Introducing the Greater Olney Random Acts of Kindness (Greater
Olney RAK) initiative – one community’s stand for kindness and greater good in
the world. Designed to encourage positive interactions and elevate a more
positive view of our world, Greater Olney RAK is a movement to encourage
residents to perform good acts, recognize good acts, and experience the promise
of a better world, at least in our little corner of it.
The Greater Olney RAK
movement is about …
1. Encouraging community members to perform
random acts of kindness, small or large.
2. “Turning up the volume” on the unsung good
deeds within our great community.
The ultimate goal of Greater
Olney RAK is to help foster a more positive and hopeful outlook toward people
and for the world in which we live, starting with our community!
How do I join the Greater Olney RAK
initiative?
Do It …
Become a part of a silent brigade of do good’ers throughout the Greater Olney area by simply acting the
next time you feel the urge to randomly help someone with a small or large act
of kindness. Your actions could make someone’s day and can help to make our
community even better. Do it when the moment strikes you. Do it when a needs
presents itself. It’s that simple.
It’s important also to understand that Random Acts of
Kindness come in all shapes and sizes. In fact, Great acts are made up of small deeds! They don’t have to be grand
or costly, can be done at any time and can take as little as a few seconds to
perform. The only requirement is that they have to be an expression of random
kindness toward your fellow man, woman, child, or even animal.
Some examples of daily Random Acts of Kindness could include:
(We hope they inspire
you to think up a few of your own!)
• Simply smile at every person you pass
throughout the day.
• Bake a few extra cookies for your neighbor
as a surprise.
• Pay for coffee or a meal for the person
behind you at the local drive-thru restaurant.
• Call a local charity and offer your
services for a few hours.
• Anonymously buy dinner for diners sitting
across the restaurant from you.
• Spend time picking up the trash in your
community.
• Deliver flowers to a senior who might need
some cheer.
• Write
a note of thanks to a teacher or community service worker.
• Shovel your neighbor's walk after the next
snow storm.
• Offer to mow an elderly neighbor's lawn.
For lots more ideas,
check out the Random Acts of Kindness
Foundation at https://www.randomactsofkindness.org
See It …
Whether you’re the person doing it, seeing it, or receiving
it, help us recognize it. Tell us about your Random Act of Kindness experience
by emailing the details to GreaterOlneyRAK@gmail.com.
The submission can be anonymous if you prefer. Simply share the details of the
act by telling us the “who, what, when, why, where and how” of a recent Random
Act of Kindness. Don't forget to note
if you were the doer, observer, or recipient of the act. Anyone can
report a good act. We want to hear from you!
Feel It …
Doing good feels great. Random Acts of Kindness are meant to
elevate the experience of life for residents in our community and beyond.
Together, we can make people happy and help to foster a better world through
Greater Olney RAK.
Great News!
To encourage this feeling, share your Greater Olney RAK news
and it may be featured on the Greater Olney RAK Hall of Fame page in an
upcoming issue of the Greater Olney News.
For more information
or to learn more about partnering with or becoming a sponsor of the Greater
Olney RAK initiative, email GreaterOlneyRAK@gmail.com. It’s
time to start to KRANK UP THE KINDNESS!!
“NO ACT OF KINDNESS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, IS EVER WASTED.” – AESOP
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