Thanks For Getting Son Off The Roof: Random Kindness In Cumming

CUMMING, GA — Thursday is Random Acts of Kindness Day. Cumming residents on social media are likely to see their feeds full of #MakeKindnessTheNorm, the theme for this year.

Patch asked Cumming residents on Facebook, "What's the nicest thing a neighbor has done for you?" A few of the responses we got were so inspirational that we thought we'd share them with you, dear readers.

• Debbie Koch Webster: Brought over a card and a pretty pot of flowers to welcome us to the neighborhood.
• Michele Robles: Our neighbors became like family. We moved away nearly 20 years ago and they are still in our lives. We still visit one another and exchange holiday cards.
• Mariluce Morais Rocha DaSilva: Bought a bottle of wine with a card saying they are lucky for having us as their neighbors. Super-sweet.
• Charlene Tagan Magoon: They took over caring for our boxer Hudson while Mike was going back and forth to the hospital to be with me.
• Barbara Bertolina Colombo Deck: Mowed my lawn when I couldn't get to it.
• Angela Thompson: Brought a ladder over to get my son off the roof when we weren’t home. He got up there to get a ball and then couldn’t get down.
• Myra Peace Robinson: Shares her sweet dog with us.

The Denver-based Random Acts of Kindness Foundation's first RAK Day was in 1995. The small nonprofit's initiative caught on, was celebrated in New Zealand by 2004 and has since been celebrated around the world as a way for people to show kindness to others in small, simple ways.

Random Acts of Kindness Day is observed on Feb. 17 every year, regardless of the day of the week.

Be sure to check out the link below for some ideas on how to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day. And keep up the good work, Cumming! Your neighbors appreciate you.

Related: Random Acts Of Kindness Day 2022: 17 Ways To Be Kind On Feb. 17

Patch National Editor Beth Dalbey contributed to this article.