowing things down. The girl behind me was getting a little agitated. When it was
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my turn I asked her what she was going to order and I paid for it. It turned her around and pointed her day in a more positive direction. She left with a smile on her face.” But the movement that was covered on the news took place at Canada’s most favourite coffee house chain, Tim Horton’s in Edmonton. A customer asked the manager how many coffees that location sold in a day. Then he asked the manager to ring 500 large coffee into the till. So, the next 500 customers had their coffee paid for by someone they had never met. Then, a man in Calgary heard the story and decided to become part of the movement. He walked into a Tim Horton’s in that city and handed over $900 paying for coffees for those behind him thus touching the lives approximately 1,000 people. But the idea of the pay-it-forward with coffee was founded in 2012 by a coffee lover and writer of Daily Demitasse by the name of Jennifer Vaaler. The mission is “to inspire coffee lovers of all walks
of life, world-wide, to use the pay it forward concept.” Vaaler was a barista and she made it a point to cheer up sleepy, grumpy customers. She was often the first person they would greet each day. She felt it was her duty to set the tone for their entire day. According to the website this is the thought process behind the movement. “By simply taking the concept of Pay it Forward, combined with our favourite caffeinated drink on the least favourite day of the week, imagine how much happier and more productive people will be when Monday begins on a high note.” Vaaler feels Mondays (mornings) have been given a bad rap. Not only is it the beginning of a day but it is also the beginning of a work week. She decided to combine her passion for coffee with the concept of cheering people up and changing their views about Monday. And coffee was the perfect conduit for that. Somehow the concept caught on and now it can happen anywhere, anytime.
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Leney Cemetery holds 75th Memorial Service This being the 75th Memorial Service for the Leney Cemetery, August 11, was a very special day. The cemetery looked really nice all the grass, trees, flowers and pots of flowers arrangements set out by the seating area, and the shed doors painted up. John Dennis handed out the bulletins for the
service to approximately 75 people who came to remember their loved ones and have a visit with many people that they had not seen in a long time. A choir of nine people with Marj Pettinger (Whitfield) as minister, Joy Weir on the organ and Gary Donahue on the saxophone kept the crowd singing loudly. Those who attended
were from Kaledin, Kindersley, Leduc, Birch Hills, Meota, Saskatoon, Biggar and Vermilion (hope we didn’t miss anyone). After the service two large anniversary cakes, ice cream and also drinks of all sorts were served to everyone. Many of those present stayed until dark visiting and touring the grounds.