Raisin Kindness Mission 2026 Checklist
“Kindness Around the World”
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Raisin Kindness 2026 Mission with the “Kindness 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.
✅ 3 Ways to get your RK Kindness Around the World checklist:
Scroll below for the digital checklist with creative kindness ideas for each country.
Download & print the checklist 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! 💛🌍
2026 Mission Checklist
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 below,! Of course, you can create your own acts of kindness too—the sky’s the limit! ✨
2 Sessions!
April 15th - April 30th
May 1st - May 18th
How many acts can you complete? Let’s see how far your kindness can travel! 🚀
Scroll to the bottom to view the Extra Credit opportunities and GRAND PRIZES for each session!
Be sure to like and follow our Raisin Kindness page on Facebook for updates, extra credit tagging purposes, and more!
🇪🇸 Spain – Give Your Time
What kids do in Spain: Sit and talk. Listen without rushing. Getting to know one another through conversation is a simple and meaningful way for kids to connect.
RK Individual Mission: Read a book to a grandparent, an elderly neighbor, a sibling, or even an animal at an animal shelter. Sharing stories is a wonderful way to spend time together.
RK Group Mission: Complete “30 Minutes of Kindness” (La Media Hora) as a team write and sign thank-you cards to give to Raisin Kindness Sponsors! This mission is made possible by each and everyone of them! Mailing addresses are listed HERE.
Extra Credit! Have an adult snap a photo of your pile of homemade thank you cards on social media & say “Thank You @RaisinKindness sponsors! Be sure to use include your team name and the hashtag #RaisinKindness2026 so we can cheer you on & mark your extra credit. 1 extra credit point for the post, plus 1 additional extra credit point for each sponsor’s business page that is tagged in the post.
(Extra credit points will be added up to award the Kindnest Grand Prizes aka the teams and individuals who earn the most extra credit points from social media posts).
🇦🇷 Argentina – Include Everyone
What kids do in Argentina: Invite others to play. Welcome people quickly. Share and make space for everyone.
RK Individual Mission: Invite someone to join you at recess or ask a teammate to warm up with you at practice.
RK Group Mission: Plan a group activity (Ice Cream outing, playground meet-up, library game night, etc) and have each member invite one special guest, like a sibling, cousin, or neighbor. Introduce your guest and share one kind thing about them so your team can meet someone who means a lot to you!
Extra Credit! 🍦 Host your team outing at your local Raisin Kindness–sponsoring ice cream shop, snap a fun pic with your group’s treat, and tag the shop + #RaisinKindness2026.
🇫🇷 France – Be Thoughtfully Polite
What kids do: Use manners, help quietly, and respect personal space.
RK Individual Mission: Hold the door, write a thank-you note, or get creative!
RK Group Mission: Use the thank-you cards from your bundle to surprise teachers, coaches, librarians, crossing guards, or sponsors who help your community with a heartfelt note! Make a team list of who to thank, then divide and conquer who writes each message. Pro tip: Every group member can sign each card!
Extra Credit! Post a photo of the thank you cards on social media with your team name and hashtag #RaisinKindness2026.
🇧🇷 Brazil – Spread Joy
What Kids Do: Smile, encourage others, and celebrate effort outloud!
RK Individual Mission: Compliment three (3) people today.
RK Group Mission: Bring joy to a public space! Create sidewalk chalk art with positive messages -or - make cheerful posters for a younger team or group & go cheer them on together!
Extra Credit! 🌟 Add a little extra sparkle! Draw chalk art, or deliver a poster to a sponsor’s headquarters. Snap a photo, share it on social media, and remember to include your team name, tag the sponsor + #RaisinKindness2026!
🇬🇧 England – Be Fair & Respectful
What Kids Do: Take turns, follow rules, and be patient.
RK Individual Mission: Let someone else go first today.
RK Group Mission: Play “Consequences Storytime”! 📝 Sit in a circle and take turns adding one sentence at a time to a story. Listen carefully, wait your turn, and watch your team’s tale twist in hilarious ways!! *Story sheet and clipboard included.
Extra Credit! Snap a picture of your team’s wacky story on the RK Clipboard on social media to spread extra smiles! 🌟Be sure to include your team name & #RaisinKindness2026!
🇵🇹 Portugal – Notice Who Needs Help
What Kids Do: Pay attention and offer help gently.
