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!

I haven't been here for a while but will be posting more over the weekend.  I am at my parents again, the 51st day since Feb. 25th.  

Lots of card fronts TAKEN

variety of markers TAKEN

cancelled stamps TAKEN

5 travel-lite makeup remover wipes

1 new hoppy easter tea towel  TAKEN

1 set of paper napkins (say "Text Princess" on them)  Taken

1 set of stationaery cards, stationary sheets and envelopes with flowers  Taken

1 set of notecards  and envelopes with Holly Hobbie  TAKEN

1 sample of La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Moisturizer and a $2 coupon

2 Natrol Sleep+ Coupons

2 Natrol Cognium Coupons

2 Any Product Natrol Coupons

new in package-- 12 graduation party invite cards with bright yellow envelopes-- say 'celebrate' and you fill in the details

4  inch dreamcatcher in tan and brown tones

set of 6 pages from an old, unused America the Beautiful calendar-- beautiful photos of 3 bridges, a lighthouse, Statue of Liberty

an old, unused calendar with photos for each month of colorful flowers

SENT TO: *Marni--  Breathe right strips

To *Nancy-- 7 angel in my pocket coins 

7 humorous Alaska postcards..taken

6 book related bookmarks all to one person taken

Envie of blank misc card fronts

Pocket size blank notebooks...1 available 

4 flat hallmark notes...legal size...with brown enevelopes....enough for 2 people

17 sticker trading cards that spoof popular brands....perfect for 8-12 year old boys

Sticker book The Happy Collection: Put a Sticker On It!: 500 Artisanal Stickers for you to Decorate Your World
Author: Allison Cole partially used taken

misc sticker envelope 

2 partial pads of list paper taken

5 Puffin book postcards 

Backpacks, insulated to keep contents cold.  Grey.  New.  5 3 2 1 available.  I will probably get more in the future.

Bras.  Panache Andorra.  Various colors.  38G.  Used.  

Certain Dri prescription strength antiperspirant, packets with one pad each.  Multiple available.

Used colored pencils.  Multiple available.  Blue, brown, green, orange, peach, pink, red, white, yellow.

Control Corrective skincare sample packets: Salicylic Wash 2% Acne Treatment, Stem Cell Firming Moisturizer, Ceramide Daily Cream.

Small rectangular stickers used for labeling charts. 19 19 on brown background, 20 20 on yellow background. 

Carnation Breakfast Essentials nutritional drink mix packets.  Probiotic in Milk Chocolate flavors. 

Multiples of the following coupons:

• Aleve $2  12/31/21
• Aveeno baby product $2  2/1/22
• Band-Aid (tough strips, flexible fabric, hydro seal, skin flex, water block, infection defense, or decorated) $1  10/1/21
• Bayer Aspirin 24+ count $1  6/1/22
• Claritin Children's $3  12/31/21
• Culturelle kids probiotic $5  6/1/22
• Desitin $2  2/1/22
• FDgard $3  2/3/22
• Fiber Choice $3  2/3/22
• IBgard $3  2/3/22
• Johnson's baby product $1  2/1/22
• KY lubricant or moisturizer $2  10/15/22
• Miralax $5  3/31/22
• Monistat 12/31/21: 1 or 3 day $5, 7 day $3  
• Motrin: $2  12/31/21; pediatric $1.50  3/1/22
• Mucinex $2  12/31/21
• Mylicon children's Tummy Relief $1 12/30/22
• Mylicon infant gas relief  $2  3/31/23
• One A Day $3  6/30/22
• Rhinocort $4  8/31/21
• Tylenol (regular, extra strength, or 8 hour) $2  12/31/21
• Tylenol $1.50: pediatric 3/1/22, Dissolve Pack 3/1/23
• Zarbee's Naturals Baby 3/31/22: Calmng product $1, vitamins $1  
• Zarbee's Naturals cough syrup 12/31/22:  baby or children's $1, multi-benefit children's $1   
• Zarbee's Naturals Sleep melatonin 4/30/22: Children's tablets/liquid/gummies $1, Adult gummies or Children's gummies/tablets  $2.50/2  
• Zyrtec $4: adult 8/2021, pediatric 10/1/21

Left from June -

     1)  DVD -Kundalini Yoga, on the Ball

     2) Cassette tapes -
         The Land Remembers - Ben Logan The Story of a Farm and its people - Vol.2
          Same as above, Vol. 3

     3) booklet - Adult Physical Fitness, Program for Men and Women - from 1978
     4 ) booklet - Presidents of the United States ( 1954) - goes thru Eisenhower
     5) small paperback by Frank Deford -  Alex -The Life of a Child
     6) booklet - Glove Compartment Road Atlas and Vacation Guide -from 1979.
     7) small paperback  - Crafts for an Old Fashioned Christmas, from 1984  TAKEN

  Please PM with your info if interested in any of these.   Thanks for supporting our wonderful RAOK forum.

