Make kindness the norm. Officially recognized from February 9-15, 2025, Random Acts of Kindness Week encourages acts of kindness in all areas of life - whether at home, school, work, or even towards yourself.

Imagine a world where you can succeed by being nice.
Where we all pay it forward.
Where people look out for each other.
It all starts with an act. *

Need a suggestion or two to get started?

❤️ Be a good listener.

📞 Call a friend or family member you haven't talked to recently.

✍️ Write a positive comment.

🙂 Be (extra) nice to your local barista or server.

You can find even more ideas at: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/kindness-ideas

AND, if you're wanting to take kindness to the next level, consider becoming a RAKtivist - Random Act of Kindness activist. Join 115,000+ making the world a better place. https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/become-a-raktivist

*: Random Acts of Kindness Foundations
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We have an important announcement. ThatHelps’ team has made the difficult decision to discontinue services for ThatHelps app as of January 31, 2025. After that date, you can no longer open the app on your mobile device and the app will no longer be available to download for Android users in Google Play or iOS users in the App Store. In the meantime, we will still post Helping News and Opportunities to join and complete through Jan. 31, 2025. 

We’re so grateful for all we’ve accomplished together, on and off the app. You’ve made meaningful change for countless organizations, causes, communities and habitats around the world, including providing thousands of meals to kids in need. 

As a reminder, the only personal information we’ve ever collected from our users is an email address, password, and your activity on the app. Rest assured, your information will not be available for our future use or anyone else’s future use. We recommend you take screenshots of any achievements or app content you’d like to preserve.  

We’re incredibly thankful for all the good we’ve done as a community. Thank you for being a part of our project. We hope you continue to be a force for positive change in the world.

Above are some of the faces of human trafficking. It's a global problem, and you might be surprised to learn that it could be happening in your backyard. Mississippi, Nevada, Missouri, Nebraska, and California are the top five states with the highest human trafficking case counts.* While most think that women and girls are the main victims, the share of boys involved has increased five times in just the last 15 years.

It's a tragic practice that provides $150 BILLION to traffickers around the globe every year. With simple steps, all of us can look, observe, and perhaps even save a life.

✍️ Take the pledge to keep children and women safe from sex trafficking:
https://www.i5freedomnetwork.org/pledge

👀 Be observant - know the signs of a person who is being trafficked: the person is living with their employer; poor living conditions with multiple people living in very cramped conditions; inability to speak alone; under 18 and in prostitution; signs of physical abuse, fearfullness and/or submissive

WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK SOMEONE IS BEING TRAFFICKED 👉 Don't second guess yourself. Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national 24-hour, toll-free, multilingual anti-trafficking hotline. Call 1-888-373-7888 to report a tip. (For world-wide reporting, find the appropriate office at https://itsapenalty.org/makeareport/)

*: Hubscore 2023
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