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Begley Public School
RAK 2013
Random act of kindness…
• A random act of kindness is a selfless act
performed by a person or people wishing to
either assist or cheer up an individual person
or people.
Examples of RAK
• In 2006, a Free Hugs Campaign was made popular by a music video on
YouTube.
• The One Million Random Acts of Kindness Campaign (RAK) launched on
BBC Radio in 2008.[5]
• An Australian TV-show called Random Acts of Kindness, on Channel 9,
shows hosts Karl Stefanovic, Scott Cam and Simmone Jade Mackinnon
giving gifts to people they identify as heroes.[6]
• HelpOthers.org is the home of Smile Cards and a portal of kindness
stories, ideas, and online groups. It allows people to send random notes of
kindness to others.[7]
• The Newton Project attempted to quantify the benefits of the Random Act
of Kindness concept in order to motivate people to perform additional
acts of kindness.[8]
• On the 14 November 2012 an NYPD officer, Lawrence DePrimo, was
photographed giving socks and a pair of boots he had purchased to a barefooted homeless man. The photograph later went viral.[9]
Our own RAK
• Begley students donated more than 400 cans
and non perishable food items to our
community.
• RBC and Canadian Tire (Walker Rd.) donate
two SUV’s full of sporting goods to the
students of F.W. Begley Public School.