Happy July

This month if anyone needs address labels, let me know and I can make you some. Just PM me the clip art you want and your address.

Pin has been taken. 

I would be happy to send a couple people a happy mail postcard this month :)

I have another lightly used mass market deck to rehome this month:

TAKEN Game of Thrones Tarot, published by Chronicle Books, includes small guidebook

This deck has bowed cards, but it's not from shuffling.  It came that way.

The first person to message me may have it.  As always, I know I am dealing with a limited audience, so please feel free to request this deck even if I have sent you others.

Happy July!!! 

I have some stickers to share.  Tinkerbell stickers from Hallmark.  There is some glitter on the wings. Taken

Some summer stickers...frogs, butterflies, seahorses and fish. Taken

Still have some coupons for Burger King . Taken

Sending out to 4 people

Sharing tea bags if interested.  Send pm. Two requests mailed.

Have an envelope with four paperboard coasters with birds on them.  GONE

Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith, unpostable but in quite good shape anyway. - GONE

Two books to a very full mini library!  GONE

Two sets of identical stickers (24  in each packet)  GONE

Free book to FIFO requesting member

My July RAOK:  Please pm address. No pets, smoke, 3 children, only 1 at home, 6 grandchildren,1 great granddaughter LOL. Sending Prayers, Hugs to all. 

Mi borriquito gota de miel - (My donkey drop of honey - Its name, Spanish) 4 soft pages – Silvia Maturana - book is fine, don't have an isbn. 

Baby's Things - Hard pages about 6 pages - Platt&Munk Teddy board book.-  top and bottom of spine pealed, pages are fine. 

Metal silver measuring spoons -  1/4 tsp -  1/2 tsp - 1 tsp - Take all or what you need. 

White/black measuring spoons -  1/4 tsp 

White plastic measuring spoons -  1/4 tsp -  1/2 tsp - 1 tsp - 1 tbsp -  Take all or what you need. 

Puffy sticker play set mermaid reusables stickers plus fold and go play scenes, dressing room scene.

Sticker story mega set trollls, 85 colorforms and 2 double sided play boards 

Stickers - Dogs, Cats, Smiley faces, Mix for boys, Mix for girls, Disney characters (still have a few), Encouraging words.  (Offer the ones you don't need)

Boston post card - 

Mix of card fronts - can be used to make gift label or bookmarks.

Bookmarks - 

KIWI Sneaker NO tie laces - one pair, one size fit all, black. Squeeze & thread, Trim to fit, Sceure end caps. New

Black one pair 27 inch Laces. New

Ultra sport laces 45"  Blue (pkg not open but it looks blue to me) New

Plastic bread tags and wire twist ties - Mixed

Fall window clings and foil ceiling hanging leaves (in a bag)

DVD - Litte Man

This month I have a Slow Cooker and Fresh Food Fast recipe pamphlets to send to one member. Taken

I also have a DVD of The Courier (2019). Taken

I can order a year subscription to Better Homes and Garden for someone without a current subscription.

Remember if interested in either to send your complete mailing details by PM.

Added one item to my list

Added some items

Added to my list

added again

would anyone like a yosemite postcard, either mailed as a postcard or mailed to you in an envelope blank.  Taken 

Stuff I have to give away: 1. One sticker envelope catered to your request-up to 2 people.

4. New book plate stickers that say "A book is a present you can open again and again."

5. One new set of 25 table number cards for a wedding or fancy party. Please include address in your pm. Will send items when I can due to weather. Thanks.

Sorry, PBS making duplicate posts again. 

Added one item to my list on page one. 

added more coupons

Actively cleaning my desk so adding all day

Layered paper stickers (crosses)  Taken

An Elvis postcard, used, but her early years (in sienna, not color)  Taken

3 different Word-Finds companion  Taken

A US flag sticker (2X5?)  Taken

Geronimo postcard

Slightly larger "fairy" postcard  Taken

Added to my list 7/8/21  and will be adding a little more later on.