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“Kind People are my Kind of People.” This quote adorns the<br />
backs of shirts that the Florence High School Random Acts of<br />
Kindness (RAK) Club created, and it is our motto every day. The<br />
RAK Club was just a small idea two years ago, and it has grown<br />
into a blessing for students and teachers, alike. What started out<br />
as ten students has grown into a group of thirty students with<br />
committees for each area of kindness on which we focus.<br />
We have strived to show kindness to students, teachers, special<br />
needs students, and the community. We have learned that it does<br />
not take much to make people feel appreciated, noticed, and loved.<br />
We created a kindness tree that was decorated with falling leaves<br />
embellished with happy, uplifting words of encouragement for<br />
students to read as they passed through the hallway. We randomly<br />
stuck post-it notes on desks in different classrooms so the next<br />
student to sit in that desk would see it. We crafted Thankful<br />
Turkeys for our teachers and staff for Thanksgiving letting them<br />
know how thankful we were for everything they do for us. We<br />
“decked the halls” with stockings that had kind messages written<br />
on them for each student at our school. Mrs. Yow, a teacher at<br />
FHS, said, “I have never seen such an undertaking but it was<br />
nothing short of magical to watch all of those faces eagerly<br />
searching for their stocking and the moment of pride when they<br />
finally found it!!”<br />
Finally, our big project was to throw a Christmas party,<br />
complete with food and gifts, for our special needs students.<br />
What a positive impact the RAK Club has had on our school<br />
and their peers! We are blessed to be involved with such a great<br />
club and group of students.<br />
Hometown Rankin • 107
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