Raisin Kindness Mission 2026:
“Kindness Around the World”
Kind Kids. Big Hearts. Global Impact. 💛🌎
Complete kindness missions, earn fun rewards, and see how far your kindness can travel!
Parents: Team registration for this year is closed. However, you can still register your child individually using the link below.
YES! Kids can participate both on a team and as an individual to be eligible for individual Grand Prizes! (link).
* This activity is not associated with Sun-Maid Growers of California.
The 2026 RK Kindness Challenge
This year’s Raisin Kindness Mission theme, “Kindness Around the World,” invites kids to explore how kindness is shared across different cultures and communities. Inspired by the global excitement of international soccer and the spirit of worldwide connection, this theme celebrates one powerful idea: a single act of kindness can travel far beyond where it begins.
No matter where we live, kindness is a language everyone understands. This RK mission brings kindness to life in a fun, meaningful way.
💛 New to Raisin Kindness?
Raisin Kindness is a FREE* fun, feel-good program for children ages 4–12 that encourages kids to practice intentional acts of kindness throughout April and May.
Launched in 2022 by a 7-year-old Berks County student, the mission began with a simple but powerful goal: help classrooms complete acts of kindness to earn much needed snacks for their classrooms which supports teachers by keeping kids fueled, focused, and ready to learn.
*Raisin Kindness stays free each year for classrooms across Berks County and local youth sports teams thanks to the generosity of our amazing community sponsors. Click HERE to see the full list of these incredible businesses (or scroll down)—we hope you’ll encourage your kids to support them throughout the year just as they support our kids!
✨ How It Works
As kids complete kindness missions, they spread smiles while earning:
Snacks for their classroom or team
Fun prizes and rewards
A chance to win one of our Grand Prize team celebrations - click HERE to see what Grand Prizes we have for you this year! (Click and scroll towards the bottom for Grand Prize Details).
Participants can register as part of a classroom, a sports team, and/or as an individual “Kind Kid.”
🌟 More Than Just a Program
At its heart, Raisin Kindness is about building a habit of kindness! Through simple every day efforts encouraged by parents, teachers, and coaches which show kids that kindness isn’t just something you do once, but something you can practice every day. And when they do, it creates a ripple effect that can reach far beyond their own community that feels SO GOOD!
This is the 4th Annual Raisin Kindness Mission! Each year, our Kind Kids spread more kindness than the year before. 💛
For 2026, our goal is 100,000 Acts of Kindness.
Join us and help kindness grow! 🌍✨
NEW! The RK Exclusive Waterbottle Sticker Tracker
🌎 The “Around the World” Twist
This year, our Kindness Kids will discover that kindness may look a little different around the world, but everywhere it helps people feel seen, supported, and connected.
The challenge includes 12 simple Acts of Kindness, each inspired by one of the top-ranked soccer countries. Through these activities, kids will learn that kindness has no borders and that small actions can have a big impact right in their own communities.
✨ What’s New for 2026?
Introducing the Kindness Around the World Award Sticker Waterbottle!
The opportunity to upgrade your Kindness Mission for 2026 and add the RK Kindness Around the World Waterbottle bundle for your Team! In this bundle, each of your Kind Kids will receive a special waterbottle that doubles as their kindness tracker. Every time a kindness mission is completed, kids can put the corresponding waterproof sticker on the back of their bottle.
As the bottle fills with stickers, it becomes:
A visual celebration of kindness in action
A source of pride and motivation
A conversation starter that spreads extra smiles wherever kids go
Each sticker also includes a simple learning moment, highlighting the country’s flag and/or geographical shape, helping kids connect kindness with global awareness.
Our hope is that this waterbottle checklist shows just how easy and meaningful it can be to turn kindness into action, both around the world and right at home.
Buy your own exclusive RK Waterbottle Today before May 31st to save $13!
Discount Code: MyKINDKID. Click HERE to purchase.
Raisin Kindness 2026
“Kindness starts small, but when we share it with others, it can change a whole community.”
RK is made possible by our Community Sponsors!
How to join the 2026 RK Mission?
It’s Easy! Be Kind!
Register as an individual Kind Kid using this link. (Kids can be registered as individuals AND on a team - no problem!)
Teachers, Coaches - this year is filled for our team registrations. However, we encourage you to register yourself as an individual using this link so that you will get the registration details early next year before it’s filled up!
Decide if you are going to upgrade to include the RK Waterbottle Sticker Bundle - if yes, purchase your water bottles online . (*We can help coordinate sponsors for teams to upgrade together. If you need assistance, email us so we can work together to make it happen! heather@doitlocalberks.com)
April 7th - deliveries of the RK checklist and supplies supplies began!
