The Haig School RAK Pack is a club for students in grades five and six who do Random Acts of Kindness in their school and local community.

In Weyburn, Saskatchewan, the students at Haig School are hard at work promoting kindness and standing up against bullying.  Their RAK Pack, which stands for “Random Acts of Kindness,” is a club for grade five and six students who want to help promote kindness at their school and in the local community.  The club runs throughout the year, with the members meeting during lunch hours and after school.

In September 2015, the RAK Pack received a grant for $535 from the I Am Stronger program.  The grant was primarily used for materials and transportation costs to help carry out the projects that they had planned for the year, as well as print t-shirts with the club logo for the students to wear when participating in the club’s activities. 

“We help children learn the importance of giving without expecting anything in return,” said Tanice Abramson, Learning Support Teacher at Haig School.  “We want to enable them to build empathy in order to help kids be active bystanders and speak up when they see bullying in our school.”

RAK Pack members help their neighbour rack their leaves in Fall 2015.

“We are so proud of the great work that Haig School is doing,” said Lyndsey Pankratz, SaskTel’s Project Manager in charge of the I Am Stronger program.  “The student members of the RAK Pack are so enthusiastic, and dedicate so much energy to the great work that they’re doing.  They are really inspiring!”

The RAK Pack participates in various activities that show kindness in their school and community, as they work to build confidence in their members, promote volunteerism, build friendships, be helpful to others, and speak up when they need to.   Some of the activities that the RAK Pack has done in the past includes shoveling snow for their neighbours, giving out free sundaes to students at school, carrying groceries for shoppers at local grocery stores, writing positive messages on rocks and leaving them around the school grounds, as well as creating a buddy bench for their school playground.

RAK Pack members pose with the buddy bench they created for their school.

“This is just one example of how a club can make such an impact in their communities,” added Lyndsey.  “I’m excited to see what they do next!”

For more information about the I Am Stronger program, visit: www.iamstronger.ca

For more information about the Haig School RAK Pack, visit: http://partners.iamstronger.ca/haig-school-rak-pack