"Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." -- Scott Adams

My friend and I are organizing a campus event for National Random Acts of Kindness Day, February 17th. This day revolves around a life philosophy of mine being kind in simple ways to help better your community and yourself.

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is a non-profit organization founded upon the belief in kindness and dedicated to providing resources that encourage acts of kindness. From their website, I learned that a RAKtivist (Random Acts of Kindness Activist) is anyone who believes that kindness can change the world.

As a RAKtivist, my goal is to spread kindness, love and appreciation. I hope to set off a chain of kind acts between friends, as well as strangers.

Our campus event will consist of tabling in our campus center. We will invite students and staff to write on a banner about their experiences involving random acts of kindness. We will display the banner in the atrium so everyone can be reminded of how to be kind in everyday life and how to appreciate the daily kindness they experience from others. My friend and I will also post flyers around campus with "kindness" tips to encourage people to spread happiness.

If we started each day by hoping to make someone else's day, perhaps the world would be a better place.

In the spirit of Random Acts of Kindness Day, here are 30 ways you can be spontaneously kind to someone else:

1. Put a quarter in an expired parking meter.

2. Pay for the coffee, the toll or the bus fare for the person behind you.

3. Call a family member and let them know you're thinking of them.

4. Throw away litter on the street.

5. Let the person who seems rushed cut you in line.

6. Text someone just to say hello. Ask how they're doing.

7. Put sticky notes with positive slogans on the mirrors in restrooms (or anywhere).

8. Do the dishes for your friend who has no free time.

9. Bring an extra umbrella to keep at work. Next time there's a downpour, let a co-worker borrow it.

10. Facebook message a genuine compliment to three people right now.

11. Bake something delicious for someone who’s having a bad day.

12. Cook a meal or do a load of laundry for someone who is going through a difficult time.

13. Donate some clothes or other items to Goodwill.

14. Offer a homeless person food or money.

15. Leave a gift for your mailman.

16. Write a letter to someone you care about, thanking them for being there for you.

17. Talk to someone new who looks like they need some company.

18. Give someone you love an unexpected hug.

19. Make a playlist for a friend.

20. Give someone a book you think they’d like and ask for book suggestions from them too.

21. Say yes at the store when the cashier asks if you want to donate $1 to a cause.

22. Leave a nice note for your waiter on the receipt.

23. Tell a professor or staff member how much you appreciate what they do for you.

24. Message someone you've been afraid to talk to because you don’t want to “bother them.” They’re probably thinking the same thing about you.

25. Ask a friend you haven’t seen in a while to hang out, get food, and/or to see a movie.

26. Bring a sick friend some soup.

27. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or at any nonprofit organization as a way to give back.

28. Share your class notes with someone who was sick. Offer to go over the material they missed with them over some tea or coffee.

29. Donate books to the local library or bookstore.

30. Invite someone you want to get to know better to a party and / or gathering.

Feel free to leave other ways you can be kind to someone else in the comments section.