Get involved in Electric Ireland's Powering Kindness Week and Win an iPad

Electric Ireland: David

Hi everyone,

We're delighted to be launching our Powering Kindness charity initiative, and want you to take part right here on boards.



What is it, and what do you need to do? Well, it's simple really: we’re inviting everyone to get involved in something that makes us all feel good, and encouraging the nation to share a little human kindness seems like a great place to start. What’s more, we can help raise some money for charity while we’re at it.

All you have to do to partake is log your good deed at poweringkindness.ie, dedicate it to either Focus Ireland, Concern or Special Olympics Ireland and then pass it on via social media or email, so as to spread the word as widely as possible! We'll then make your good deed count for charity.

To be in with a chance of winning an iPad here on boards (a white 2nd generation iPad with 16GB storage, wifi + 3G) bank your good deed at poweringkindness.ie and then post it below. If you're stuck for ideas, have a look at our fast-growing deed feed (kindness is clearly catching!). Pics/videos of your good deeds welcome.



The competition closes at lunch time on Friday 23rd November, and the Ts&Cs are here. Best of luck!

Thanks,

David.

TillHavis

"One Week of Kindness = a Lifetime of Joy " During the week if everybody recorded their efforts in photos or videos and uploaded it to a single site.
From individuals to organizations to schools and colleges, workplaces etc... Next year we could build the week of kindness into a month of kindness , then a year of kindness.
Many Baby Steps= One Giant Leap

omega42

done, registered the stuff I brought to charity

cool site

livdmg

Great stuff for the Special Olympics.

Cal04

done, great idea

the-jojo-axiom

I helped my stressed best friend sort out some accounts at her store - then treated the two of us to a nice de-stressing cuppa

Submitted and shared

gingernut79

I ran a Christmas Market to raise money for Church repairs yesterday.

diamondgirl

done, i think in theses hard times, its nice for us all to lend a helping hand to someone if we can.

Pythia

organising a bake sale for charity in work!

radia

Great idea. I won a raffle and passed the prize on to my local charity shop to sell.

remeneerb

I really like this - all done, going to cut the grass for my elderly neighbours!

Yakult

Helped raising a few grand by organizing a gig and playing in it.

tony007

Cut the grass for my neighbour.

GHOST MGG

repaired over 25 old laptops and desktops for schoolkids in africa for a local charity

litup

Great idea!

I'm in the process of being tested as a bone marrow donor after being identified as a possible match from the bone marrow register.

LizT

Bought my sister a bunch of flowers - just because

hoodwinked

I've just done a good deed for you on behalf of @SpecialOlympics Now it's your turn!

Done


(great idea btw)

clintondaly

Done and shared via facebook and twitter

chavezychavez

Done and emailed a friend. Ran a marathon for charity

Agent Smith

I carry my elderly Neighbors shopping for him on a Sunday morning for him

coolclogher

Doing a street collection for charity

Pedro32561

Done. I volunteered to teach computer skills to older people.

Twenty10

Going to donate a pint of blood this week

sos89

Done, Minding my aunt and uncles dog for them while they are away for the week.

Irishder

Helped an old woman to cross the road.

McFry

Done. My girlfriend spotted an elderly, homeless woman sitting on the frozen footpath outside Brown Thomas on O'Connell Street in Limerick City Centre one cold night a few weeks ago, and decided that she had to buy a meal and some tea from Supermac's for this unfortunate lady. It was the first time I witnessed her doing this, but she quietly told me that she does this quite frequently. I love how genuinely charitable she is, I would have given the woman a few euro in change, but a warm meal and drink was just so kind. She doesn't want recognition, and doesn't really care for expensive things, but a prize like this would make a lovely gift for her as a small token for the quiet work she has done.

lorweld

Fantastic idea! I babysat my nephew when my sister was sick

Mellio

I helped my nieghbour get his car started as the battery was dead, got it up and running in no time, he was delighted with the help.:D

p15574

I always fill the kettle up and turn it on in the work kitchenette after I use it, so the next person has hot water ready

brettg

I located a copy of an out of print book for my sister in law which she really wanted.

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re-installed windown on my wife's netbook

vepyewwo

Bought a child's present for the Christmas collection in my local shopping centre. Dedicated to Concern and passed on on Facebook!

0ph0rce0

I just got back from town where I ran after and caught the guy who grabbed an oldish womans purse, I got the purse back and guards got the guy I stopped, Yay Happy Days, I feel like a hero today haha. My good deed for the year

poppyfields

banked my deed and here it is..set up internet and laptop for my older neighbour and showed him how to use it. He had lost his wife last year and was feeling very lonely. He loves it and it's given him a fresh outlook on life. He can now skype his son and grandkids in Australia. He also now loves to check out rip.ie to find out who else he has outlived!

Fr_Dougal

Done.

bobsalot

I joined the National Council for the Blind as a volunteer. Hopefully I'll bring some light into someone's life!

billbond4

Setup a standing order to a charity

swingking

Great idea doing this comp!

I donated blood last week as I know the IBTS will be desperate this christmas

roroduff

Brilliant, pledged for the a special Olympics

kupus

I was in a car that passed out a biker one night, I went on a bit further and rounded a bend and saw a dead sheep in the middle of the road. I got out to pull the sheep away from the road because if the biker was going anyway fast there was no way he would miss the sheep as it was a country road.
He never knew that I done it, but I like to think I averted a major accident.
I drive a bike myself so maybe that was the reason I pulled the sheep away, but I didnt want to read in the next days paper about some guy hitting a sheep at 60MPH and ending up ????

ioflynn

Do I log ALL of my good deeds or just once? "I helped my work colleague restore her wifi"

percy212

Snuck some oil into parents tank while they were away for a day. They are amazed how long their last order is lasting.....

Celly Smunt

Instead of simply handing a sandwich to homeless person today,I decided to bring him for lunch where we talked about football for nearly two hours.His last words before i went,"It' nice to talk" :-)

Ilyushin76

Done

MrVestek

About two years ago saw a homeless person freezing in the morning whilst heading to work. They looked extra cold as they were wearing old tattered shoes that were falling apart. Felt sorry for him and went in to Dunnes and bought him a pair of trainers.

He was so grateful and I was happy to do it, nobody should ever have to suffer that.

Rynox45

Got up early to make everyone breakfast so they'd be distracted and I could pick up their Christmas presents in peace

Mimikyu

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Pov06

I collected money for Concern for Haiti

donalfo

I gave my film collection (40ish) DVDs to a charity market, and they sold.

Meg meg

I organised and made a video message to be sent to a group of nuns in sri lanka to celebrate their 150 year anniversary.I did this on behalf of a group of irish nuns who wished to pass on their congradulations!

Gave my good deed to the special olympics as they really deserve it!!
Think this is a lovely idea and it's great to see so many people doing small but kind deeds

seany76

done .. speciial olympics