Welcome to the Random Acts of Kindness thread, also known as the RAOK place. This is where we post things to give away to others, asking NOTHING in return but a thank you. No money or credits are exchanged. We give freely, at our own expense. If you see something you’d like, PM the member with your mailing info. If you are the one mailing, please be sure to put full postage on any packages you send. Members have reported receiving "gifts" with postage due.  Remember this is a PUBLIC forum, meaning anyone (not just members) can see what is posted here.  Please do not post last names, addresses, or postal tracking numbers here, in order to protect the privacy of our participants.

Please note that we must abide by PBS rules - NO buying, selling or advertising allowed.

For liability reasons, we are sorry, but no medications of any kind may be posted in this forum. This includes prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements.

RAOK rules -
You may not ask for anything in return for the things you post here. Please do not ask for postage, or to swap or trade.
If you ask for a RAOK posted by another member, please do not offer to pay or give something in return. This is not allowed and defeats the purpose of the Random Act of Kindness.  Try to pay it forward and perhaps grant some wishes in the ***I Wish*** thread.
We ask that you do not reply within the thread, use PMs instead. We are different from most forums in this way. When we go to ***I Wish***, we see wishes; in ***RAOK***, we see just what’s being given away. If you have a question about it, simply PM the member. All RAOKs should be handled privately between members via PM.
Please do not post single use codes in this forum. Post that you have them and let members PM you for them. It saves all the replies within the thread (see above).  Or check the ***I Wish*** thread and simply grant a code wish or two. Codes that can be used over and over again are perfectly fine to post here in RAOK.
Please do not ask someone for ‘everything on your list’ (yes, it’s been done), so that others can have a chance.
One of our most important rules is that you must acknowledge receipt of the things sent to you! This is our biggest problem. People take the time to post, wrap, and mail, and then never know if the package arrived. Please say thanks for what you receive, either by PM or in the ***Thank You*** thread. It’s the polite thing to do, and we all worry about our mail getting through. Those who don't acknowledge a kindness will often find their future requests ignored.
Please include your nickname when you mail out a RAOK. This makes you easier to find and thank.
Be sure to check your listing and edit as needed so people are not disappointed. We know that life gets in the way and computers crash, but please try.
Credit transactions should take place in the Book Bazaar or by private PM.  Credits may not be offered as gifts anywhere in RAOK.

RAOK Tips -
Think carefully about what you want to give away before you post. Postage costs these days can be terrible for ALL items that cannot go by media mail. We have all been shocked by the postage for something we mailed here; it happens often. Think first! This is a fun place, but you don’t need to empty your wallet by taking part. It’s wonderful to do something nice for others, but be kind to yourself too.

Before you post something to give away, check the ***I Wish*** thread --- someone may already be asking for it!

If you mark "taken" by your items that have been asked for, please put the word TAKEN in another color by that item, so it's easily apparent to our members that something is no longer available. Or use another method to show an item is no longer available.  This avoids disappointments and keeps you from getting more requests for an item that has already been claimed.

Random drawings:  If you wish to sponsor a random drawing for an item you are offering, please, before you post your offer, PM the current RAOK manager with the winning number (between 1 and 25).  The manager will post a table with the numbers 1 through 25.  Then post your offer, including the information that people interested in participating in the drawing should choose a number between 1 and 25 and PM that number to the thread manager.  The manager will enter participants' names into the table, so that subsequent participants will know which numbers are still available.  When no more numbers have been requested for 24 hours, the drawing will be closed and the winner announced.

If one of us contacts you about changing your post, please understand that we have to follow PBS rules and guidelines. Often we have to ask someone to change or delete a post because of that. New things come up here all the time. If something is not appropriate, we will tell you so, and ask you to change it. Remember that the PBS team does oversee the forums. They edit posts and have been known to suspend accounts. We hate to have that happen to our fellow RAOKers when we can take care of problems ourselves.

RAOK reminders for people requesting something that is offered here -
The people offering RAOKs are doing it out of kindness and generosity, often despite limited means.  Please make your requests for those items in the same spirit, and do not ask for anything that was not explicitly offered.  The people posting RAOKs are offering just what they have, and we appreciate them for doing so.  A request for substitutions is not in keeping with the intention of this thread.  If you would accept only a particular color, size, flavor, or other quality of an offered item, then please use the monthly ***I Wish*** thread to ask for the specific item there instead.

Reminder about the use of Media Mail
Per the USPS website, here are the things that can be sent by Media Mail:  books, CDs, DVD, manuscripts for books or music, play scripts, computer-readable media for any of the preceding, cellluloid film of 16mm width or less, printed test materials and their accessories, printed educational reference charts, medical information in the form of loose-leaf pages in a binder.   Anything else, even if printed (such as message pads, stickynotes, notebooks without an ISBN, etc) must go by some other class of mail.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to PM me and ask. We are always happy to be of help to members of the RAOK forum, new or old. Thanks for participating in this great part of PBS!  Enjoy!

Happy March everyone!

I can make address labels for anyone that needs some. Just let me know if address is the same and what clip art you want, or if you want it to be a surprise. If you've moved or I don't have your address, please give me the full address to add to my card/label program.

