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Bright Ideas

• Pay for a stranger's coffee in a cafe

• Bake a cake and pop it over to your neighbour

• Take extra oranges to the soccer game

• Let a car into the traffic - now that's kind!

• Pick some flowers and give them to a friend

• Adopt a secret RAK buddy for the day

• Buy a beer for a stranger after work


PR Hon Tariana Turia - RAK Day	A Growing TREND towards Kindness...
^{31 August 2010 Media Release} "Random Act of Kindness Day Tomorrow is Random Act of Kindness Day and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Tariana Turia is encouraging all New Zealanders to participate"... Read More...	It hasn't been the flashest of years but one of the outstanding feautre of people in adversity is their ability to still do things that surprise you. Susan Pepperell reports on the Random Actos of Kindness that can lift us all in this great Herald article: Why Kind, Human Brands will Thrive in a Connected Economy… For consumers long used to (and annoyed by) distant, inflexible and self-serving corporations, any Acts of kindness by brands will be gratefully received. For brands, increasingly open communications both with and between consumers (especially online), means that it's never been easier to surprise and delight audiences with R.A.K.s: whether sending gifts, responding to publicly expressed moods or just showing that they care. Now is the ideal moment to engage in some R.A.K Read More...
The Rak Foundation		Testimonials
		Hola! I wanted to let you know that my friends and I are going to plan a RAK day celebration in Phoenix, AZ. I'm so excited and wanted to let you know that your cheer spread to AZ ;) Cheers, Melissa Lopez, Phoenix, AZ, USA. We are 5 and 4 years old. We made about 60 muffins (with the help of Mum) and gave them to our teachers, friends and parents at our school and kindy. It was nice to see people smile and be surprised. Fraser & Elliott Baxter As I head out for a morning walk in the CDB of Hastings (and until the home baking lasts) I will offer a piece of home baking to anyone who I passes in the street. Craig Foss MP, Hastings We have just dropped bags of lollies in every mailbox in our block (21 mailboxes!) for our neighbours to discover in the morning, hopefully with their paper, on RAK day! Hannah, Matthew and Rebekah Sime More>>

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RAK News

The RAK Team love Wild Bean Cafés ‘Random Acts of Pieness’ campaign! Wild Bean are giving away a fantastic $100 gift card each week until December 19. For full details, check out their website and nomination form here.

Good on you Wild Bean, we love it!

If you know a great RAK that’s taking place around our marvellous nation this RAK Day, why not drop us a note and we’ll do our best to let the nation know!