A bunch of years ago the universal idea of Random Acts of Kindness exploded onto the American psyche. People bought coffee for the guys in the cars behind them at drive-throughs. They popped extra change in toll-booth slots to pay for the next car or two in line. I heard of people buying lunch in a restaurant for a stranger. Random Acts of Kindness. Being nice to someone for no other reason than to be nice to them. I loved that idea. It’s the same idea as the Pay It Forward program born as part of the Character Counts Week here in Dodge. A story on that ran back on Oct. 18, telling about the six projects brought about with seed money of $50 with the only direction to do something for someone else. Character Counts is an initiative of the Healthy Living department at Trinity Regional Medical Center. Pam Bunte is coordinator. She told recipients of the seed money that it was theirs to use “for the sole purpose of making a difference to a person, a family or an organization in nee.