Random Act Of Kindness Analysis

Random Act of Kindness

We performed a random act of kindness at the Aurora fire station. Brittney, one of the members, suggested that it was a really good idea. She got the idea because she watches the show “Chicago Fires.”Our whole group agreed because we think that firefighters don’t get recognized as much for their work as much as police officers do. Also, many firefighters are strong and brave so we thought that it was a really amazing idea.

We demonstrated five teachings in our random act of kindness video. Which included: charity good will, character, salt and light, and friendship.

The first teaching is charity. We noticed that firefighters do not need charity in the same way as homeless people need food or shelter. But we still wanted to show that we care and recognize that their job is challenging. So our charitable act was to show treat five firefighters to a special meal. We made lasagna, deli sandwiches, salads and a variety of desserts.

The second teaching is good will. Firefighters are good community members who often help out with events that are outside of their jobs. The men we met showed good will in welcoming us to the station and showings us the locker room, the truck, their uniform and what it sounds like when there is an emergency. We show showed good will by recognizing firefighters for the contribution they make. We

wanted them to feel valued and appreciated.

In our video we showed one of the Sermon on the Mount teachings, which is salt and light.

We showed light because we were spreading our kindness around the fire station since we held a big dinner to that the firefighters. After that night all the firefighters emailed our teacher saying how happy they felt after we all left. “The world is like a dark night, but you are to be the world’s light.” This quote relates to our Rak because being a firefighter can be hard at times. But I feel when we visited them we “lit up” their world. We were their light, and we made a big difference when we went to the station and held the

dinner.

The RAK project allowed us to open up and meet new people and share a meal together. We all shock hands with the firefighters and introduced ourselves. We were all really nervous, but we tried to open up to them as much as we can because it was a new experience for them and for us. We talked about our lives. They asked us many questions such as what are our future goals, what's happening at school, what grade we were in, What kind of part time-jobs we had. At the end they also gave us badges from real firefighters uniforms, and we also gave them each dessert boxes to keep for later. All of them were really kind to us, and they really appreciated the food.