As some of you may know, we kicked off RAKit week yesterday with John daring you all to donate to the ATO of Dallas in exchange for facing his fears of jumping out an airplane. You all killed it, and now I get to see my boss experience pure terror.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
But RAKit week doesn’t just apply to near-death experiences, nor do we limit it to Chivers. We welcome all who want to join the cause. That’s why when I heard of these kids in Washington making the world 10 percent happier, I couldn’t help but get that warm fuzzy feeling, one that needed to be shared with y’all.
Tia, a Berry admin from Washington, emailed me just a couple of days ago, about something amazing her kids decided to do.
“2 years ago, the first #RAKit week inspired us to want to take it to the next level. We had kids: we didn’t go out, we didn’t have extra money. So going and buying someone a beer or coffee, which seemed to be the common RAK, wasn’t really an option for us. So the kids and us made 120 of these handprint flowers, with little messages like Be Kind and Smile on them. We took the kids to a local park and had them pass them out to people walking by. The reaction was a mixture of annoyance (thinking the kids were trying to sell something), surprise, smiles, and for the most part AWESOME. Watching the kids interact with people and see the impact they were making on others was PRICELESS. And so our tradition began… ‘HANDing out RAKs.’ Halloween, Valentine’s day, Mardi Gras, and just random days, we would have the kids make handprint crafts (one time it was little bees that said BEE KIND and another another time was Mardi Gras beads haha) with messages and take them to a park and let them loose. This year we are going with a Pokémon theme because we have noticed how many people are out and about, smiling at each other, and conversing all because they share a common hobby.”
How can you resist talking to these adorable faces?!
Alright, who’s cutting onions in here?
Jokes aside, these kids are a perfect example of what RAKit Week can achieve: bringing people together, sharing a smile, and making somebody’s day that much better, just with a little gesture.
