Every Act Counts! Report Your Totals!
Step 1
Choose Your Kindness Initiative Type
Choose a focus for your 200 Acts of Kindness and brainstorm ideas with your team, family, or friends. Consider helping a neighbor, volunteering, or organizing a small event. For inspiration, check out our Kindness Initiative Types!
Step 2
Report Your Acts
Once you’ve completed 200 acts (or more!), submit your contributions using our form to help build a kinder community—every effort makes a difference!
Watch Allen County's Kindness Movement Grow! Every act brings us closer to making Allen County the kindest county in the country. Let’s inspire others, build momentum, and create a lasting bicentennial impact, one kind gesture at a time!
Are you up for the challenge?
Commit To Kindness
Join us in embracing kindness and learn how you can make a positive impact in our community!
Act on Opportunity
Discover creative and meaningful ways to spread kindness no matter where you are!
Pay it Forward
Inspire others by sharing your kindness journey and encouraging kindness journey and encouraging them to join the movement!
Reflect & Share
Share your story of kindness with us or on Facebook to help inspire more acts of kindness in our community!
Kindness Initiative Types
Choosing a Kindness Initiative Type defines the focus of your 200 Acts of Kindness. By choosing a specific type, you can create a cohesive theme for your 200 acts, making it easier to track and celebrate your contributions.
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Acts of Generosity Buy a coffee for someone, donate to a shelter, pay for someone's dinner, and leave a surprise gift card.
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Positive Communication & Encouragement Compliment someone, send a positive message, write a LinkedIn recommendation, post uplifting notes, or send a gratitude email.
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Community & Environmental Care Organize a park cleanup, return shopping carts, pick up litter, leave unused coupons, plant a tree or flowers for someone.
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Appreciation & Recoginition Compliment well-behaved children, write a gratitude list, tell a manager about excellent service, and leave a big tip for a server.
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Thoughtful Surprises & Gifts Bake treats for neighbors, leave gifts for delivery drivers or mail carriers, surprise someone with a plant, give someone a box of positive messages.
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Volunteering & Helping Others Babysit for free, run errands for someone, volunteer at a nonprofit, offer to help a busy family member, mentor a young person.
Send Us Your Acts Of Kindness!
Start by selecting a Kindness Initiative Type that resonates with you, then complete your 200 acts within that category. Once finished, submit one form to record all your contributions.
A huge thank you to these Allen County schools, organizations, and businesses for taking on the challenge and completing 200 acts of kindness—check them out!
See How Small Acts Are Making A Big Impact
Bintley helped his teacher carry copier paper
- Forest Park Elementary
Maple helped her teacher carry copier paper
- Forest Park Elementary
Jazlynn helped her teacher carry copier paper
- Forest Park Elementary
While waiting to be picked up after school Jamel got up and gave his seat to another student that was waiting.
- Forest Park Elementary
Henry apologized for not following the rules.
- Forest Park Elementary
Henry held the door for another student coming into the office.
- Forest Park Elementary
Yesterday, our team was heading into a meeting that we knew was going to be, at least, confusing and complex, but at worse, also tense. I made a quick coffeeshop trip and got everyone a hot, sweet treat of their choice (on my dime, not the company's!)
- Rhonda Ladig
On Saturday, I went hiking at Potato Creek State Park. During the hike, I picked up trash along the trail to throw away when I was done.
- Rhonda R Ladig
Informing clients who attend our foodbank, sources available to help assist their pets.
- Diane Tabner
One of South Side's teachers has been out for a week for illness. Her coworker and friend took time to not only print off her lesson plans but also took several days' worth of plan periods to teach during her plan period. She's done this not only to help her friend but also to make sure others don't have to cover the classes during their planning periods.
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Bought lunch for a co-worker
- Holly Gillum
Romel picked up trash
- Forest Park Elementary
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