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Newtown Shootings Inspire '26 Acts Of Kindness' Campaign Spreading on Social Media

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Newtown Shootings Inspire '26 Acts Of Kindness' Campaign Spreading on Social Media
People are seeking to spread good in the world after the loss of 26 people at a school in Connecticut by doing random acts of kindness in the names of those killed. Connected through the Twitter hashtag #26Acts (or #27Acts, which includes the shooter's mom) and at Facebook.com/26Acts, people are sharing their kindness details to inspire others.

People are seeking to spread good in the world after the loss of 26 people at a school in Connecticut by doing random acts of kindness in the names of those killed. Connected through the Twitter hashtag #26Acts (or #27Acts, which includes the shooter's mom) and at Facebook.com/26Acts, people are sharing their kindness details to inspire others.

Some are baking dessert treats for local firemen, some are leaving cards with money on strangers' cars. Some are even sending donations to the town of Newtown, like the man in California who contacted a cafe to arrange to buy coffee for every patron who came in.

(WATCH the video below, or READ the story from NBC)

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