Central Bucks Students Practicing Random Acts Of Kindness

Students in Central Bucks School District schools will be taking on random acts of kindness in honor of Abby Schumer, a Central Bucks student who died in 2012 at 10 years old after battling a brain tumor.

Students in the district will celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day the week of Nov. 19 by partnering with Abby's Light Memorial Foundation, CB Cares, and Doylestown Health.

The schools have launched promotional campaigns for Random Acts of Kindness Day (RAKD), offering suggestions for acts of kindness over the morning announcements and at class meetings. Students who perform random acts of kindness are recognized for their kindnesses on RAKD bulletin boards in their schools.

Central Bucks schools, through the Central Bucks School District Wellness Committee, are encouraging students to perform acts of kindness.

Abby's Light Memorial Foundation estimates that on and around Abby's birthday on Nov. 19, over 15,000 acts of kindness are performed to honor Abby.

Many are performed by school children. Some students have given away their favorite seats on the bus, brought small anonymous gifts for school employees, or held a door open for a stranger.

All who have participated have gotten back so much more than they gave, Because, in the words of Aesop from centuries ago, "no act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted."

Both CB Cares and Doylestown Health are promoting the event as well, all recognizing the inherent health benefits of reaching out to help others in large and small ways.

Visit Abby's Light Memorial Foundation's website for more information on the foundation and Random Acts of Kindness Day.

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