1000 Acts of Random Kindness Challenge

Lest we forget

1000 RAK Challenge

NICOLE GIBSON

THE science is in – kindness not only helps others, it makes you happier and healthier which is why we’ve teamed up with the Kindness Crew of FNQ for a feel good challenge this World Kindness Day.

The Kindness Crew of FNQ and Cairns Local News are challenging locals to perform random acts of kindness across the weekend as part of celebrations for World Kindness Day, today.

The challenge encourages people to head to the Cairns Local News Facebook page and tell us when they have either performed or been the beneficiary of a random act of kindness, with the goal of registering 1000 acts by Monday.

The Kindness Crew of FNQ, founded by Connect Magazine North Queensland’s Renee Cashman, are a local Facebook community committed to fostering kindness in the region.

Ms Cashman said random acts of kindness were often easy to do and could be as simple as opening the door for someone in the shops or letting someone ahead of you during peak hour traffic.

“Paying for coffee for the person behind you in a café or making a donation to a local charity like Yaps or Anglicare are also other good ones,” Ms Cashman said.

Ms Cashman said a good personal goal for people was to challenge themselves to compliment every person they come across in a day.

“Simple things like that make a difference and can literally turn not just a person’s day but a person’s life around,” she said.

For locals keen to ride the kindness vibe the group are also running a free workshop called a Time to Be Kind at 6.30pm at the Kamerunga Mediation and Wellness Centre.

For more information visit the Kindness Crew’s Facebook page or to share a random act of kindness see facebook.com/ cairnslocalnews. NICOLE GIBSON