“Dear PoPville,
On Sunday around noon at Duke’s Counter in Woodley Park, I benefited from a random act of kindness and need to thank the two very generous people responsible. I was telling my bartender buddy about my early forced retirement coming Monday and the impossible situation of trying to work through a funding freeze. (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
Trying to find a Good Samaritan. My friend got run over by a car last night at 14th and P st about 5:45. She is ok. I’m reaching out because a bystander held her hand while the we waited for the ambulance to show up and she wants to find her and thank her. She thinks her name was Jess.”
If this was you, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP. Thanks!
“Dear PoPville,
I’m a subscriber with a meal delivery service. I live in Columbia Heights. Monday is the day I get my meal box for the week, and this past week the box did not arrive. The service sent me a notification saying the box had been delivered, along with GPS coordinates. Turns out the box was delivered miles away from where I live. Now, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was scootering to work Wednesday morning on 19th St and collided with a trash truck that was coming out of an alley. The truck was flying down the alley way too quickly onto the sidewalk and would have fully hit me if I hadn’t slammed on my brakes. (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
Does anyone know of any programs that connect local families with people who might not have somewhere to go for Thanksgiving, like foreign college students? We had been planning to host family members but they are unable to make it, so find ourselves with empty seats at our table for Thanksgiving!”
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
A friend of mine was involved in a bad crash on the unit block (we think) of R st NW around 9pm Saturday night (11/2) on a scooter. He has little recollection of the accident but knows a kind couple came to his rescue until medics arrived and took him to the hospital with a head injury. He is doing ok, but I figured you may be able to help find the couple that helped so he can thank them? Thank you.”
Ed. Note: If you know/are the couple please email me at [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP.
photo by angela n.
Kristen writes on Saturday:
“Thank you to the woman in georgetown who generously paid for my parking this morning so I could make it to my running group. This was my first major run after nearly 5 months of PT and I don’t know if she realized how important this was to me.”
photo by Erin
“Dear PoPville,
I’d like to thank the woman who walked over in the rain to leave my HelloFresh box at my building front desk. She had refrigerated it over the weekend. All I know is she lives on the 400 block of some street in DC that is not mine. Thank you!”
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
I’m sending my heartfelt thanks to the kind man who helped me when I nearly fainted on the corner of Florida Ave. and T Street Wednesday about 7pm. He gave me his bottle of water and made sure I was okay. Chivalry is alive in DC.”
Thanks to L. for sending from U Street: “a nice reminder to us all to look out for each other!”
Should you spot a quiet act of heroism, scooting or not, please send an email with a brief description and the neighborhood where it was witnessed to [email protected].