 Does the local Random Acts of Kindness Week in Duvall, Carnation, Monroe and Woodinville make a difference?
There is no way of gauging its success. I hope that it does. I hope that it is a gentle reminder to just do something kind to, or for someone else. I also hope the kindnesses in our communities continue beyond Random Acts of Kindness Week.
I remember when I first started RAoK Week in Duvall to help support local businesses. All the feedback I received was overwhelmingly positive except for one e-mail. It was from someone I barely knew and their question to me was, why was I bothering with this cause; why didn’t I spend my time doing something more important, like helping starving children?
I remember being very surprised by this question, but not upset. I simply responded that I couldn’t take on every cause in the world. I wish I could fix every problem that exists in our world but I can’t, I’m only one person. What I can do is start small, right here in my own community and try to inspire people to do kind things. I was inspired to start a local RAoK Week because of the Random Acts of Kindness Club at Cedarcrest High School. I am still grateful for their inspiration. I am also inspired by all the amazing people in the world who are making a difference through their volunteer work.
Although the success of RAoK Week can’t be measured, what can be measured is the outpouring of support from the Duvall community.
Random Acts of Kindness Week couldn’t happen without this support. RAoK Week doesn’t have a budget or an expense account; it happens because of the generosity of our small community. So I would like to say Thank You to all of the people who made RAoK Week happen this year.
Peggy Filer and the RAK students at Cedarcrest. Thank you for your inspiration.
Lee Ater at Think2A. Thank you for designing the RAoK Week fliers.
The Duvall Chamber. Thank you for paying for the RAoK Week banners.
Sandy DuVall of Duvall’s Dazzling Designs. Thank you for the wonderful banners and all of the free copies of the RAoK Flyer.
Thank you to all of the businesses for allowing the bright yellow flyers to be posted in thier windows.
Matt, Francis and Liz at Duvall True Value and Garden. Thank you for the trees and flowers you donated for the corner of Highway 203 and Woodinville/Duvall Road.
Sarah Thomas and her students in the horticulture dept. at Cedarcrest. Thank you for planting all of the plants donated by True Value. And to my husband and kids who filled the planter boxes with a yard of topsoil.
Thank you Susan, Dean, Shawn and Tony at Valley Mailbox for all of the copies and the RAoK cards.
Thank you Shatzie at Duvall Flowers and Gifts for the beautiful flowers you donated for the Girls Night Out at The Grange Restaurant. Thank you to all of the wonderful women who celebrated RAoK Week at The Grange and to Judy Neldam for being such a wonderful host.
Thank you to Kathy Nelson at Ovaleye Web solutions and Kirk Werner of Itchy Dog Productions for designing and donating my Web site (www.rakduvall.com).
Thank you to Nick Zuclich at NWtek.com for cleaning up my laptop and getting rid of a couple of uninvited viruses so I could write this article.
Thank you to all of the local newspapers for making room for all the RAoK Week articles.
Lastly, thank you to the Duvall community for your continued support of RAoK Week!
We will never know how successful RAoK Week is or how many Random Acts of Kindness take place during RAoK Week. What is certain, it only takes ONE little act of kindness, to make a difference.
The majority of promotion for Random Acts of Kindness Week takes place in Duvall. If you live in Carnation, Monroe or Woodinville and are interested in helping to promote RAoK Week next year, please e-mail me at pcberg@cablespeed.com.
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