Uh Oh

Headed out to do some brainstorming with Melissa from Food Love the other day and made a rookie mistake, I locked my keys inside my car.

Luckily for me I have wonderful friends like Sylvan from Heffner Lexus Toyota in Kitchener (Who you will meet shortly!) to run to my rescue! Sylvan came and called roadside and got a lovely tow truck driver to release my keys from their locked prison.

Of course, the 5 Dollar Project passed on some 5 dollar love. Remember folks, appreciate the people that work for you, with you, around you and on behalf of you.

Rainy Days

Ah the rain, it just keeps coming. Luckily for us, gift cards don't melt in the rain!

The cashier at Short Stop seemed to be having a bummer day to match the weather so I thought I would spread a smile there. She was really happy about our project! To quote "I love people that do things like that!"

Short Stop Girl! I forgot to get your name! I hope you see this and let us know! And I hope your day got better as it went on!

(Whoa, what is up with my hair? lol)

Just Like The Mailman...

No kind of weather can keep the 5 Dollar Project down!! Even in the rain , Molly was kind enough to smile for us and plans on passing on a smile tomorrow at work!

Molly in Cambridge's favourite colour is blue!! We like blue too Molly!

Our First Gift Card!

Now the whole base of the 5 Dollar Project was to give out 5 dollar gift cards to make people smile. As the giver, your job is to get a picture and find out something about the person you're giving to. Be interested! Everyone wants to feel like someone is listening. As the reciever, your job was to spread the word. Either by talking to people about the 5 Dollar Project or by passing on a gift card to someone else and becoming the giver.

THERE IS NO REASON!

Main questions that people asked were "What agency are you with?" and "Why?". It saddens me to think that people assume only charities can be charitable. Every. Single. Person. is capable of spreading a smile. Random acts of awesome do not always have a secret agenda, sometimes people are just looking to brighten your day.

That being said...

I GAVE AWAY OUR FIRST GIFT CARD!

While I was in at Carbon Computing handing out cookies there was a young woman there getting her computer repaired. Knowing my attachment to my computer I figured a broken computer was probably bumming her out. After checking with Matt the manager (Always check before bothering customers! Were here to spread smiles not piss off businesses!!), I asked if I could give her a gift card.

SHE SAID YES!!

Here is Alicia and I at Carbon Computing in downtown Kitchener! Alicia is a mac user. Hope your computer is all fixed up now!