Random acts of kindness and the blogger living carfree in Phoenix
Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by Tony Arranaga in Featured
My carfree adventures almost came to a screeching halt the other day. How does one live carfree in Phoenix – walking to light rail stations or using his bike to get around town – with an injured foot?
This all started early Thursday morning. I woke up and let the dogs out for a second when I sliced open my foot on a rock.
The cut looked pretty bad, and I could tell from the first few steps that walking would be a challenge. I tried to figure out how to get to the nearest clinic or emergency room, while spending the least amount of money getting there. You may recall I’m experimenting with living carfree in Phoenix using the light-rail and other modes of transit. (Read more here)
As it turns out, broadcasting my injury over social media started a chain of events I like to refer to as random acts of kindness. Starting with the husband of a colleague, who happens to be a physician’s assistant , offering to stitch me up for free. Then, the kindness continued with a Discount Taxi cab driver giving me her card and offering to take me anywhere, anytime. Then, the owner of Switch Restaurant offered up dinner on the house.
My first thought: Was I being punk’d? Nope. There really are nice people in this world. And many of them are right here in Phoenix. I was feeling truly blessed to be surrounded by wonderful people.
Long story short, my foot is fine and I ended up going to dinner at Switch. The owner had just left, so I missed my dinner opportunity, which ended up being the best part of my day and an opportunity to spread the good karma.
You see, I ended up staying at Switch and had a great meal. I went to pay the check, and discovered the restaurant gives a percentage of their profits to a local community charity. This month, Switch is donating a percentage of each check to Anytown Arizona. The organization teaches kids the importance of diversity in the community.
The news always seems so bad these days. Good things happen here too.
To find out more about Anytown Arizona, visit Switch on Central (North of the Heard Museum station) or their sister restaurant Ticoz on 7th St (Camelback station, east on Camelback then north on 7th St.) or check out the information here.
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Ellen
26. Jul, 2009
What an awesome story; it makes me proud to be in Phoenix with these wonderful folks. I think that’s the beauty of being out of a car and interacting with your community – that you get to interact with the AMAZING people around you.
Hope your foot is better!!