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Simple Act Of Kindness

Thursday, January 17, 2013

"Kind Act 'Restored Our Faith in Strangers'"

A simple act of kindness by a stranger, and one woman's appreciation has gotten social media buzzing about something positive.

One woman's response to an anonymous kind deed has piqued the curiosity of more than 5,000 people in less than a day on Patch Facebook pages in New Lenox and Mokena. Debbie Marin of Mokena simply wrote in a Wednesday email to Patch: "My husband lost his car key on the Old Plank Trail path and an anonymous person turned it into Jewel (the only other identifying thing with the key was a Jewel tag)! We were thrilled because replacement keys are hundreds of dollars. It restored our faith in strangers that aren't looking for anything in return when doing something nice for some stranger." With her permission, this positive note was posted shortly before 10:30 p.m. to both New Lenox Patch and Mokena Patch Facebook pages. The response has been …

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Cheryl Walker

9:31 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

The way I read the comment by Hendrik: 1) Surprised at key price = drives older car. 2) envy Neither allowed on this forum. The best part is how other comments tell him to be nice in a mean and childish way.   more ›

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