East Windsor, Hightstown To Celebrate Kindness Day On Friday

EAST WINDSOR, NJ – On Friday, officials and residents from East Windsor and Hightstown will be celebrating Kindness Day.

The day has been designed to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of kindness in the community.

Initiated by Hightstown High School student Aditya Bala, East Windsor-Hightstown Kind encourages students, residents and businesses to be kind and do acts of kindness throughout the year.

"Although residents are encouraged to be kind through the year, this day allows the community to focus on being accepting and compassionate towards others and about the challenges that impact our society today,” Bala said.

East Windsor Mayor Janice S Mironov commended Bala for starting the initiative. "For the first annual occasion, East Windsor-Hightstown Kind will host an afternoon of events to foster collaboration and spread the importance of kindness across the community,” Mironov said.

East Windsor-Hightstown Kind has developed two unique Kindness Challenges, one for individuals and one for businesses.

Residents and businesses are encouraged to participate in The Great Kindness Challenge on Friday, which includes acts to demonstrate being grateful, being gracious, being supportive, being present, being a good neighbor, being earth friendly, being good to yourself, being part of the solution, being attentive and being inclusive.

A booth to promote Kindness Day will be hosted at the East Windsor Village Shopping Center on Princeton Hightstown Road and at “Fun Night” in Hightstown.

Participants are encouraged to use #EWHTOWNKIND to promote their kindness activities, photos and videos.

For more information on how to get involved, and share your kindness activities, email to ewhtownkind@gmail.com.

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