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St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre residents Bea Sutton and Shirley Ivory enjoy coffee, tea and sweets delivered by RBC’s Narima Whitman, Ryan Enyedi and France Thibeault as part of Random Acts of Kindness Day on Friday at St. Joe’s.

Taking part in Random Acts of Kindness Day was billed to be as simple as buying someone a coffee.

That was certainly a popular theme on Friday as the Brant Community Foundation and Random Acts of Kindness committee encouraged residents in the community to perform simple acts of kindness that could then be paid forward by the recipient.

RAK committee chair France Thibeault and some co-workers from RBC decided to drop in on the current events group at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre with some coffee, tea and treats from Sweet Bakery.

The group of 10 residents and the long-term care home was happy for the visit after just finishing a crossword puzzle as a group.

Brantford Police and County of Brant OPP officers used coffee to be kind, too.

Officers were handing out Tim Hortons cards donated by the Brant Community Foundation during the day.

One "kindness chain” shared on the RAK Facebook page started with coffee in the morning and ended in chocolate suckers after being passed on four times at local businesses Smashing Pixels, Jack Rabbits, The Closet Door and Lock and Key Treasures.

 

Sean Allen is a reporter at Brant News. Connect with him on twitter @seanard