Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Decorating for Random Acts of Kindness Week #RAKWEEK


When browsing Instagram one day, I stumbled upon an idea from another school counselor, Jonathon Allen. He had his students decorate coffee sleeves for a local coffee shop for the Great Kindness Challenge. You can view the post here.  I loved the idea and decided to try at my school.

I met with a student from the Student Council Service Committee that I advise. She assisted me in calling Starbucks near our school and inquiring about decorating coffee sleeves. Our local Starbucks was super supportive and gave us over 150 coffee sleeves to decorate.

Students came during lunches to decorate Starbucks Coffee Sleeves with kindness messages. I then took them to our local Starbucks to be distributed for Random Acts of Kindness Day, which was February 17th this year (#RAKWEEK).


This activity was a quick and easy way for students to spread kindness in our community.

How do you celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week at your school?


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Danielle is a middle school counselor, counselor education doctoral candidate, and blogger at School Counselor Blog, a place where school counselors share innovative ideas, creative lesson plans, and quality resources. Danielle is also co-founder of the hashtag #scchat where #schoolcounselors connect to share ideas and resources on social media. Connect with Danielle via email, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+, and become a fan of the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page.

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