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ACTS OF KINDNESS

Woman passes it on to office custodian

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By Terry Alexander - email
By Sabrina Squire - bio | email

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  • Tuesday, May 15 2012 5:31 PM EDT2012-05-15 21:31:52 GMT
    Sometimes it takes a village to pay it forward. I hit the streets in Henrico at the White Oak Shopping Village to find someone ready on the spot to pass on a $300 Act of Kindness. I was certain my
    I hit the streets in Henrico at the White Oak Shopping Village and met with Michelle Johnson, a bus driver with Henrico Public Schools.

  • Tuesday, May 8 2012 6:25 PM EDT2012-05-08 22:25:37 GMT
    Nominations for our $300 Acts of Kindness segment usually come via phone or e-mail. But for the next few weeks, I'm hitting the streets all around town, to catch people willing to pay it forward on the spot.
    Nominations for our $300 Acts of Kindness segment usually come via phone or e-mail. But for the next few weeks, I'm hitting the streets all around town, to catch people willing to pay it forward on the spot to someone in need or reward someone's good deeds.

  • Tuesday, May 1 2012 5:34 PM EDT2012-05-01 21:34:51 GMT
    After the sudden death of a Prince George police officer three weeks ago, loved ones wanted to honor her memory with an Act of Kindness for the people she called "her" heroes.
    After the sudden death of a Prince George police officer three weeks ago, loved ones wanted to honor her memory with an Act of Kindness for the people she called "her" heroes.

  • Tuesday, April 24 2012 6:28 PM EDT2012-04-24 22:28:17 GMT
    RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Sometimes family ties can test us in ways we never imagine. We're paying it forward to a bachelor who suddenly found himself being a surrogate parent to an active pre-teen, while
    We're paying it forward to a bachelor who suddenly found himself being a surrogate parent to an active pre-teen, while also caring for his own critically ill mother. His friend calls him a strong, inspiring role model who deserves an Act of Kindness.

  • Tuesday, April 17 2012 5:40 PM EDT2012-04-17 21:40:56 GMT
    We're paying it forward in Chesterfield to a woman her neighbor calls "the most compassionate caretaker." Not only is she managing her own family's serious medical issues, she's opened her home to displaced families and pets, and looks after kids around the apartment complex.

  • Tuesday, April 10 2012 5:57 PM EDT2012-04-10 21:57:21 GMT
    A knit hat warmed a local woman's "heart" so much, she tracked down the person who knitted it and nominated her for today's Acts of Kindness.

  • Tuesday, April 3 2012 8:05 PM EDT2012-04-04 00:05:02 GMT
    We're paying it forward to a woman who takes care of seven hundred children and dozens of adults several days a week. She's such a great asset to her school and everyone in it, she's been voted support staff person of the year several years in a row and today she's our Act of Kindness recipient. 

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    Tuesday, March 27 2012 6:25 PM EDT2012-03-27 22:25:37 GMT
    Lots of us remember an exceptional teacher who made us believe we could succeed at anything. Today a grandmother and cancer survivor is paying it forward to the educator she says has given her confidence that she absolutely will earn the diploma she's been longing for. Their teacher-student bond is this week's "Acts of Kindness."

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    Wednesday, March 21 2012 8:10 AM EDT2012-03-21 12:10:09 GMT
    In this week's Acts of Kindness, we pay it forward to someone who opened their heart and their home to one of our viewers.

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    Tuesday, March 13 2012 5:13 PM EDT2012-03-13 21:13:10 GMT
    Today we're paying it forward to a dynamic young CEO who is passionate about children, education and empowerment. She committed to nurturing future generations of local leaders and today a loyal supporter is making a three hundred dollar Act of Kindness investment.

By Sabrina Squire - bio | email
Posted by Terry Alexander - email

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – We're paying it forward with three hundred dollars today, to a woman who believes we should all be more respectful and more helpful to the elderly. In this week's "Acts of Kindness," she passes it on to the 79-year-old custodian of a south Richmond office building. 

We met Angela Meredith at her job in the Boulder's Office Park. She was eager to tell me about co-worker, Georgia Arrington. She says she takes care of the staff.

"She's wonderful, she's always nice to everybody," said Meredith.

In addition to taking care of the building, Meredith says, "she cleans all the restrooms and she empty's all the garbage and she vacuums. She takes care of us."

Angela says she and Ms. Arrington hit it off from day one.

"She was like, ‘How are you? I noticed you're new here just wanted to welcome you,'" said Meredith. "She lives on social security and you know you don't get much from that, and working part time you don't get benefits, you don't get holiday pay."

Sabrina Squire: "Thanks for agreeing to pass it on. Here's 1 hundred, 2 hundred, 3 hundred dollars."
Angela Meredith: "Thank you Sabrina. Let's go find Georgia, ok?"
Sabrina Squire: "Okay."

Angela Meredith: "Ms. Georgia, I'd like for you to meet Matt and Sabrina Squire."
Georgia Arrington: "Yeah I know her."
Sabrina Squire: "Hi, Ms. Georgia."
Georgia Arrington: "I see you every night."
Sabrina Squire: "Oh my gosh. I'm pleased to meet you, and honored to meet you because I heard you are beloved by everyone in this building."
Georgia Arrington: "Who told you that?"
Angela Meredith: "I sent them an email about you in the program for Acts of Kindness, really and they asked me to give this to you. I just want to help out every little bit that I can."
Georgia Arrington: "Oh my God. Thank you so much." (Hugs Angela)

Angela Meredith: "Ms. Georgia takes care of everybody and I just want to thank her for taking care of the messes I make."
Georgia Arrington: "Oh Lawd, I've seen this on TV but I never thought it would come to me."
Sabrina Squire: "Any particular plans for this little Act of Kindness?"
Georgia Arrington: "Whew, pay a bill. Yeah pay a bill."

Ms. Georgia tells me she's been cleaning buildings in the Boulders, since retiring from Richmond Memorial Hospital.

"I like to keep busy because with the arthritis, you know," said Georgia.

She's rarely misses a day, even when the chemotherapy she gets for Leukemia takes a toll.

Georgia Arrington: "The last time it did."
Angela Meredith: "I was worried about her."
Georgia Arrington: "Because I lost 30 lbs."

Here, she says the work isn't hard, and she knows hard work.

Georgia Arrington: "I used to work on a farm, sun up to sundown."
Sabrina Squire: "Doing what?"
Georgia Arrington: "Farming, picking cotton."

As for picking up the trash, she plans to give it at least one more year.

Georgia Arrington: "I'm trying to get to 80."
Sabrina Squire: "Well, I hope this has brightened your day."
Georgia Arrington: "You never know, you'll never know."

If you'd like to extend an "Act of Kindness," remember it can't be a relative and you must pass it on to someone deserving within one hour. 

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