By Macy Shreffler
Senior Reporter
On Friday, Nov. 10 Northwestern Oklahoma State University Celebrated NWOK Kindness ay as a day to recognize the kindest things we do for each other.
Kindness is a simple act that may go unnoticed. However, when it is noticed it powers people to succeed and feel joy. World Kindness Day is a day to recognize all of the kind things others do for us, and what we can do for others as well. In separate interviews with people all around Northwestern, it is clear that even the smallest acts of kindness have a huge impact and can even encourage others to reciprocate that kindness.
Ethan Sacket is the student success coordinator here at Northwestern, and on World Kindness Day, he took his Ranger Connection class to deliver tacos to Alva fire department for lunch.
“One small act of kindness can open the door for someone else to bless others,” Sacket said.
Sacket explains that his class and he decided to bring the Alva Fire department some lunch for the day, and in return, the fire department showed them around a bit. Not only did they get to see around the Fire department, but also they slid down the pole, drove in the fire truck, tried on gear and climbed the ladder on the back of the fire truck.
“We were just taken back by how welcoming they were,” Sacket said. “I don’t know if I had a perceived notion about firemen, but they were very welcoming and kind.”
In an interview with Mikayla White, a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee here on campus, she discusses her part in spreading the word for World Kindness Day, as well as how she received an act of kindness.
“As a member of SAAC, I helped pass out bracelets that say ride with kindness,” White said. “We were spreading kindness, telling others that today was World Kindness Day and a woman in the wellness center gave me free laundry detergent,” which White said meant a lot to her.
Lucia Barrantes Vega, a mass communications major from Costa Rica says that she received posted notes with kind words and saw them all around campus for World Kindness Day.
“I saw these nice notes around campus, and even got one on my dorm door,” she said. “I think it was super cute, and it made me feel happy.”
Barrantes also explains that these notes actually helped her realize that World Kindness Day was a day that the school celebrated, after telling her friends; she received a kind note on her door.
She felt that this was a cute way to spread the word that World Kindness Day was a day of celebration.
Talia Wright is a Nursing major from Wichita Kansas, and her highlight from World Kindness Day was unexpected as well.
“My friend Brooke came and helped me jump my car and then followed me to the gas station to make sure it wouldn’t need jumped again.”
Talia said that this was something unexpected, but it just goes to show that it does not need to be a special day to do something nice for someone else, but it did help her recognize that kindness she received from a friend.
This year for World Kindness Day was a first for many students and faculty, but the verdict remains the same.
World Kindness Day is not the only day of the year to do something kind, but it is a day to celebrate all the kindest things that happen to us.
We celebrate this day to appreciate what kindness does for people, and it reminds us that kindness is the most important thing in life.
Not only does it make us happy, but also it encourages others to pass it on.
Even though Nov. 10 has passed, we can use World Kindness Day as an opportunity to value the beautiful things that pass by and gift them to others along the way.
Kindness is a simple act that may go unnoticed. However, when it is noticed it powers people to succeed and feel joy. World Kindness Day is a day to recognize all of the kind things others do for us, and what we can do for others as well. In separate interviews with people all around Northwestern, it is clear that even the smallest acts of kindness have a huge impact and can even encourage others to reciprocate that kindness.
Ethan Sacket is the student success coordinator here at Northwestern, and on World Kindness Day, he took his Ranger Connection class to deliver tacos to Alva fire department for lunch.
“One small act of kindness can open the door for someone else to bless others,” Sacket said.
Sacket explains that his class and he decided to bring the Alva Fire department some lunch for the day, and in return, the fire department showed them around a bit. Not only did they get to see around the Fire department, but also they slid down the pole, drove in the fire truck, tried on gear and climbed the ladder on the back of the fire truck.
“We were just taken back by how welcoming they were,” Sacket said. “I don’t know if I had a perceived notion about firemen, but they were very welcoming and kind.”
In an interview with Mikayla White, a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee here on campus, she discusses her part in spreading the word for World Kindness Day, as well as how she received an act of kindness.
“As a member of SAAC, I helped pass out bracelets that say ride with kindness,” White said. “We were spreading kindness, telling others that today was World Kindness Day and a woman in the wellness center gave me free laundry detergent,” which White said meant a lot to her.
Lucia Barrantes Vega, a mass communications major from Costa Rica says that she received posted notes with kind words and saw them all around campus for World Kindness Day.
“I saw these nice notes around campus, and even got one on my dorm door,” she said. “I think it was super cute, and it made me feel happy.”
Barrantes also explains that these notes actually helped her realize that World Kindness Day was a day that the school celebrated, after telling her friends; she received a kind note on her door.
She felt that this was a cute way to spread the word that World Kindness Day was a day of celebration.
Talia Wright is a Nursing major from Wichita Kansas, and her highlight from World Kindness Day was unexpected as well.
“My friend Brooke came and helped me jump my car and then followed me to the gas station to make sure it wouldn’t need jumped again.”
Talia said that this was something unexpected, but it just goes to show that it does not need to be a special day to do something nice for someone else, but it did help her recognize that kindness she received from a friend.
This year for World Kindness Day was a first for many students and faculty, but the verdict remains the same.
World Kindness Day is not the only day of the year to do something kind, but it is a day to celebrate all the kindest things that happen to us.
We celebrate this day to appreciate what kindness does for people, and it reminds us that kindness is the most important thing in life.
Not only does it make us happy, but also it encourages others to pass it on.
Even though Nov. 10 has passed, we can use World Kindness Day as an opportunity to value the beautiful things that pass by and gift them to others along the way.
