This is something everyone can get behind, no matter their political affiliations or beliefs.
A young man in El Paso, Texas, is teaching others lessons about kindness, caring — and positivity.
The boy, an 11-year-old, saw people grieving and upset after last Saturday’s mass shooting and tragedy in his — and told his family he wanted to find some way of helping people heal.
So he and his mother started what they’re calling the “El Paso Challenge.”
It’s a social media campaign that is encouraging people of all walks of life to give back to others — and to spread kindness wherever they can.
Boy challenges neighbors to random acts of kindness following El Paso shooting https://t.co/jrU90oZpY4 pic.twitter.com/dhmSlZ2mYI
— New York Post (@nypost) August 7, 2019
Rose Gandarilla shared a photo of her son, Ruben, on Twitter, as CBS News noted — along with a photo of his plan for the challenge.
“Let’s get this done, El Paso,” she said, among other notes.
See her tweet below.
My 11 year old came to me with an idea. #elpasoCHALLENGE He challenges ALL El Pasoans to commit 20 Random Acts of Kindness. One for every person that was killed in our city’s mass shooting. Let’s get this done El Paso. @abc7breaking @kels1142 @YsletaISD @EPPOLICE @elpasoisd pic.twitter.com/pvy5Q9G4f6
— Rose (@rgandarilla99) August 5, 2019
Isn’t this amazing…
Even when wicked evil shows itself, a small child emerges and shows everyone the way back toward goodness.
No political judgement
No racial judgement
No judgement at all
Just simple acts of kindness#elpasoCHALLENGEhttps://t.co/dJjQMIhpxM— Just Curious Here (@CuriousHere) August 7, 2019
The purpose is to honor the people murdered in their city.
The plan is to challenge each person in El Paso to do 20 good deeds.
The boy wrote down several examples of such actions, including mowing the lawn, visiting people at a nursing home, paying for someone’s lunch or dinner — or simply telling other people how great they are.
As CBS News reported, “In about a day, more than 1,400 people were talking about the El Paso Challenge on Twitter. Nearly 3,000 people had shared his mom’s Facebook post.”
It can be done — committing kind acts toward others.
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“He seems like a really nice kid,” said a father of four based in New York who saw a TV news item about the boy and his efforts. “And he’s a breath of fresh air in this polluted political environment.”
All that’s needed is the will to do it, no matter what else is going on.
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