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Emerging Leaders Lead With Kindness

Learn more about the YLNI Bicentennial Kindness Challenge. Help define Allen County, Indiana as the Kindest County in the Country!

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Allen County is turning 200 in 2024! To celebrate, YLNI and the Allen County Commissioners are launching the 2024 Kindness Challenge.

It's a county-wide initiative to spread kindness. Whether you participate individually or with a school, organization, or business, our goal is to complete one million acts of kindness by December 31, 2024.

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!

Total Acts
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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?

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Commit To Kindness

Join us in embracing kindness and learn how you can make a positive impact in our community!

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Act on Opportunity

Discover creative and meaningful ways to spread kindness no matter where you are!

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Pay it Forward

Inspire others by sharing your kindness journey and encouraging kindness journey and encouraging them to join the movement!

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Reflect & Share

Share your story of kindness with us or on Facebook to help inspire more acts of kindness in our community!

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.

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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!
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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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