our impact feel good february 2019
For the fourth year running, we are proud to say that we participated in Feel Good February. Feel Good Feb is a community initiative which started in 2015 by Sydney founder Mrs Linda Pang, to encourage people to perform random acts of kindness for people in the community. According to Linda, there has been extensive research to show that giving out good not only benefits the receiver but also increases the happiness of the person giving it. Doing a Random Act of Kindness (RAK) is a concept that a lot of people already do. Feel Good Feb brings RAK into the spotlight and wants to inspire people to focus on being proactive, because in our busy lives, sometimes we need to slow down. A RAK can be something as simple as helping an elderly person carry their groceries to their car, leaving a favourite book on the seat of a train or a bus for someone else to enjoy, or drawing smiley faces on the pavement with chalk near a playground to bring smiles to people's faces.
Other ideas include popping some veggie or herb seedling packets into your neighbourhood's letterboxes or buying some book vouchers and leaving them on car windscreens. Our first Feel Good Feb event for the year was on Thursday, 14 February 2019 where staff and participants handed out free t-shirts and sunglasses to passersby outside of our South East Queensland Office. Our second event took place in Murwillumbah, New South Wales which saw staff visiting different areas of the town to hand out free iced water and softdrinks to community members and local businesses.
To learn more about what we are up to in the community visit: www.rloa.org.au/news
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