Janine and Ryan Mix, co-founders of the nonprofit One Good Thing, are celebrating the centennial of Route 66 by performing one act of kindness every 100 miles. They started in Chicago and are driving a 1947 Ford Super Deluxe to Santa Monica.
Kindness in Action
In Tucumcari, New Mexico, they joined a group of volunteers to pick up litter, pull weeds, and clean up neglected spaces. The couple has already made a difference in several communities, including Albuquerque, where Janine made a towel animal at a hotel and left a nice tip for the cleaner.
In Santa Rosa, they paid for a bunch of people’s gas at a gas station. Their journey recently brought them to Grants, New Mexico, where they stopped at the 1912 Market to surprise the community with free root beer floats and pastries.
Janine Mix said, ‘One small act of kindness can create a ripple. You have no idea how far that will go.’ The couple’s goal is to inspire others to pay it forward and brighten someone’s day at each pit stop.
Original reporting: 40/29 / KHBS (NW Arkansas) — read the source article.
