Kindness Starts With One®

One smile. One hug. One cup of coffee. One person...

Do you have someone in your life who inspired you to be a better person? Did you witness an act of kindness that left an impression? Share your kindness story with the world.

Tell Us Your Kindness Story

My best friend

My kindness story is basically how almost everyday i give my friends all my food everyday because when i was younger i was in a tough situation with my family to the point where i barely ate because there wasn't any food at my house and everyday my best friend at that time would bring me food everyday for me...

Sharing a Load

NOTE: I DON'T THINK THE ACT ITSELF IS AN 'RAK' STORY. IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AT ALL. IT WAS WHAT FOLLOWED THAT GOT ME THINKING....

We were waiting quite a while for our luggage at Baggage Claim 6. So were the passengers right next door, at carousel 5. On its way back inside after one 'rotation', a suitcase at...

Pay it forward

A few weeks ago I was at the Safeway located a block away from my apartment. I grabbed a couple things and began to ring up my items at the self-checkout. As I was scanning my items I couldn't help but notice the man at the self-checkout stand next to me was having some issues.

He was homeless, and didn't...

Kindness= Including Others

I’m an elementary school teacher and we do a lot of partner and group work. I always make the groups, but the other day I let my students make their own partners or groups for a special activity. I spoke to them about making sure everyone was included and how nobody should feel excluded. As the students were all signalling...

Pay Bus Fair for a complete stranger

On the bus today a stranger trying to pay for his bus fair (Fife/ day travel) but three times his card did not work, he got off the bus aa he was unable to pay. I quickly got up and said to him I will get this for you and paid his fair and gave him his ticket, he seemed...

A Teacher Who Believed in Me

I'm currently in 8th grade. I had been in Remote Learning for 6th and 7th grade (because of COVID) and barely came back to in-person learning this year. When I first started, I realized how much things had changed. I had to relearn how to socialize and make new friends. All my old friends were gone. I was in a...

Mom

My mom is one of the best people I know. She is the youngest of 8 and everyone counts on her to help them get through life. That’s Mom, always willing to help someone in need. Growing up I was involved in a lot of activities and even though mom had a full-time job it didn’t stop her from taking...

Mom

My mom is one of the best people I know. She is the youngest of 8 and everyone counts on her to help them get through life. That’s Mom, always willing to help someone in need. Growing up I was involved in a lot of activities and even though mom had a full-time job it didn’t stop her from taking...

Hockey Lesson

When I was in 5th grade (last year) I met a 6-year-old kid at park Pratt. He was very bad at hockey. I proposed to help him learn to play hockey and he accepted with a big smile. I spent three hours with him, and he was very happy after and me too I was very happy in my heart....