Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury invites residents to give some kindness to their neighbours with tiny treasures this December.
What is a tiny treasure you may ask?
It is a small decoration or kind message given to bring light and cheer to another. This holiday season, many people may be missing family and feeling the impacts of isolation more keenly. A simple gesture can help your neighbours feel less alone.
This is a positive activity each of us can do with what we have at hand. It’s easy to participate.
With simple materials from around your home, make decorations or kind messages.
Walk around your neighbourhood and hang your tiny treasures on neighbours’ trees, mailboxes, or front doorknobs. Make a special effort for neighbours who live alone, or especially need a bit of extra kindness.
If you like, share some pictures of your good deeds, anytime in December. E-mail [email protected] with a picture, and the identity of your neighbourhood. Or, post on social media with the hashtag #NeighbourhoodsTogether, and identify your neighbourhood (e.g. street or neighbourhood name). Posts can be made on twitter or Instagram, on in the Project Impact Sudbury Facebook group.
Sharing your pictures will help lift spirits, inspire others, and your neighbourhood will be entered into a draw for a fun neighbourhood prize to be awarded next summer, said a press release.
“These small acts of kindness give joy, and feel good to do too,” says Cindy O’Neil, Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury Guiding Member, in the press release. “Each tender-hearted gesture has a ripple effect, growing caring and good will in our community.”
Tiny Treasures is the third activity in Neighbourhoods together - Quartiers main dans la main, a series of simple, COVID-safe neighbourhood-based activities that foster social connections within neighbourhoods.
Find more information at liveablesudbury.org/neighbourhoods_together.
Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury is a grassroots network of citizen groups and individuals who share a vision of Sudbury as a green, healthy and engaged community. For more information, visit www.liveablesudbury.org.
