One of the reasons, it’s so neat to see Random Acts of kindness was how people were reaching out to the Scott police department. They were thanking an officer and the K-9 for coming to a block party which ended up being a big hit. Plus the people at the block party learned a lot today since they had no clue that K-9 unit existed in Scott and the costs to have such a unit.

So why am I talking about the Random Acts of Kindness in relationship to national service blog?  It’s because national service is becoming more and more of a push by politicians as a way to help encourage random acts of kindness in other people.   It’s a way to inspire people again. It’s a noble way to give back again.

But then you have national service coming under attack by some other politicians. Not because it doesn’t do good things but because some people shouldn’t think community service projects should pay the “volunteers”.   In many ways people want the random acts of kindness and national service to come without anything other then good feelings that come from doing good things.  Plus other detractors believe that national service shouldn’t be force but it should be something that people want to do.  Being told you have to do so many hours of service isn’t appealing to many students; students want to decide to do that kind of thing on their own.

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