Samantha Murphy2013-04-16 17:24:22 UTCA message board on the popular site Reddit is offering little acts of kindness in the form of pizza to people displaced from the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday.
People from all over the U.S. are flocking to a Reddit forum to buy pizza, Chinese food and other takeout to those in need.
"I'll send a pizza to any firefighter, police officer, EMT/paramedic or military serviceman helping in Boston," one post says.
Other users from San Francisco, Dallas and Perth, England posed similar offers: "Anyone in Boston who is hosting people with nowhere to go ... [I] would love to buy you all pizza."
In addition to assisting people at the scene, many in the Boston area are lending a hand and even opening their homes to help.
Boston resident giving @alihatfield & us orange juice and offering a bathroom to use #BostonMarathon twitter.com/rm/status/3239… — Ramsey Mohsen (@rm) April 15, 2013
Nationwide cities have also shown support with tributes in newspapers and touching messages on buildings touching messages on building.
What acts of kindness have you seen? Let us know in the comments below.
Image via iStockphoto, smpics
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