KLSA’s 30 Days of Giving

With holiday season in full force, the Kaiserslautern Landstuhl Spouses Association launched a campaign focusing on random acts of kindness.

KLSA normally grants funds to the various organization  within the KMC, such as the USO, Red Cross, wounded warriors, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, and Department of Defense schools, just to name a few. This holiday season, they are extending their reach to the actual community members.

All year, people in the KMC donate to the thrift stores on Pulaski and Landstuhl. KLSA then, in turn, donates the proceeds to community organizations. KLSA wanted to pay it forward in a different way this holiday season by performing acts of kindness within the KMC.

“Our board made an excellent decision to spend 30 days randomly blessing people in the community,” said KLSA President Berniece Jones.

KLSA began its “30 Days of Giving” by surprising customers at all the Java Cafes in the community. For a few hours each day, the Java Cafes on Sembach, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kleber Kaserne and Landstuhl were able to provide free coffee for all patrons courtesy of KLSA. KLSA board members were there to wish customers a Happy Thanksgiving and thank service members for their service.

“It’s just so unexpected. It really gets you ready for the holiday season. When you do kind things for others it comes back to you,” said Col. Cathy Walters, chief of QMD at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, after receiving her free drink at the Landstuhl Java Cafe.

Linda Roach from Sembach said, “What a wonderful way to start the week.”

Jeff Hall received his free drink at the Sembach Java Cafe and was so excited about KLSA’s “30 days of Giving” he decided to pay it forward by donating money to help keep it going.

“It’s just so great to see this happening in the community. I hope it inspires more people to participate in random acts of kindness,” he said.

“KLSA has more exciting acts of kindness to bestow on the community this holiday season as part of our ‘30 Days of Giving,’” Jones said.

When pressed for what those blessings might be, she just smiled mysteriously and remarked that she hopes KLSA can “play a big part of encouraging others to pay it forward this holiday season.”