RK Individual Mission: Spot someone who could use a hand today—walk a neighbor’s dog, carry groceries, or help a teacher or coach without being asked. 🌟
RK Group Mission: Team up for a helpful surprise! Carry equipment for your coach, clean up after practice or your club meeting, pick up litter, sweep the floor, or wipe down tables. Choose a day and work together to leave your shared space sparkling clean. Helping is always more fun as a team! 💪✨
Extra Credit! Ask your coach if you can clean out the team equipment bag. Snap a before & after photo, post it with #RaisinKindness2026, and add a blurb like: “Team clean-up night—before and after! Teamwork makes the dream work!” 📸💛
🇩🇪 Germany – Be Reliable
What Kids Do: Show up on time and do your job well! ⏰
RK Individual Mission: Make a “To-do” list for the day with the approval of your parents and teacher or coach. Finish your tasks without reminders—prove you are reliable! 🌟
RK Group Mission: Play a “Staffellauf” of Helpfulness! 🏃♀️🏃♂️ Each person completes their “leg” of the relay race reliably, and the whole team succeeds together! 🎯
Extra Credit! Snap a photo of your team in action with your Staffellauf and post with your team name + #RaisinKindness2026.
🇳🇱 Netherlands – Be Honest & Helpful
What Kids Do: Give kind, truthful advice and lend a hand! All day, everyday. In the Netherlands, kindness often isn’t a grand performance. It’s more like a quiet rhythm…steady, practical, woven into everyday life.
RK Individual & Group Mission: Leave as many secret compliments on someone’s bag, desk, car without signing your name. Sticky notes and clothes pins work great for leaving surprise messages!
Extra Credit! Post a photo of how your kids are being secretly kind with their code name or team name + #RaisinKindness2026.
🇧🇪 Belgium – Small Acts Matter
What Kids Do: Share quietly and help without seeking attention.
RK Individual Mission: Donate a book or toy, or leave a kind note for someone. ✨
RK Group Mission: Create quiet acts of kindness together! Clean out a shared “Free Library” in your town—toss dust, damaged books, and debris so everyone can easily find their next favorite read. 📚 Or make homemade cards to brighten the day of a group you share space with, like the team that practices after you or a local church. 🌟
Extra Credit! Clean out a Berks County Readers Kids Book Share box, snap a photo of your work, and post it. Tag the location, @DoItLocalBerks, and #RaisinKindness to show your community the box is fully stocked, clean, and ready for visitors! 📸 (Location List)
🇮🇹 Italy – Take Care of Others
What Kids Do: Share food and make sure no one feels left out. 🍎🤝
RK Individual Mission: Save a seat for someone or share a snack. ✨
RK Group Mission: Help fight hunger or loneliness as a team! Collect snacks or small treats to donate to a local food pantry, shelter, or community program. 🌟
Extra Credit - snap a photo of your food sharing + tag as many sponsors as you can in your post. 1 extra credit point per RK business sponsor tagged and include your team name + #RaisinKindness2026.
Fun idea! Turn your collected food into a mini masterpiece—a tower, a favorite character like Mario, or any fun creation! Snap a photo before donating and share it online with a fun caption, your team name, and #RaisinKindness2026. Show off your creativity and kindness together! 🌟 (For inspiration - check out Canstructure competition)
🇲🇦 Morocco – Welcome Others
What Kids Do: Make guests feel special!
RK Individual Mission: Greet someone new warmly today. Give your bus driver or ride to practice a surprise card, a high-five, or a hug, and say, “Thank you for getting me to school/practice today!”
RK Group Mission: Create a thank-you poster together as a team! Hold it up for parents, guardians, or families after a game, or snap a photo and share it through your usual class/team communication. Make your supporters feel appreciated!
Extra Credit! Share your picture of your poster on social media with your team name + #RaisinKindness2026.
Other Extra Credit ideas: Get creative with your thank-yous! Team up to dream up epic ways to say “thank you”—cards, posters, video messages, or a cool craft. The sky’s the limit! 🌟 Share a photo, reel, or video of your most creative thank-you on social media with your team name + #RaisinKindness2026 and a fun caption to earn extra credit.
Bonus Extra Credit: Invite your team’s Raisin Kindness sponsor (if you have one) to your game or group event. Hold up a sign thanking them for coming! 🏟️💌 If they can’t attend in person, send a video thank-you to share the warmth of your gratitude.
