The four people have persuaded companies to give them £250,000 worth of toys and food — for nothing. And next Monday, they are going to 1 them to every house across north London. David Goodfellow and his three friends, Benny Crane, James Hunter and Callum Teach, call themselves "The Kindness Offensive". They specialize in 2 random acts of kindness for total 3 .
According to them, it is remarkably easy to get toys and food to 4 , if you persist. "You simply phone 5 manufacturers to see if they are willing to donate something." Mr. Goodfellow explains. "Our phone bills are enormous, but 6 you meet someone kind and nice."
The four friends 7 their work together a year ago. "At first, most people deeply doubted it," said Mr. Crane, a musician. "They didn't think we'd 8 our promises." But the group soon learned how to do it properly and convince people of their good 9 .
Their first successful "kindness act" was to help 10 a boy's dream of watching a football match and, last October, they gave free food to 11 seekers. "We've met people struggling just to live." said Mr. Hunter, "they 12 want to contribute to society but they can't work and they don't find it easy even to buy food."
The Kindness Offensive tries to 13 media exposure（接触媒体） but they would like to see more people performing kind deeds for one another. "What I've learnt is that 14 is influential," David's father said, "15 you do good deeds, you'll get a lot out of it and others will follow."
