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
Elijah pushed in all the chairs his classmates did not push in after Cougar time
- Forest Park Elementary
Ina helped her teacher get paper for the copier
- Forest Park Elementary
Casion helped his teacher get paper for the copier.
- Forest Park Elementary
Amani helped her teacher get paper for the copier
- Forest Park Elementary
Benton helped his teacher get paper for the copier
- Forest Park Elementary
Our CEO encouraged each of us to do 20 Acts of Service: 1. I hugged a coworker and cried with her as she had to put her pet down. 2. I sent a joke about birds to my best friend who loves birds. 3. I offered to give a ride to a friend who didn't have a car. 4. I offered rides to the voting polls for people in my neighborhood. 5. I sent a handwritten thank you note to a volunteer. 6. I practiced gratitude by sending 3 things I am thankful for, to my friends, today. 7. I prayed for peace over my city. 8. I got my Mum her favorite cereal and walnuts to add to it. 9. I volunteered at a fundraiser for Forward Indiana food pantries. 10. I donated food, money and pet food to Forward Indiana. 11. I meditated for 20 minutes this morning to show myself love. 12. I donated tomatoes from my garden to many of my neighbors. 13. I made dinner for several of my food insecure neighbors. 14. I volunteered serving meals to housing insecure folks on Thursdays. 15. I loaned a neighbor a kitchen appliance for his grade school class. 16. I gave the Mail Lady some tomatoes from the garden and told her she could pick them anytime. 17. I volunteered at Fox Island teaching kids about cool rocks. 18. I sent a get well card to a client. 19. I saved seeds form my flower garden, packaged and shared them with friends and neighbors. 20. I hugged (almost) all of my clients today and told them I was glad to see them. :)
- Mandy Waters
I bought lunch for a friend
- Holly Gillum
I didn't kill a spider even though I really wanted to.
- Lois E Ehinger
Held the door for someone
- Holly Gillum
I gave a stranger a band-aid.
- Lois E Ehinger
I went on field trip.
- Holly Gillum
I made breakfast for my partner.
- Lois E Ehinger
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