MISSION: Secret Mission for a Secret Agent

My friend Chris (or, well, I consider him a friend, even though we've never actually met) sent me on quite an adventure today! When I put out a call for donations for the #helloSAL silent auction, he instantly offered to help out. What a guy! He put together a craft beer basket and made sure that getting it to me was a completely original experience. Since I can't exactly come in contact with Chris, due to the whole anonymity thing, he offered to send me on a mission just for me!

He sent me to Deer Lakes Park in Tarentum, PA, and told me where to start off. Needless to say, it was quite an adventure!

Chris told me to start at the park's entrance. There I would find the first clue. I now share with you, in pictures, today's mission. I hope you put your sunscreen on!



































Thanks, Chris, for your generosity and your cleverness! Can't wait to finally meet you on Saturday!

MISSION: Mega Mission Follow-Up

Last week, Secret Agent L posted about an email she received from one of her trusty Affiliated Agents regarding an upcoming mission of Significant Size and put a call out for all those interested in participating in this Flash Mob of Kindness. Well, she recently received another email from that same Affiliated Agent in which more details about said mission were revealed. Here are the details from Affiliated Agent M's latest email:

"From the looks of it, SAL, it sounds like there's a lot of interest. If people want to get a hold of me at affiliatedAgentM@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter, I can start sharing the details for this mission.

"If people are wondering, it will take place somewhere in downtown Pittsburgh. If people are still interested in helping out and being a part of something awesome but don't think they'd be able to be "dahntahn" for what ever reason, they can still get a hold of me.

"The plan is for this mission to cheer up some people in downtown Pittsburgh, but the doesn't mean there can't be small armies of people all over the place doing synchronized acts of kindness...anyone interested regardless of location can e-mail me, and I'll swing through the comments of the first post and poke some of the people there as well.

"Thanks for helping out with this, SAL. It's gonna be awesome!"

Yes, yes it is, Affiliated Agent M. Secret Agent L can hardly wait.

MISSION: Big Mission. Help Needed.

A couple of days ago, Secret Agent L got an email from one of her trusty Affiliated Agents. And in that email, he made the following request:

"Secret Agent L, I have a big mission planned in Pittsburgh, so big I can't do it by myself. Would you mind putting a feeler out to see if there's anyone in Pittsburgh who would mind helping me out? They wouldn't need to buy anything, just show up and be willing to covertly spread cheer."

Now, I know a little bit about this mission: when it is, where it will be, etc. But I don't think I'm allowed to divulge that information yet. I do know that it wouldn't take long at all--less than an hour. So, with that being said...

If you're in Pittsburgh and are interested in participating in a big mission of kindness, please leave a comment on this post. Or email me. More details will follow in the coming days, and, if you're interested, you'll be notified.

This could be AMAZING.

xoxo,

Secret Agent L

MISSION: Operation NICE

I have a hero. I mean, like, really. This person helped inspire me to be more kind and, in turn, to make the Secret Agent L project what it is today. Basically, I want to be her when I grow up. She's the epitome of nice (or, rather, NICE) and has inspired an entire nation to always put kindness first on the priority list. She's got a gazillion followers on Twitter and a gazillion more loyal readers of her site.

This person?

Melissa from Operation NICE.

So why am I writing about her today? Well, I'm asking you all, my wonderful and devoted readers and fans, to please--PLEASE--make Melissa a priority every single day until April 30.

Every day? you ask? Like, isn't that a bit much?

Actually, it's quite simple. All you need to do is vote for her. Once a day. Easy peasy.

Melissa has entered Pepsi's Refresh Project, which gives out $1,300,000 every month (I know!!) to fund great ideas. And who doesn't think that NICE is a great idea?! I mean, c'mon! The voting is super easy. All you have to do is go to this site, register, and then click "Vote for this idea." Once you register, you just re-visit the site each day and click to help Melissa get closer to her dream of making Operation NICE even more amazing than it already is.

And it's pretty amazing, my friends. Just like Melissa.

SO! YOUR MISSION! (Which I'm sure you'll choose to accept!)

Vote for Melissa, once a day, every day, until April 30 when the voting closes. Set reminders on your cell phone. Put Post-Its all over your house. Write it on your forehead. (Yes, I'm serious.) She NEEDS to be in the top 10 to win. And we want her to win, don't we? Also, see the widget below? You can get the code for it here and and put it on YOUR blog, which will, in turn, get Melissa even MORE votes.

We can do this, people. We are, in fact, that awesome. Thank you!!!

xoxo,

Secret Agent L