At school
Students write the note in class. The teacher hands the stack to a custodian, bus driver, or lunch helper the class already knows.
TodayKindness ChallengeOct 5 to 11, 2026
Kindness Challenge
Kindness challenge: Oct 5 to 11, 2026.
Write a thank-you note to someone who helps your school, such as a custodian, a bus driver, or a lunch helper.
Kendall County 4-H members packed notes with snacks for crews at the grain elevators. A thank-you note tells someone their work matters, and it does not cost anything.
Three easy ways
At home
Write a note to someone in your home who does a job the family counts on, and leave it where they will find it.
In the neighborhood
With a grown-up you live with, leave a thank-you at a library desk your family already uses. Stay with that grown-up.
Printable tracker
Check a box each day you try the challenge. A class can write its total in the tally box.
The story that inspired it
4-H kids deliver harvest thank-yous to grain elevator crews
Kendall County · Oct 26, 2026
Kendall County 4-H members packed bags with water, snacks, baked goods, and a note, then handed them to people working the grain elevators.
Reported by Shaw Local. The summary on Tazzora is checked against that report.
Teacher note
Five quiet minutes is enough for the note. Read the linked story aloud before the class starts. Deliver anything the class made yourself, and do not send children off alone. Do not collect a child's name, age, school, or email.
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