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Nanaimo students take on the challenge of being more kind to each other

Jan 26, 2018 | 5:11 PM

NANAIMO — All week, students at Cilaire Elementary School took a few minutes out of their busy days to help others.

It was part of an international effort called the Great Kindness Challenge, asking young students to perform as many acts of kindness as possible. At Cilaire, it was everything from leaving appreciative notes for helpers from other grades to sharpening pencils and making sure other classes had all the supplies they needed.

Maddie Aishia, who led the Grade 7 effort, said they cleaned off all the desks and the room of a younger grade when the students weren’t in the classroom and also left notes for the young students.

“It feels really good to be able to spread kindness and know that other people are feeling happy because they have things like that on their desk, or know someone took the time to do that.”