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. 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 - such as Coke 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). You may start a separate thread if you want to post them that way. Or check the ***I Wish*** thread and simply grant a Coke 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 over-sized or heavy 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. This avoids disappointments and keeps you from getting more requests for an item that has already been claimed.  Or, just edit your post to delete that item.

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!

Lots of extra Christmas cards with envies to Kim

Also have these 2 old dolls that have magnets on the backs and went on my moms refrigerator. These look very old, their arms and legs are made of string. They have matching outfits as one is a girl and one is a boy, coloprs are a red and green/brown. Each the same size about 4 inches high.

To Donna

Hey, guys, this is my very last ever offer on the RAOK forums.  My membership is up in a few weeks and I will not be renewing.  I can make one of these anges for someone.  You can pick a different colored dress or a white dress with different colored trim.  TAKEN 

I recieved a package of bra extenders that I can't use. If you have bras with 4 hooks and the bras are snug on you, the extenders will allow about 4 inches extra room. PM me if you can use them.

Got another angel in my pocket coin for someone I  haven't sent to in a while.

I have some DVD's...

Gods Gun And Cry Blood Apache DVD 2 Westerns 2004

Pauly Shore Is Dead DVD Comedy 2005

The Great Buck Howard DVD Comedy 2009

Love And Basketball DVD

Taken:

United 93 DVD Documentary 2006

Playing For Keeps DVD Comedy 2010

Being Julia DVD Historical 2004

Aspen Extreme DVD Winter Action Adventure 2002

Thrill Seekers: Your Passport To Danger DVD Action 2006

Here are a few things I can send:   

1.     2019/20 Treasures of Wildlife Calendar from National Wildlife Federation     TAKEN

 2.    2020 Wall Calendar of nature scenery and animals. From the Nature Conservancy  TAKEN

 3.    2020 Wall Calendar "A Year With The Birds' - The Cornell Lab of Ornithology      TAKEN

All earlier requests were mailed December 5th...the current items crossed out will go out Monday, Dec. 9th.

Happy December!

Here are some FREE SAMPLES (just click on link to request & it will be sent to you):

- Free Pet Safety Emergency Pack from ASPCA: https://secure.aspca.org/take-action/order-your-pet-safety-pack

- Free 10 oz. sample of Enfamil Toddler Formula: https://www.enfamil.com/my-baby/toddler/enfagrow-products/toddler-sample-request

- Free Emergen C Vitamin C drink sample: https://www.emergenc.com/offers

- Free Zignature Dog Food sample: https://zignature.com/tryzignature/

- Free Garnier Fructis Liquid Style Pomade: https://www.garnierusa.com/offers/liquid-style-pomade-sample

Small rectangular brown stickers with 19 on them, used for dating charts.  Many sheets available.

Padded envelopes, some used, various sizes.

Unpostable book: Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Used vintage colored pencils: red, green blue, yellow, brown, green, tan.

Multiples of the following coupons:

• Aleve $2  3/31/20
• Aquaphor $2  12/31/20
• Boost multipack or canister $3  1/31/20
• Carnation Breakfast Essentials $2  1/31/20
• Coppertone Pure & Simple Baby or WaterBabies $2  5/31/20
• Culturelle Baby $2  6/30/20
• Culturelle Kids $2  6/30/20
• Debrox $2  12/31/20
• Eucerin $2  12/31/20
• Fiber Choice $3  3/15/20
• Miralax 7+ count  2/28/20
• Monistat 1 or 3 $5  12/31/21
• Monistat 7 $3  12/31/21
• Nexium 24hr 14+ count $3  3/31/20
• One A Day prenatal multivitamins $3  6/30/20
• PediaLax $1  3/31/20
• Phillips Colon Health or Fiber Good $3  2/29/20
• Tylenol Extra Strength or Cold + Flu $1  12/31/20

Found her and mailed the book.

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Two DVDs:  TAKEN

Saving Fiona - The true story of a baby hippo.  22 minutes long

A Tattered Web - A good cop goes bad for the right reasons - Lloyd Bridges

I have an unusual offering.  Years ago, I used to press flowers.  Then, my father grew a small crop of four-leaf clovers---shamrocks---and I became obsessed with them.  I pressed quite a collection of them, but after gifting a few and framing some for myself, I have extras that have been stored unseen inside a box for, ahem, too many years.  They need to be shared!  So I am offering 6 of these shamrocks to 6 different wishers.

These are very old, probably at least 25 or 30 years.  They are no longer green.  They are browned and brittle and very fragile.  I will mail each one inside a Christmas card.  They may or may not survive the USPS in one piece, but that is out of my control.

If you need some shamrock luck, or want to frame the one you receive for a gift to pass along, please zing me a pm.  The first six wishers will receive one (most likely in time for Christmas).

PS  --  Larkspur, I am sorry to see you go.  I have one of your beautiful crosses.  I wish you well, and hope you know you have touched many people with your sweet offerings over the years.  All the best to you.

A couple more unpostables - you get first chance!

The Killing Floor - Lee Child - PB - just old and tired

Where You Can Find Me - Sheri Joseph - large print HC - 978-1-4104-6106-3  Some water damage  Taken in the Bazaar

Shatter by Michael Robotham - 9781607518006  - this is large print HC - coming away from the spine!   Ditto!

PM me  if you'd like any of these.

I have: 2 envies misc cards  

Jolees Botique graduation stickers    new

I have two raisin coupons for 50 cents each . They expire end of the year but I can mail them fast . 

Hi, everyone! These have been claimed.

• 7 Box Tops for Education

Have a wonderful holiday season

happy December~! 

Happy Holidays!

I have to  offer

DVD - Mission Impossible first season - discs 1 and 2, 5 and 6, 7  --missing discs 3 and 4. taken

DVD - Grey's Anatomy season one 2 disc set

DVD - A Christmas Romance starring Olivia Newton John 096009722890  added 12/19 TAKEN

DVD - I Led three Lives Volume One, classic tv series with Richard Carlson - added 12/19TAKEN

DVD -  Jungle Siren with Buster Crabbe added 12/19TAKEN

Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. This is an old hardcover book,  tattered dj and browned pages. has a christmas inscription from 1939 taken

Pm with addy if interested.

Thanks for looking,

kathy

Stuff to give away

2. New Curad camouflage bandages- will send to two people.

4. Can send 2 people a winter postcard

6. Can send 1 person new Xmas adult coloring pages.

Please put address in your pm. Will send items as soon as I can due to work and weather. Thanks.

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Merry Christmas, everyone!!

I have a few things to offer in December:

1) A grab bag of gift bags and tags.  There are 12 gift bags (some Christmas, some birthday, some all occasion, all sizes), several sheets of stick-on gift tags and some tape-on and/or string tie gift tags.  Realized I had way too many when I was wrapping gifts this morning!  Some of the bags are used but still in good condition, some are new.  TAKEN

2) A Kasa Smart Plug Lite.  Go here for more info on this item.  TAKEN

3) A bracelet made by me!  Go here to see the photo.  This one is black (with hints of blue and purple) and clear (also with hints of blue and purple).  Bracelet measures 8 inches long when lying flat, including the clasp.  TAKEN

4) A bracelet made by me!  Go here to see the photo.  This one is clear beads and golden yellow beads.  Bracelet measures 8 inches long when lying flat, including the clasp.  This one has just a tiny bit of stretch to it.

Please PM with your name and address, and which item you would like.

Thank you!