This post is inspired by Shot@Life, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation dedicated to using vaccines as a cost-effective way to save children’s lives in developing countries. (Image courtesy United Nations Foundation.)
Hi team, I need help. Here’s why:
For every comment on this post, Shot@Life gets $20 to vaccinate a kid.
Twenty. Dollars.
Twenty dollars is what it costs to give one child four vaccines that help protect them against measles, pneumonia, diarrhea, and polio. During Shot@Life’s Blogust: Blog Relay for Good, 31 bloggers have been helping to secure $200,000 in sponsor donations. We need 10,000 comments, and we’re about 1,000 away from that goal right now.
Over the years, your comments have shaped my life. Whether you were celebrating Hank’s birth with me, or cheering my Life List, or comforting me when things took a difficult turn. I know you guys care about helping other people because of how much help you’ve already heaped on me.
So let’s do this.
Can you comment twice? Yes. Yes you can. And if you have a means of spreading the word, please Tweet, Pin, link on Facebook, or post a quick link on your own site.
Let us know the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you in comments. And thanks to you for being so nice to other people. I like you.
Yesterday Fadra Nally of All Things Fadra wrote about the comments you never see. Tomorrow, I’m passing the baton to my friend Stacey Ferguson of Justice Fergie — so you can help us reach our final goal by commenting on her site as well. We have until August 31. Thanks again.
Mighty Girl 
im gonna have some toast now ..
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an tea
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My husband used to leave a glass of orange juice on the bathroom shelf for me while I was in the shower. I loved that. Then our morning routines changed and now I have to get my own. But, man, I loved that he did that.
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just gona go put the kettle on ho hum ..
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My five year old leaves me little notes to tell me she loves me.
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YAY for Shot@Life and Mighty Girl!
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comment!
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My wife used to keep me company when I was working late in the lab when I was in graduate school. She is so good to me.
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My husband took my father and I for a short road trip around my father’s childhood spots about 2 years ago. A few months later, my father was placed in a nursing home and he has not been able to be outside ever since. I will always be thankful to my husband for taking us on that trip. Challenging day but great memories!
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The nicest thing anyone has done for me is marry me, love me, start a beautiful family with me and still believe in me and laugh with me everyday – Thanks, Matt!
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Believed me and believed in me.
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Yes to vaccines and nice things.
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Watching this wave of Social Good arise in the three short months since Liz’s “Up With Comments” presentation at Mom 2.0 has been flabbergastronomical. Which should be a word.
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Loved me unconditionally even when I couldn’t myself.
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I was incredibly lonely during my sophomore year of college. My mom had been pressuring me to go out of state with her over the holidays to visit the man she left my father for and I was a bit of an an angry, anxious mess. And when, during a party, I felt overwhelmed and went to sit in a room by myself two of my friends followed and sat with me. They were both guys and even though there were girls they liked in the next room they both hung out with me, listening to me complain and telling me how much they cared about me and offering to go with me on the trip, for support. I don’t know if it is the nicest thing anyone has ever done, but at the time it was exactly what I needed.
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I’ve been wondering where to go with my second comment–my head’s so full of stress and disappointment lately that it’s hard to consider all the nice things. Hard, but vital! So here goes: When I broke off an engagement and had horrible surgery all in the same month, some good friends came and moved everything out of my old place for me, and let me live in their spare room for a few months. I know so many kind people, it’s humbling and wonderful.
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I’m sure there are many things I could put, but one that happened recently – a man saw my husband and I and our newborn baby at a local cafe. When it came time to pay, the waitress told us he had paid for our meal. He said he remembered someone paying for his meal after he had a baby nearly 20 years ago and he wanted to pass on the favor. It made our day!
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nicest thing? Not sure if I want to single some moment out as nicest. A very nice thing though, was when my cousin sent me a letter of condolence when I had a miscarriage.
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The nicest thing? My mom and dad bringing me into a loving home.
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My mother and father have never said to me ” you owe me.” Although I do…. tremendously.
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Sometimes a little wink from a friend or colleague, in the midst of a regular day or a difficult meeting, is just the perfect amount of kindness. It says, “I’m with you. It’s going to be ok.”
