Real Acts of Caring is 10 years old in School District 43 and students show no signs of stopping this tradition.
In fact, a group of Maple Creek middle school students and their counsellor, Harriette Chang, are working to get the rest of the province's schools RACing, which means doing kind things without expecting anything in return. (The program started as RAK, for Random Acts of Kindness.)
Next week, some of the students and Chang will be heading to Vernon to talk to schools there and next year a trip to Victoria is planned.
The group also has a website (www.realactsofcaring.org) that has information about how to get involved, a contest for RAC stories, and students have taken to social media to spread the word.
On Tuesday, Chang and the students gave a presentation to the SD43 board of education, explaining why they take part in RC, saying it makes them feel good to hand out flowers or provide free coffee to patrons at Starbucks.
"It really empowers to give kids the opportunity to feel how it feels to be kind," Chang told trustees.
The students go RACing all year but a special week, Feb. 14 to 20, has also been set aside to promote Real Acts of Caring.
For more information, visit the website or email Chang at [email protected].
