St Botolph’s ‘RotaKids’ spreading January cheer
Random acts of kindness by primary school youngsters
YOUNGSTERS at St Botolph’s Primary School have been out and about in Shepshed doing random acts of kindness throughout the community.
Shepshed resident Rebecca Haymes was a lucky recipient last Tuesday and said it was lovely surprise.
“I got home and there was a little plant pot on my doorstep with two sprouting crocus bulbs in it. In the pot was a little stick with a special message. It warmed my heart and put a big smile on my face. What a lovely thing to do.”
The message said: “Here’s a purple crocus from the RotaKids with love. We hope it brings you pleasure and some sunshine from above! Planted with our own fair hands and placed her just for you; It’s our random act of kindness to bring sunshine into view!”
The RotaKids community project is run in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Shepshed and has been running for three years - its latest initiative was designed by the school’s RotaKids co-ordinator Sharon Myers in conjunction with Shepshed Rotary Club president elect Phil Marriott.
Phil Marriott, chairman of the St Botolph’s Primary School governors and also a rotarian said: “The initiative involves delivering small pots of purple crocus bulbs, which the RotaKids have planted and nurtured themselves, to local households as a “random act of kindness”.
“The purple crocus is a poignant symbol for Rotary in their ambition to rid the world of Polio. On the reverse of the poem there is some further information about this project.
“The children have had immense fun planting up the crocuses and preparing the pots with the poems for delivery. They have also learned about Polio. The initiative won’t be just the crocus pots, as the seasons change the plan is to continue their random acts with other spring and summer bulbs too!
“The RotaKids have previously run highly effective projects, filling over 200 shoeboxes to send to underprivileged homes in Eastern Europe, and raising money for Comic Relief through a school-wide joke book.”