BY AUSTIN RUFF<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FHSU marked this year\u2019s Random Acts of Kindness Day by promoting small, simple acts of kindness that were an easy way for students to contribute to the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe day finds its origins in 1995 when the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation was founded by current World Kindness, USA chairman Will Glennon. The non-profit organization, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, seeks to \u201cmake kindness the norm in our schools, workplaces, homes, and communities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foundation creates free content that promotes kindness and teaches kids important social and emotional skills. They offer a wide range of kindness-based curriculum, even providing a 16-week kindness elective course for high school students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tFirst celebrated in New Zealand in 2004, promoters of Random Acts of Kindness Day suggested paying for a stranger’s meal, allowing someone in front of you in line, donating food to a pantry or charity, buying flowers for someone, sending an encouraging text message or phone call, complimenting a stranger or co-worker, surprising someone with food or a present, letting a car merge in front of you, taking food or a gift to a neighbor\u2019s house, or paying the bus fare for a fellow passenger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe day is primarily celebrated in New Zealand on September 1st, and in the United States on February 17th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tFHSU Student Engagement encouraged students to participate through several social media posts. They suggested opening the door for a stranger, writing a thank-you note, giving snacks to the mail carrier, paying for a stranger\u2019s coffee, helping with chores, or donating outgrown clothes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tRegardless of the day, Random Acts of Kindness Day is a great reminder to be kind to others as we go about our busy lives.
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