📅 Key Dates & Mission Details: We have two Kindness Missions this year:
Mission 1: April 15 – April 30
Mission 2: May 1 – May 18
🌟 Each Team & Individual has the chance to win Grand Prizes!! Click HERE for Grand Prize details and scroll towards the bottom.
Round 1: April 30 Submission (On April 30th, you will receive an email with a link to a short Google Form that will ask for):
Total acts of kindness
Sponsors you sent thank-you notes to
Your standout “Sweetest Overall Act”
New teams or individuals that you inspired to join
Round 2: May 18 Submission (On May 18th, you will receive an email with a link to a short Google Form that will ask for the same details above to count for May's Prizes).
Same easy format—another chance to win for Mission 2!
Extra Credit opportunities are available— go to our online Checklist and Grand Prize page for details on Extra Credit opportunities.
Thank Sponsors with Notes 💌
The most important (and easiest) extra credit activity is to write thank you notes to all of our amazing Raisin Kindness Sponsors!!!!! Mailing addresses for sponsors are listed on this Sponsor Page.
Local businesses are our main source of donations, if you’d like to get involved in this mission of spreading kindness and snacks please contact heather@doitlocalberks.com!
Ideas? Want to get involved?
There are 3 main ways to support these kiddos, teachers, and coaches, and team parents this year:
Sponsorships - Program sponsors, classroom sponsors, and team/ group sponsors!
Grand Prize Parties for participating kind classrooms donations. Open to adding more prizes, click HERE to see current prizes (towards the bottom of the page).
Purchase an RK Waterbottle Bundle (Link) - this is a direct donation to Raisin Kindness Mission for next year!
Ready to help fuel the growth and impact of the Raisin Kindness Collaboration? Reach out to my awesome mom, Heather at heather@doitlocalberks.com to learn how you can be part of this unstoppable force of good!
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~Colton :)
A heartfelt thank you to our generous sponsors for making Raisin Kindness possible. We encourage you to support these local businesses whenever you can!
Register for a chance to win the
2026 Mission Grand Prizes
Register to officially join the Raisin Kindness 2026 Mission for your chance to earn Grand Prizes
Prizes will only be awarded to those who are registered! *Watch your emails (after you register) for Grand Prize submission forms & annoucements.
Registered Kind Kids and Teams will receive a Google Form on April 30th and again on May 18th to submit their kind acts for a chance to win one of the Grand Prizes.
Individual Kind Kid Registration Link.
Team/Group Registeration is closed for this year! We are beyond filled. Register as an individual above so you can register early next year before it’s filled up!
🏅Grand Prize Awards - are listed on this page!
✅ Choose how you get your Kindness Around the World checklist:
Click HERE for the digital checklist with creative kindness ideas for each country.
Download & print the checklist pdf using the button below
Grab a postcard from your coach, teacher, or leader. 5,000 have already been shared with registered teams and schools
Let the kindness travel. Let the stickers grow. Let’s do this! 💛🌍
"During school, sometimes all you need is a little snack to turn your day around - or a kind message to make you smile. So I want to spread smiles and kindness through delicious snacks to all our GM Elementary Schools and beyond!" - Colton.
Kindness Around the World
12 Featured Countries • 12 Acts of Kindness • One Big Mission
Kindness looks a little different around the world—but everywhere, it brings people together! 💛🌎
Check out the suggested Kindness Around the World checklist online, filled with simple, kid-friendly acts inspired by children from 12 different countries around the world. Of course, you can create your own acts of kindness too—the sky’s the limit! ✨
How many acts can you complete by April 30th (National Raisin Day!)? How many can you completed by ay 18th? Let’s see how far your kindness can travel! 🚀
Big Hearts, Real Impact.
Who created Raisin Kindness? Raisin Kindness started in 2023 with one 7-year-old, one big win, and one powerful idea. After winning a Sun-Maid Raisins national contest in 2022 that filled his school with snacks for a year, he chose to turn that moment into something meaningful.
By blending his love for Sun-Maid with a passion for spreading smiles, The Annual Raisin Kindness Mission was born.
Read the RK Story and see how one small idea sparked a movement of kindness. 💛
Follow our impact on Facebook!
“Colton is a Rockstar! What an awesome entrepreneurial idea to spread some love and snacks.”
— Principal Kopetsky, Brecknock Elementary School
All thanks to YOU!
Colton won the 2023 Youth Philanthropy Award for launching Raisin Kindness!