KINDNESS HOTLINE

5-year-old saves the day

On Sunday, Cindy Drewett and her 5-year-old daughter Lauren were shopping at Lowes in Cape Girardeau. A woman approached Cindy, somewhat frantically, and said, "Ma'am, may I borrow your daughter?" An odd question, to be sure. Cindy Drewett asked the nature of the need, and the lady detailed, "I have locked my keys in the car, but the window is open. I can't reach the keys, or the latch to the door. But your daughter may be able to." Little Lauren, the smallest in her class, was a giant on this day. She was able to crawl through the open window, open the door and save the day.

Flowers say thanks

Alma Schrader School PTA handed out flowers Monday morning to say thank you to the neighbors for putting up with the noise and traffic from the school activities.

Donuts for neighbors

On Monday, workers at First National Bank brought donuts for the Limbaugh law firm upstairs and for the radio station next door.

Helping boaters

Mary Miller with the Convention & Visitors Bureau reported that Fred Lee helped some people aboard a pleasure raft docked at Honkers Friday. He took them to the grocery store and got water and supplies for their stay in Cape Girardeau. It is not the first time he has helped at the boat dock.

Prayer group visits elderly

The Covenant Prayer Group of Evangelical United Church of Christ delivered prayer and religious tapes to various nursing homes. Some members visited with recipients of the tapes. Recipients loved the tapes and visits and the women from the prayer group enjoyed doing it.

Singing for shut-ins

Members of the Sweet Adelines performed at area nursing homes and for shut-ins as their random act of kindness.

Neighborly deeds

Kim Groves called to thank her neighbors, the Chapmans, for mowing Groves' lawn and another neighbor's lawn unsolicited. Kim Groves is 8 1/2 months pregnant and the other neighbor has had a stroke.

Help for Safe House

The Cape County Democratic Women's Club delivered soap, wash cloths, perfume and other nice things to the women's Safe House.

Flowers for women

St. Francis Medical Center provided flowers on May 9 for all the women in the hospital, mothers or not.

Help with new start

The Missouri Disability Hearings Office and Janet Wolfe provided all the household necessities to a woman leaving the Safe House to start a new home.

Anonymous weeders

The Anonymous Trio weeded the flower beds at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.

Mom thanks restaurant

Sandy Riehn called to thank H.R. Dumplin's for their kindness. On Mother's Day, Sandy's daughter took her to lunch to Dumplin's without a reservation. Dumplin's staff was kind enough to let them have a table reserved for a later time.

A guardian Angel

Angel Karraker, a 10th-grader at Central High School, helped a dog that was crying and barking on Caruthers, across the street from the high school. The dog's fur was caught in the collar. Angel knocked on the door but no one was at home. She then flagged down a policeman and reported the dog's dilemma. He called the Humane Society and they sent someone to help the dog. "It made me feel so good to help this poor creature," she said.

Home-baked deliveries

Jobs Daughters Bethel 51 delivered home-baked goods to dialysis center in Jackson, emergency rooms at both Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center, and the fire and police departments in Cape Girardeau.

Call the Kindness Hotline between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. with kindnesses done to you or kindnesses indivicuals or groups have performed.