63- AL MAGDALENO – Founder, Random Acts of Kindness FTL
Al Magdaleno still remembers the random act of kindness that greatly changed his life in 1989. “I was in the military and was transferred to Italy on Christmas Eve,” he told us. “I had nobody and everything was close. The owner of a restaurant led me into her home where her family was having their Christmas Eve dinner and invited me to eat with them.” On Christmas Day in 2000, Magdaleno began Citizens of the World. “I bought $5 gift cards and started handing them out as presents to people,” he told us. Now 15 years later, the organization has dramatically grown into Randon Acts of Kindess. “Now, we grant wishes to people in need in South Florida. If anybody sees anybody else in need, any kind of need, our board gets together and selects a nominee to get their wish.”