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I will be forever thankful to my Midwife who rubbed my back for hours while i labored with my first child.
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Though we don’t vaccinate our own kids, I think this is a great cause. Good luck at reaching your goal.
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this is an awesome program!!!
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“Bless the beasts and the children for in this world they have no voice…they have no choice.” BRAVO Tieks!
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The moment that’s sticking out for me right now is when my boyfriend told me he knew I was the one when we first kissed. Heart. Melter. I guess it’s technically the nicest thing someone’s ever SAID to me, but I don’t think technicalities should matter.
GREAT IDEA!!!!
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I can’t think of a ‘single’ thing but my mom loved me unconditionally. The most selfless love ever. I cannot remember a time she got mad, and yet us kids did whatever she asked so as not to see her disappointed. Now she has Alzheimer’s and does not know me, hasn’t for 2 years. Now it’s my turn to love her. I visit her for 1-2 hours 4-5 times a week, hold her hand and tell her I love her. She truly is the best mom in the world. c:
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Shortly after being diagnosed with cancer my amazing friends not only set up a meal train to ensure my little family was fe but also set up a schedule where a friend would spend the night to watch over our one and a half month old daughter. Never have I felt so loved as then.
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While trying to re-do my house I needed to put new baseboard covers on…..My (non-blood) Uncle came over to help me finish the job (while my Dad just wished me luck). Uncle Chet was suffering with cancer and he wanted to be there for me! I still get tears in my eyes when I think of how selfless he was! I miss him very much! ❤
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I can’t think of a single nicest thing, but I think the little daily nice moments add up!
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The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was to give me a second chance. It has happened many times in my life and I strive give others second chances abundantly. They have changed my life drastically and I am ever grateful.
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It seems petty, but the nicest thing someone has ever done for me was to help me get out of a really crummy relationship and move on.
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I am so blessed that God gave me my healthy daughter! xo
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let’s give thee kids a chance:)
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When my Autistic daughter tells me she loves me and asks me questions about anything and everything, I know I’m truly blessed.
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Awesome! Good luck!!
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Recently, the nicest thing anyone has done for me was to listen to me vent. Totally first-world problems, but the stress has been piling up, and yesterday my mom listened to me without judgment.
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We really take for granted what we have here in the states. The vaccinations so desperately needed around the world are given to us before we’re old enough to know what an amazing gift we’ve been given! Thank you for doing this! 🙂
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My mother was in the hospital, dying. The doctors said there was nothing more that could be done. I had been sitting at her bedside for days. A co-worker took vacation time, drove 120 miles, to sit with me and hold my hand. And I will be eternally grateful.
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The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me…I honestly can’t single one out, but I keep thinking about my grandfather, who loved me unconditionally no matter what.
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My husband’s father is a minster, he married us six years ago, and he said the nicest things about me and my husband on that day during the service. I still tear up a little bit when I remember how much heartfelt love was in those few words and tears. It’s a great thing to love someone with all your heart, it’s even more amazing when someone else gets it and can celebrate it with you.
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comment!
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there are a lot but…one of the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was drive three hours in one direction to come and pick me up when my car stalled out in the middle of nowhere. then we had to drive three hours back. i think that was pretty nice.
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This is such an amazing cause.
The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me is provide me unconditional love and support.
Thank you all so much for doing this!
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and i think this is pretty nice too.
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the nicest thing you can do for someone is to give them something without alternative motives….just give it!
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Sometimes it’s the small things. My husband once bought one of those “quotable” greeting cards and wrote a heartfelt message inside and left it on my bedside table to find while he was at work. He’s the kind of guy who jokes around a lot and doesn’t often get sappy, but what he wrote was so sweet it made me cry.
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Hooray for Shot@Life. What a smart, easy way to better a life.
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My mother in law (who is wonderful and kind) coming to my home 3 days a week to care for my daughters while I work and she does it selflessly and will not accept any money or extra anything for it because she tells me she does it for herself…that it is actually me giving her a great gift.
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One more: In middle school, our teacher asked us who we thought had the most integrity in the class. One kid said me! Dude didn’t know me well, and owed me nothing — and this wasn’t some offhand comment either, because he signed my yearbook with the same comment years later! I was, and am still, honored. And I try to prove him right.
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