During tough times, kindness really matters. Kind acts, like helping someone register to vote, sharing a positive news story on social media or creating a yard sign for frontline health care workers, go a long way toward building community, increasing happiness and decreasing stress.
University Wellness invites faculty, staff and students to join the four-week-long “Make Kindness the Norm Challenge” starting Monday, Sept. 7.
To participate, individuals must , then try to do at least one act of kindness each week in one of the five kindness areas:
- Kindness in the Community;
- Civic Kindness;
- Kindness to Self;
- Be Kind Online; and
- Take the Time to be Extra Kind.
Each Monday, participants will receive a short survey about their kind acts in the previous week. The email also will include new ideas for kind acts in the weeks to come.
