Program Director Megan Hocking reports: Residents at the Burbank Senior Artists Colony in Burbank, CA, are participating in a “Random Acts of Kindness Challenge.” They have committed to completing fifty random acts of kindness. When they complete an act, they write their names on a leaf or butterfly and stick it on the Kindness Tree in the lobby. If they complete fifty acts, EngAGE will make a donation to the Burbank Temporary Aid Center, which provides social services to low income and homeless people in Burbank.
We are hopeful that this challenge will help create a world where we can succeed by being nice, where we all look out for each other, where we pay it forward, and where kindness is the norm.
Residents participating in the challenge are encouraged to take a leaf or butterfly home to stick on the outside of their doors or inside their homes to remind them and others that we are all working together to make our community a kinder place.
The following ideas for acts of kindness are in the monthly calendar packet and on the bulletin board next to the Kindness Tree, or residents may come up with their own. Some of the activities can be done multiple times, such as writing a list of five things they are grateful for because practicing gratitude feels so good and is an integral part of making kindness the norm.
Ideas for Random Acts of Kindness
We hope you’ll be inspired to join the BSAC residents by committing to your own Random Acts of Kindness!
