02/17/2024
Celebrate an Extra Day This Year and Do Something Kind
The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in National Leap of Kindness Day in the City of Leeds this year on Leap Day, February 29, 2024. This kindness campaign was invented by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce in 2016. The idea was to inspire their members and community to use their extra day that Leap Year to do something kind for someone else, and hundreds of local organizations helped thousands of local people on February 29, 2016. The Leap of Kindness Day was even bigger and better in 2020 as more than 200 chambers in the US, Canada, and Ireland joined the Saratoga County efforts and organized their own celebrations in addition to the efforts of Saratoga County.
Leeds Mayor David Miller and Leeds City Council declared Leap Day, February 29, 2024 as Leap of Kindness Day in the City of Leeds, Alabama with Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber launched a kindness campaign and Mayor Miller encourages everyone in the City of Leeds to participate in some act of kindness or a kindness project in honor of or on Leap Day this year.
"Tonight was a special occasion at the city council meeting in that we provided a proclamation to our Chamber of Commerce for a really very important initiative that the director and the officers have put forward, and that is to establish a special day, Leap Year Day, as Leap of Kindness Day in the City.
This is a national program and the city voted unanimously to participate. We issued a proclamation tonight supporting that, and this is an opportunity for you just to do something good for somebody who needs help. The Chamber of Commerce will be coordinating this. They'll provide a list of businesses, individuals and situations where you can do something to help your fellow man, and we as a city are very proud to participate in this. We think this speaks to Who We Are,” said Mayor David Miller.
Get Involved
The Chamber invites local businesses, municipalities, organizations and individuals to join this kindness movement and get involved, donate your time, talent and treasure to help others including local charities, churches, non-profit organizations and to thank first responders, teachers, school bus drivers, Veterans and others in honor of this day.
Choose Your Kindness Act or Project
Our goal is for you to choose a kindness act or project that is dear to your heart or from a growing list of needs that will be compiled for this six-week campaign. To get your creative spirit going in thinking of the possibilities, some of our Leeds area non-profit organizations are listed on our website for you to consider.
If You Are a Charity or Non-Profit
If you are a local non-profit organization, please share with us what your organization needs so we can add your request to our list.
If You Are a Business, Municipality or Individual
If you are a local business, municipality, organization or individual that would like to participate in this kindness campaign, please let us know what specific act(s) of kindness you decide to do. These efforts will be posted to our website so the world can see the kindness projects that are happening right here in Leeds, Alabama.
We will also be sharing this information on our social media regularly.
How to Respond
You can visit the Chamber website at https://leedsareachamber.com for more information and to utilize the kindness form provided to send your needs list or your chosen kindness project. You may also send this information by email to Diane Poole at [email protected].
