EUMUNDI CELEBRATES ITS ‘KIND COMMUNITY’

Eumundi community members attended the inaugural Kindness Counts Awards Ceremony and Welcome to Community event on 17 November at Dick Caplick Park. It was a perfect finish to celebrating Kindness Week Worldwide. There were bubbles, music, face painting and smiles for miles – not to mention a traditional Rotary sausage sizzle – as 62 nominees were recognised for their acts of kindness. Each nominee received a Kindness Counts certificate and a seedling of their choice, as a symbol of being kind to our environment and planting seeds of kindness for others to enjoy for years to come.

The event was a collaborative effort and garnered support from various local organisations. Choose the 'Tude – a key sponsor – contributed both financially and through in-kind services. They sponsored the certification fee for the year, provided decorations for the event and offered marketing support. Helping Hands – a local out-of-school care service – has also played a crucial role. Known for their research-based and child-led programs, Helping Hands ensures that everything they do is in the best interests of children. They have sponsored the ‘YouRok’ cards to keep the kindness momentum going after the event.

Kindness Week has been gaining momentum worldwide, encouraging people to make kindness a daily habit at home, school, work and in the community. Eumundi is on its way to becoming the first community in the world to achieve certification as a Kind Community, a significant milestone endorsed by Kindness Worldwide.

The certification process requires four ‘kind activations’. Eumundi is already planning its next event for February. The activity promises to be a fun and colourful event that will bring smiles to many faces. Volunteers are encouraged to participate and can sign up to be a part of the kindness movement by completing the supporter’s form on the website below.

As Eumundi continues to lead by example the hope is that more communities around the world will follow suit, embracing kindness as a fundamental value and making it an integral part of daily life. The journey towards a kinder world is gathering momentum and Eumundi is at the forefront of this inspiring movement. Special thanks have been acknowledged by the Rotary Club of Eumundi, Eumundi Voice, Helping Hands Network, Noosa Hinterland Realty Eumundi and Kindness Worldwide.

For more information, kind ideas or inspiration to build kinder communities or workplaces visit the Kind Community Project at bit.ly/EumundiKindCert. Because what we do today, matters tomorrow.