November 3rd is RAK Day

In collaboration with the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation we will be celebrating Random Act of Kindness (RAK) Day by encouraging Cambridge & North Dumfries citizens and organizations to engage in acts of kindness throughout our community. We’ll be making RAK Day materials available to local schools, businesses, neighbourhood associations, the City of Cambridge, the North Dumfries Township, and Idea Exchange’s three locations.

Have you decided what your Random Acts of Kindness will be this year? We’ve created a brief list to inspire your creativity. Many of these ideas are focused on seniors, but could apply to others too:

1. Buy some flowers for a senior who lives near you.
2. Buy a bag of groceries for the food bank, shelter, a newcomer family, or an elderly neighbour.
3. Offer to carry a neighbour’s garbage or recycling out for them.
4. Gather some friends to rake and bag a neighbour’s leaves. Who wouldn’t appreciate that?
5. Help someone load groceries into their car and return the empty cart for them.
6. Give a close friend an hour’s break by offering to take their children to the park.
7. Gather up a group of friends and spend an afternoon or evening knitting mittens, hats & scarves for children at the local women’s shelter. Your snowman can wait for a scarf, but needy children shouldn’t have to.
8. Collect pairs of new socks for the shelters. (See @ToastyToes_WR on Twitter)
9. Offer to walk your elderly neighbour’s dog.
10. Bake cookies or a cake for an elderly neighbour.

We’d love to add to this list, so don’t hesitate to let us know what you are planning!

Get a Kindness package

If you are from the within Cambridge and/or North Dumfries, please click here to request for a RAK Day Package for your company staff, friends, or community group to participate in this year’s Random Act of Kindness Day (November 3rd).

You may also contact us at 519-624-8972 or send a quick e-mail to admin@cndcf.org. We would be happy to provide you with Kindness cards, posters as well as other materials you can use to spread kindness all over Cambridge and North Dumfries.