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SUMMARY:Leap of Kindness Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:2024 is a Leap Year\, and this means we all get one extra day on Thursday\, February 29\, 2024 - Leap of Kindness Day. Leap of Kindness Day aims to inspire folks all around the world to use their extra day to do something kind for someone else.\n\n\n\nInvented in 2016 by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce\, in Saratoga Springs\, New York Leap of Kindness Day started with hundreds of area organizations helping thousands of local people by donating their time\, talent and treasure to support area nonprofits\, seniors\, first responders\, health care workers\, veterans\, animal shelters\, etc.\n\n\n\nIn 2020\, the initiative expanded with more than 200 communities in the U.S.\, Canada\, and Ireland participating in Leap of Kindness Day. Some of the Leap of Kindness Day activities included: delivering breakfast to first responders\, bringing flowers or non-skid socks to nursing homes\, collecting personal care items for shelters\, cleaning up trails and baking cookies for school bus drivers.\n\n\n\nFor 2024\, the goal is to continue growing Leap of Kindness Day into a global celebration of kindness with a powerful positive impact.\n\n\n\nThe Plant City Chamber hopes to inspire others in the community to be a part of Leap of Kindness Day as well.\n\n\n\nHere are some ideas of ways to participate in Leap of Kindness Day 2024.\n\n\n	\n	Organize a drive for essential items and personally deliver the collected goods to a local charity on February 29. \n	\n	\n	Express gratitude to first responders by delivering meals or snacks to your local fire\, police\, or EMS station on Leap of Kindness Day.\n	\n	\n	Dedicate February 29th to enhancing a public space ? a park\, trail\, or playground ? by cleaning\, beautifying\, or fixing amenities in need.\n	\n	\n	Encourage your children to write and deliver heartfelt thank-you notes to educators\, custodians\, bus drivers\, and others on February 29th.\n	\n	\n	Reach out to local care facilities\, hospitals\, senior or youth centers\, and agencies assisting those with unique needs. Collect and deliver items tailored to their specific requirements on Leap of Kindness Day.\n	\n\n\nMore information about Leap of Kindness Day\, including additional ideas on how to participate\, is available at leapofkindnessday.org. Participants are urged to share their plans for Leap of Kindness Day here.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<img alt="" height="453" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2462/Image/LoKPoster2024.jpg" style="width: 350px\; height: 453px\;" width="350" />\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; color: rgb(63\, 63\, 63)\; font-family: Montserrat\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">2024 is a Leap Year\, and this means we all get one extra day on Thursday\, February 29\, 2024 - Leap of Kindness Day.&nbsp\;Leap of Kindness Day aims to inspire folks all around the world to use their extra day to do something kind for someone else.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nInvented in 2016 by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce\, in Saratoga Springs\, New York Leap of Kindness Day started with hundreds of area organizations helping thousands of local people by donating their time\, talent and treasure to support area nonprofits\, seniors\, first responders\, health care workers\, veterans\, animal shelters\, etc.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nIn 2020\, the initiative expanded with more than 200 communities in the U.S.\, Canada\, and Ireland participating in Leap of Kindness Day. Some of the Leap of Kindness Day activities included: delivering breakfast to first responders\, bringing flowers or non-skid socks to nursing homes\, collecting personal care items for shelters\, cleaning up trails and baking cookies for school bus drivers.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nFor 2024\, the goal is to continue growing Leap of Kindness Day into a global celebration of kindness with a powerful positive impact.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">The Plant City Chamber hopes to inspire others in the community to be a part of Leap of Kindness Day as well.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nHere are some ideas of ways to participate in Leap of Kindness Day 2024.</p>\n\n<ol style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(63\, 63\, 63)\; font-family: Montserrat\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;">\n	<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\;">Organize a drive for essential items and personally deliver the collected goods to a local charity on February 29.&nbsp\;</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;" value="2">\n	<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\;">Express gratitude to first responders by delivering meals or snacks to your local fire\, police\, or EMS station on Leap of Kindness Day.</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;" value="3">\n	<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\;">Dedicate February 29th to enhancing a public space ? a park\, trail\, or playground ? by cleaning\, beautifying\, or fixing amenities in need.</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;" value="4">\n	<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\;">Encourage your children to write and deliver heartfelt thank-you notes to educators\, custodians\, bus drivers\, and others on February 29th.</p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\;" value="5">\n	<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\;">Reach out to local care facilities\, hospitals\, senior or youth centers\, and agencies assisting those with unique needs. Collect and deliver items tailored to their specific requirements on Leap of Kindness Day.</p>\n	</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; outline: 0px\; color: rgb(63\, 63\, 63)\; font-family: Montserrat\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">More information about Leap of Kindness Day\, including additional ideas on how to participate\, is available at&nbsp\;<a href="file:///C:/Users/ToddShimkus.AzureAD/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/KD38QFBP/leapofkindnessday.org" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(36\, 51\, 122)\; text-decoration-line: none\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">leapofkindnessday.org</a>.&nbsp\;Participants are urged to share their plans for Leap of Kindness Day&nbsp\;<a href="https://saratogachamber.wufoo.com/forms/share-your-plans-for-leap-of-kindness-day-2024" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(36\, 51\, 122)\; text-decoration-line: none\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">here</a>.</span></p>\n
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