CUBE MINISTRIES: CUBES AROUND THE WORLD

(Random Acts of Kindness Instruction) I found a cube! @CubeMinistries #CubeMinistries 

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 (CUBE MINISTRIES):

 I found a cube! #CubeMinistries @CubeMinistries has a growing number of stories about how people around the world are finding our cubes. The Cube Ministries stories will be kept and blogged here on the Cube Ministries Site. Please let us know if you prefer your cube find to be public or private. We will respect and honour your requests for privacy or publicity. 

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 (REPORTING): 

Congratulations on finding a cube. It is yours to keep! If you would like to share your cube story with us, please email it to CubeMinistries(at)gmail.com Your email must include where you found the cube, (city/state/region/country), the story of how you found your cube, and what it means to you. You will also need to upload an image of you holding your cube. We love images that contain accurate faces or hands. Please email us with the following information: 1) Location: The location you found the Cube Ministries Cube. Enter accurate data for the City, State (or Region), and Country.  2) Content: Share the story of finding your cube. Share how you found it and your thoughts when you found it. Cube Ministries loves the details! Even say where, exactly, / snap a photo. 3) Image: Upload a photo of yourself with the cube. If it's a good photo, we will post it. Make sure the photo has a unique and identifiable file name. We want the photo/image file names to be descriptive and searchable. 

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(PARTICIPATING): 

Would you like to create handmade cubes to participate in this project? The original CUBE is an inspiration for the worldwide CUBES AROUND THE WORLD project. Tag: I found a cube! @cubeministries #cubeministries ...Our cubes are usually made of wood or clay. They are the size of your palm. And they feature six symbols that rotate to create an intuitive alphabet. To make our project work, our cubes are attached to a ribbon and a tag. Have fun with your creative process, in making these wood or clay cubes. After creating your cubes, print and attach this simple tag: CUBES AROUND THE WORLD I found a cube! @CubeMinistries #CubeMinistries 

The cube tags can be made simple, or with the tag printed in our encoded cube font. Now that your cube is tagged, it is time to be placed in a public place to be found by a random stranger. For your cubes to qualify as a random act of kindness, there are some simple rules. Random acts of kindness mean you don't need to take personal credit for your kind thought and action. Try to be transparent and accountable with Cube Ministries about your cube(s) in your email. This helps everyone. 

Rules: We can not take responsibility if you disobey our rules for random acts of kindness. Use common sense and respect to determine the correct pathway of action. In some cases, you will be able to apply for a permit to break a rule. Individual permit applications should be addressed to “Cube Kindness Ambassadors”. 

1) Do not hand, give or gift cubes to people. (Cubes need to be “found.”) 

2) Do not leave cubes on personal or private property, such as a front porch, vehicle, door, bicycle, mailbox, gate, little libraries, etc. (Not public) 

3) Do not leave cubes in a cluster, like a giving tree. (Not random) 

4) Do not leave cubes in places that are not public: hotel rooms, work desks, break rooms, offices, private retreats, etc. (Not public ) 

5) Do not leave cubes inside any kind of retail store or on retail displays. (Cubes can be mistaken for merchandise.) 

6) Do not leave cubes in National Parks, Wilderness, Bureau of Land Management, or other Federal Public Lands areas. (Federal Regulation Title 36, 2.22) Note: there may be exceptions to rule #6, as the wood cubes can accompany signs to protect old-growth forests or other signs that are approved by The Crown. 

7) Do not leave cubes in places where they may be thrown away by the staff! If you fully explain the cube to the staff and don't do anything illegal or suspicious, the staff will usually cooperate with the sentiment of CUBES AROUND THE WORLD (Random Acts of Kindness Instruction) I found a cube! @CubeMinistries #CubeMinistries 

Examples of good places to sow cubes: A local park, hiking trail, highway rest stop, community center, outdoor shopping center, town square, the foyer of a public place, community bulletin board, beach, nature trail, museum, tourist attraction, trees, bush and fences in downtown areas, etc. Be imaginative and creative when looking for just the right public place to sow a cube, and have fun! 

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 (MAP): 

CUBES AROUND THE WORLD LOCATIONS This map will gradually be modified to show accurate locations where cubes have been found. Use the “+ ” sign to zoom in to see the locations within the clusters. Use the “-” sign to zoom out to obtain a worldwide view. 

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(FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS): 

Q: What is Cube Ministries? Is it a legal entity? A: Yes. Cube Ministries is a worldwide random act of kindness project.  Q: Is it a not-for-profit project? A: Yes. Q: Is "I found a cube!" affiliated with any group or organization? A: Yes. We call ourselves Cube Ministries and we aim to be able to act anonymously and neutrally. Q: Are you gathering information or data? A: Yes. We are attempting to use the data and info we gather to establish a new group of world servers inspired by our cube code, kindness, and the ideal of service. Q: How do I know who made the cube that I just found? A: Cube Ministries aims to be a largely anonymous project. The first generation of cubes was made by programmer GK. The whole idea of the random acts of cube-kindness is that it is not about the maker of the cubes. Instead, it is about the finders. Q: Do I need to "re-hide" the cube that I found? A: No. You found it and it is meant for you to keep. Q: How do I join Cube Ministries? A: You can join by starting to make and distribute properly tagged cubes. Read through all the FAQs and please follow the rules. Q: Where can I sow a cube? A: In a public place such as a park, local hiking trail, rest stop, town square, foyer, beach, tourist attraction, etc. Outdoor spots are best. Sowing cubes will help Cube Ministries to bring our cube teaching into schools, along with our world cube alphabet. Q: Where should I NOT sow a cube? A: On personal property, private property, airports, national lands, retail stores, or bathrooms. Q: Can I give a cube to someone who I think needs one? A: Yes. However, we will not report it. The whole idea behind random acts of "cube kindness" means that our cubes should be ideally left in a public place to be found by a random stranger. Q: Why hasn't the cube I placed been reported? A: Not all found cubes are reported. Our guess is that 12% of all cubes sown are reported as found. 

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(CONTACT): 

CUBES AROUND THE WORLD | I found a cube! | @CubeMinistries | #CubeMinistries If you found a cube, please report it to "CubeMinistries(at)gmail.com" Or simply hashtag #CubeMinistries with your photo on social media.  We prefer emails.  If you are interested in participating, view "PARTICIPATING" for more information. If you have a question, we suggest reading through the FAQs, as many questions are answered there. After reading the FAQs, if you still have a question, please email Cube Ministries. CubeMinistries@gmail.com We reserve the right to disqualify unapproved tags or cubes from our website and network. If you have added anything unapproved to your tag or your cube, it will not be added to our random acts of cube kindness website. If the cube is reported as found inside a bathroom or retail store, or personal property or gifted, it will not be shared or posted. We reserve the right to edit submissions. Our mission is to continue organizing Cube Ministries and make the cubes, and their code, more accessible and useful. If you feel like donating time or money, contact us via email.