🇺🇸 United States – Help in Action
What kids do: Volunteer. Speak up when someone needs support. Ask, “How can I help?”
RK Family Mission: Pitch in with your school, team, or club—give a little time, help at events, or join fundraisers. 🕒🙌 Right now, many youth organizations are short on volunteers, so every hand helps! Together, you can make a big difference and keep your community thriving.
As a family or team or class, try to support some local community events near you! Your school or local library are great resources for local nonprofit fundraising events. Here are some that we like to support:
May 3rd - Elite Leadership Martial Arts in Shillington is hosting a Break-A-Board A-Thon! This is a community fundraiser benefiting Growing Wildflowers (a nonprofit that provides finanicial scholarships for families caring for medially complex children or dependants.)
C the Light Foundaiton has Youth Sports Equipment swapping events at their C Shed! Following them on Facebook for dates. They also host a 3v3 Youth Basketball Tournament and so much more!
Berks Youth Chorus bring-a-friend events are open to the public! Details: info@berksyouthchorus.org.
4-H Dog Club events to teach kids pet responsibility. Details: hallie.matulevich@gmail.com
Bonus RK Individual Mission: Spend time with a Veteran in your neighborhood, church, family, etc and listen to their stories. Be sure to thank them for their service!
RK Group Missions:
Write Thank-You Cards ✍️💌 – Make colorful cards with messages of gratitude and deliver them to a local VA hospital, veterans’ home, or military support organization.
Care Packages 📦 – Collect snacks, hygiene items, socks, or small gifts and assemble care packages to send to veterans.
Spring Clean & Garden 🌱🌸 – Help clean up veterans’ memorials, grave sites, or local veterans’ centers. Plant flowers or tidy gardens to brighten their spaces.
Throughout this RK Challenge, you have likely felt the benefits of serving your community through participation in a food drive, helping at a community clean-up, raising funds for a cause, and/or thanking sponsors who support your school or sports teams.
RK Spring 2026 Grand Prizes &
Extra Credit Opportunities!
RK Extra Credit Opprotunities:
Snap a photo or video and post it on Instangram or Facebook. Tag as many RK sponsor pages as you can for each post. 1 extra credit point per tag!
In order for your post to count, be sure to include
Your Team (or Code Individual Name)
The Month (April or May Mission)
#RaisinKindness2026
Example Post:
“We are so proud of our Kind Kids for surprising our local soccer club board president with a special video song thank-you message! April was full of kindness by our team: Exeter Elite U12! #RaisinKindness2026
You can post any of the following (Kind Kids don’t have to be in the photo but of course they can if it’s approved by their parents!). (*Also anyone can post on behalf of the team - parents, supporters, grandparents, coaches, the organization. Each time a new person posts - it earns more extra credit! So the more the merrier!)
Thank you Notes - handmade or the ones provided in your kickoff bundles! Simply mention who they were sent to in the post along with the 3 manatory items above (Month, Team Name, #RaisinKindness2026)
MKP Necklace - share why your Most Kind Person or Player of the week earn it!
Raisin Kindness Kids’ Book Share Boxes (link for locations) - Post if you are donating books or tidying up a box for others to enjoy. Besure to join the Facebook group to see if there are boxes that are in need of cleaning or books. You can proactively ask in the group if anyone knows of a box that needs books or cleaning. Click HERE to join the group on FB for the Kids Book Share Boxes.
Big Impact Post - surprise your community helpers, sponsors, or family with something you made! Get Creative! There is a Grand PRize for the Kindest (most creative/ impactful) Overall Act.
RK Waterbottle - share how Kindess Around the World inspired your Kid Kids to go above and beyond this Spring to fill their waterbottle with stickers for each kind act!
Official Contest Disclaimer:
Grand Prize eligibility requires timely and complete submission of all required materials.
Individual Participants:
Individuals must be properly registered to be eligible. Registered participants will receive an email at the address provided during registration with a submission form on or about April 30 (Session 1) and May 18 (Session 2). The form will request: total acts of kindness completed, the participant’s code name used for social media extra credit, and a “Big Impact” story.
Failure to complete and submit the form within the timeframe specified in the email will result in disqualification from Grand Prize eligibility.
To register an individual, click HERE.
