This came across my desk today:
“February 16 to 22 is Kindness Week in Ottawa. Started in 2008 by Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Kindness Week hopes to strengthen a culture of compassion and kindness that will prevail over pessimism and cynicism. Kindness Week hopes to inspire random acts of kindness by showing the profound impact even the smallest kind act can have on a community.
The Kindness Committee is asking everyone in Ottawa to choose to be kind. Acts can be as simple as reaching out to someone less fortunate or just saying thank you to a friend.
One of the driving tools behind Kindness Week is the kindness card, which carries the “pay it forward” message. More than 200,000 cards will be distributed throughout the community at events, in schools, work-places and restaurants by the Kindness Crew. Card recipients are encouraged to do something kind and then leave the card behind. Ottawa police officers will be handing out kindness citations to individuals caught being kind during Kindness Week. Also, the Drive for Drivers Project is recruiting reliable, enthusiastic volunteer drivers to provide transportation services for seniors and adults with disabilities to attend their essential medical appointments.
Kindness Week is made possible thanks to a committee of volunteers from government, not-for-profit, corporate, education, and restaurant and hospitality sectors, and is facilitated by United Way Ottawa.”
So what do you think?
Is this going to inspire you to be kind? Is it going to make you change your behaviour? Here’s the Kindness Week website if you’d like to find out more about it.
I’m not sure what I’m going to do to celebrate Kindness Week. I’m the kind who’s kind of kind.
