Vancouver's Duck Lady

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April 2, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. - Mary Anne Radmacher - Vancouver's Duck Lady Take a walk in downtown Vancouver on a sunny day and you might just run into Laura-Kay Prophet and Bobbi the Duck. Or, more precisely, Bobbi V. Laura-Kay got her first duck, Harvey, in 1980, but it was the first Bobbi, that spurred her to start Duck $oup, a private charity that Laura-Kay funds from her pension and occasional part-time work. Bobbi I started laying one or two eggs a day, so Laura-Kay boiled them and gave them away to the hungry on the streets of Vancouver. But she didn't want to just give eggs, so she added other food and created a fun "lottery" by hiding sums of money in cookies. Why does she do this? "It always makes you feel good to make somebody else feel good... The idea was to create self-esteem for them, but it's also creating self-esteem for me." { read more } Be The Change Make someone's day a little brighter today with a small act of kindness. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World The One Thing They Carried With Them 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The College Course That's Changing Lives A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 144,383 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More