Random Acts of Kindness Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Thursday September 1
New Zealand’s had a tough year on so many
levels, and this year’s RAK Day has never been such a
salve. We are thrilled to let you know that New Zealand’s
Random Acts of Kindness Day is coming up on September
1st.
This year marks the 7th anniversary of RAK Day
and New Zealand is the only country in the world to have a
Random Acts of Kindness Day!
RAK Day is all about
people doing kind things for others – for no reason at
all. To lift the kindness temperature in our country, step
out of our comfort zone and do something randomly kind for a
stranger or friend.
Over the last six years people
have been RAK’d by strangers buying them coffee, paying
for their parking, neighbours arriving with gift hampers,
pizza being delivered to the local fire station for lunch
and even huge giveaways like flights and
cruises.
While the concept isn’t new, the dream to make this a national day came about after four friends: Josh de Jong, Marshall Gray, Megan Singleton and Reubyn Gwyn, got together in mid 2004 and thought it would be great if Kiwi's had a day where we all did something kind for others – without any retail pressure!
Thus began our national
RAK Day and this September 1st we would love your support to
encourage New Zealanders to get involved.
Here are some RAK ideas:
• Send a pizza to the local fire
station, school staff room, boyfriend’s
work
•
• Give money to the café cashier to buy
the next person a coffee
•
• Pay the bus fare of
the person standing behind you
•
• Let someone
into the traffic (!)
•
• Merge like a
zip
•
• Take muffins to the office for morning
tea
•
• Give a box of Roses to say thank you to
someone who deserves it
•
• Mow the neighbour’s
lawn
•
• Pick someone a
flower
•
• Wash your partner’s
car
•
• Put toothpaste on your partner’s
brush
•
• Put the neighbour’s wheelie bin out
•
• Phone your mum
•
• Get your kids
to donate their pre-loved toys to
charity
•
• Drop clothes in to the
Sallies
•
• Offer to walk the neighbour’s
dog
•
• Babysit for friends so they can have a
night out
•
• Run round the streets offering free
hugs – ok that might get you into trouble!
•
•
You get the idea – the possibilities
to RAK New Zealand are endless!
Businesses, schools, community groups, churches and individuals around New Zealand are currently planning what they might do on RAK Day 2011.
Our hope is for all New Zealanders to get
onboard and make our nation a kind place – even just for
one
day.
ends