Cookies, hot cocoa, pick-me-up notes: 'Sparks' of kindness by Peter Orsi And Emily Leshner, The Associated Press Posted Dec 16, 2020 11:32 am EDT Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 11:42 am EDT In this Nov. 20, 2020 photo, a bag containing pennies and a note encouraging passersby to make a wish is placed by Debbie McFarland near a fountain in Peachtree City, Georgia. McFarland is the founder of the Facebook group Sparks of Kindness, a community of people going out of their way to put a smile on the faces of others through small but touching good deeds. (Debbie McFarland via AP) A tin of cookies is left on the running board of an ambulance outside a nursing home with a note for the emergency workers who operate it: “You’re AMAZING! Yes, you!”