A San Francisco man is celebrating his 30th birthday by performing 30 acts of kindness. When Bryan Tsiliacos [[SIL-e-ah-cos]] turned 29 last year, he took stock of all the things that he had to be grateful for and noticed a trend. “I realized that every wonderful thing that has happened to me was thanks to the support and generosity of others," he says. So he decided that before his next birthday — his 30th — he would complete 30 acts of kindness.
After making more than 400 desserts for San Jose firefighters for his first act of kindness, Bryan reached out to school principals in Oakland for a list of supplies that their teachers and students needed and he got to work on his second act. He tapped donors across the country to gather around $12-thousand worth of supplies to donate to Oakland schools.
Bryan has been documenting his “30 acts by 30” project on his Instagram and TikTok pages and says that performing acts of kindness can be addictive and contagious. "Once you do one act of kindness you want to do another," he says. "So, I would encourage others to keep doing acts of kindness because one act can lead to hundreds." Bryan’s next act will be in San Francisco and he says he’ll share the details on social media soon.
Source: ABC 7 News
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