To offer:

$0 balance gift cards - for crafting or play

Metal keys - for crafting or play

Postcards (3) - unused - features Geri's Game (Pixar Animation Studio) concept art (1) and film image (2)

Postcards (2) - unused - features Red's Dream (Pixar Animation Studio) film image (1) and storyboard by John Lasseter

Postcards (2) - unused - features Knick Knack (Pixar Animation Studio) film image (1) and storyboard by John Lasseter

Postcards (4) - unused - features Big Hero 6, 2014 Digital Prints - Visual Development by Ryan Lang (2),

                                              Visual Development by Scott Watanabe (1) and Visual Development by James Finch (1)

Please include address with request. Thank you.

Happy March to everyone!  Spring is around the corner and hopefully the whole US will have better weather.

This month I have:

Card Fronts

TAKEN Plastic zipper bag -  plastic on one side, light breathable fabric on the other

TAKEN 5 small sheets of Disney notepaper - 5x7 approximatley

TAKEN Loctite fun-tak

TAKEN new bottle of amazing grace philosophy perfume

not used - window envelopes sent with bills - buisness envelope size

TAKEN   the Smurfs Bumper Colouring & Puzzle Book (Ideal for felt pens)

TAKEN  various unused postcards - some holiday and some not

Large Print (in new condition) Reader's Digest   - 2 stories  Best in Snow by Rosenfelt and The Heirloom Garden by Shipman

TAKEN 1 Advanced Coloring  "Always Coca-Cola"  40 Coloring images

TAKEN  Spiral Bill Payment Tracker book - Monthly Bill Payment checklist

group of book marks

notepaper that is folded like an envelope with seals - has a rabbit and raccoon on it

Large size valentines heart decoration,hangs on the wall,pink glitter,says "Be Mine"

I have Arby's coupons that expire 3/31/25 Taken

Burger King coupons that expire 8/2/25 Taken

and half a sheet of Subway coupons as it came ripped so some are missing. These expire 4/5/25

If interested in any of the sheets of coupons remember to send me your full mailing details

--Variety of paper bookmarks from various orgs. 
-- card with 2 heart healthy recipes for 1)  Grilled chicken with strawberry & pineapple salsa  and 2) grilled avocado with strawberry and honey

I am leaving for Boston in a week to see new grand daughter when she arrives soon so I will not be posting anything else this month. See you in April !!

Here's what I have to give away:

1. I will send 1 person 2 of my homemade cotton potholders. They are heavy duty and multi colored.

2. I will send up to 2 people a postcard for fun mail. :)

3. I will send 1 person a variety sticker envelope of stickers that I got from Shein.

I will try to fulfill some small wishes as well. Please put your address in your PM. I will send items when I can. Thanks.

News! Starting next month, my office address will change from 901 Sunset Drive, Suite 6 to 930 Sunnyslope Road, E1. I bought an office! No more renting. If you use my home address, 230 Donnas Lane, that is unchanged. Rest of address is the same for both: Hollister, CA 95023.

Unpostable paperback (ARC): Death in Daylesford, Kerry Greenwood.

Stickers with sketch of front and back of human body. 3 x 4 inches. Originally intended for documenting skin lesions.

Small stickers for file edges. 23 23 in purple. 24 24 in green. Many sheets available.

Many colored pencils, used. Red, orange, yellow, green, brown, grey, blue, gold, purple, silver, black.

Multiples of these coupons. May be updated throughout the month.

• Bayer aspirin $1 6/30/25
• Colace $2 no exp
• Enfamil formula $3 6/30/25
• Enfamil NeuroPro $5 6/30/25
• Enfamil NeuroPro Gentlease $5 6/30/25
• Enfamil vitamin or supplement $3 6/30/25
• Miralax $5 6/30/25
• Mucinex $3 3/31/25
• Mylicon child tummy or or infant probiotic or infant gas $2 12/31/25
• NeilMed products $2 rebate 12/31/26
• Protality multipack $3 2026
• Zarbee's Sleep with melatonin $3 12/1/25
• Zyrtec adult 90 count $10 4/30/25 one coupon available

Coupons: 
food: Sumo citrus
health: Halls cough drops, Metamucil, Align probiotics
cleaning: Tide, Gain, Downy, Dreft, Cascade
personal care: Olay, Tampax
household: Zevo fly traps, Spruce weed & grass killer

Activity books:
Gorgeous Book of large-print word search  (new, i.e. not started, but old: bought in 2015 per receipt found inside)
New York Times Skillbuilder Crosswords (not started, good for people who were alive in the 1990s)
Mindfulness Coloring Book  (new, but printed on both sides of the pages)
How to Draw Cute Animals (new book, but a little banged up)

Blank journals (all more or less 5" x 7 or 8"):
- 4 HB black journals, some wide ruled, some narrow ruled, elastic keeper bands and ribbon bookmarks, pages at the front may have been torn out
- 1 HB olive green journal, has dots instead of lines, elastic keeper and ribbon bookmarks, pocket at rear for papers
- 1 HB Gnome Gnotebook, narrow ruled, sketch of gnome on each page, few pages at beginning torn out, no elastic band or bookmarks
- 1 HB Beatles Abbey Road journal, new, no elastic band or bookmarks
- 1 HB Music journal, lined on left sides, music staffs on right sides, elastic band, document pocket inside back cover, new
- 1 PB blank lined journal, 8" x 10", front cover says "Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that grow forever", unused but has some water rippling to lower corners of last 1/3 of pages, could not find an image of this particular version

Prompted journals
- 1 PB travel planning/reflection diary, stiff cardboard covers, new
- 1 HB two-year diary, great illustrations from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, new but a bit faded, working lock on side which can be opened without key, which is missing

Happy to send two items per request, but please include address in your PM.