I believe I’ve seen short pieces in the Source from folks thanking others for their kindness when out and about. I hope you think this qualifies, as I want to thank this individual again and publicly:

I love the Barenaked Ladies, however, buying tickets wasn’t in the cards, so I went to the concert in hopes of finding a spot to listen. I found a spot near the entrance. Just as the band came out, the most incredible random act of kindness occurred. This fellow came up with a ticket in his hand and looked up as I was standing on the rock wall.He said he’d been looking for someone to give his ticket to and I was the one! I was so speechless that I’m not sure I even thanked him! The concert was great fun and I hope he sees this and knows how thrilled I was and still am!

Thank you so much; you made my year!

Cheers,

– Linda Hoffman

This article appears in Jul 29 – Aug 4, 2010.

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Random Acts of Kindness

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 28, 2010

<h1>Random Acts of Kindness</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 28, 2010</p> </p> <p>I believe I've seen short pieces in <em>the Source</em> from folks thanking others for their kindness when out and about. I hope you think this qualifies, as I want to thank this individual again and publicly:</p> <p />I love the Barenaked Ladies, however, buying tickets wasn't in the cards, so I went to the concert in hopes of finding a spot to listen. I found a spot near the entrance. Just as the band came out, the most incredible random act of kindness occurred. This fellow came up with a ticket in his hand and looked up as I was standing on the rock wall.He said he'd been looking for someone to give his ticket to and I was the one! I was so speechless that I'm not sure I even thanked him! The concert was great fun and I hope he sees this and knows how thrilled I was and still am!<br /> </p> <p>Thank you so much; you made my year!</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p align="right"><em>- Linda Hoffman</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/random-acts-of-kindness-2135948/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16362&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/random-acts-of-kindness-2135948/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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