Team Participants:
Teams must be properly registered, and submissions must be completed by the designated Team Leader. Team Leaders will receive an email at the address provided during registration with a submission form on or about April 30 (Session 1) and May 18 (Session 2). The form will request: total team acts of kindness, the team name used for social media extra credit, and a “Big Impact” story.
Failure to complete and submit the form within the timeframe specified in the email will result in disqualification from Grand Prize eligibility.
To register a team, click HERE.
Social Media Extra Credit:
To qualify for extra credit, posts must include the hashtag #RaisinKindness2026, the participant’s or team’s code name, and the applicable session/month. Posts that do not meet these requirements may not be tracked or counted.
No purchase is necessary to enter or participate. Void where prohibited by law.
By registering for or participating in the Raisin Kindness program, participants (and, if applicable, a parent or legal guardian) agree to be bound by these terms and all official rules.
Spread Kindness. Earn Points. Win BIG!
🎉 Grand Prizes 🎉
We have multiple ways to win both sessions! Whether you’re participating as a team or an individual!
*Be sure to read the rules above in the disclaimer and register properly.
**Be sure to like and follow Raisin Kindness page on Facebook to be able to properly tag in social posts.
👨👩👧👦 Prize 1: Group Do-Gooders (Teams/Classes) of the Session.
Awarded to the team with the most total acts of kindness submitted at the end of the session.
Session 1 Prize: 🍕 Mimmo’s Pizza Party!
Celebrate together with a fun team pizza party!
🌟 Prize 2: Individual Do-Gooder of the Session.
Awarded to the individual with the most acts of kindness submitted.
Session 1 Prize: 🍩 Duck Donuts Party Box!
Enjoy a delicious donut party—share or keep it all to yourself!
🍭 Prize 3: Sweetest Team of the Session.
Awarded to the team with the most impactful, creative, or unique act of kindness.
💡 Tip: You’re welcome to email photos or extra details (optional) to RaisinKindness@gmail.com
Session 1 Prize: 🧁 Lally’s Cakes & Sweets Party!
Cupcakes and goodies to celebrate how sweet kindness really is!
💛 Prize 4: Sweetest Individual of the Session.
Awarded to the individual with the most impactful or surprising act of kindness.
💡 Optional: Share photos or details via email to RaisinKindness@gmail.com
Session 1 Prize: 🎁 Coming Soon!
🏆 THE OVERALL Kind Kid Champion
One overall winner (team OR individual) for the entire program
📅 April 13 – May 18
Awarded for the most inspiring, creative, and impactful act of kindness.
Grand Prize: 🍦 Sweet Ride Ice Cream Truck Party!
Celebrate at a location of your choice!
👉 Only ONE winner… will it be YOU?!
📊 How Winners Are Chosen
Based on your end-of-session submission forms that will be emailed to the email address used during registration on or around April 30th and May 18th. (Session 1 runs April 13th-April 30th, Session 2 runs May 1st-May 18th).
PLUS extra credit points from social media (which are soley added by RK Team members. No work on your end, just be sure to include your team name/individual name, month, and #RaisinKindness2026 in every single social media post by you, family members, supporters of your team for that post to be counted. Anyone can make a post about your team’s kindness and their post will count. Get as many parents to help as you can!
✔️ Extra credit points are tracked and added by the Raisin Kindness team
❌ Do NOT include them in your submission totals
Raisin Kindness 2026
“Kindness starts small, but when we share it with others, it can change a whole community.”
The 2026 RK Kindness Challenge
This year’s Raisin Kindness Mission invites kids to take kindness global.
Inspired by the energy of international soccer coming to Philadelphia, Kindness Around the World celebrates how one simple act of kindness can connect people everywhere, no matter where they live.
💛 What Is Raisin Kindness?
Raisin Kindness is a fun, feel-good youth program for children ages 4–13 that encourages kids to practice intentional acts of kindness throughout the months of April and May.
As kids complete kindness missions, they can feel good spreading smiles while earning:
Team/ Classroom Snacks
Fun prizes
And a chance to win one of the famous Grand Prizes! (*must register to qualify to win). See above for details.
Most importantly, they learn that kindness is something they can practice every day and that it truly makes a difference.
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. 💛
Thank You Raisin Kindness Sponsors
Follow our impact on Facebook!
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!
“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!
"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.
This activity is not associated with Sun-Maid Growers of California.