On April 14, Learning for Life students Sarah Webster, John Paul Beall, and Suscha Campbell  accompanied by staff members Mrs. Pamela Knight and Mrs. Mary Cate Henry, delivered bags of popcorn to teachers around the school as a way to “pay it forward.” There was a note attached to the bag informing the recipient that they were randomly chosen as an act of kindness.

Pay It Forward Day is a day “about all people, from all walks of life giving to someone else and making a positive difference.” Basically, it is a day where you should do kind things for the sake of being kind. The idea is presented in many novels and a movie.

This year, Pay It Forward Day is on April 28.

On Pay It Forward Day, the Learning for Life members plan to deliver what they call “Birthday in a Box” gifts to the Heartly House in Frederick. The bags will be filled with balloons, pizza coupons, decorative plates and napkins, and small treats.

In order to pay for the birthday box materials, Learning for Life is accepting donations until the 28th. They have been raising money with Kehne’s Beans (a coffee/tea service for the staff) and by selling popcorn to the staff about once a week.

In addition, in the downstairs “A” wing, students are “walking the path of kindness” by writing kind things they can do to promote positivity on paper “feet” and posting them on the walls and lockers.