Diana Simmons from Victoria, B.C. has stayed connected during COVID-19 by painting rocks for family and friends:
“I started collecting rocks from Cordova Bay Beach. I worked on painting the rocks. Then I put my first coloured rock under the mail box, down at the bottom of the hill. The next rock I painted and gave it to a friend for her front door-step. I’m still continuing painting stones for my friends and my family.”
Diana’s “kindness rocks” helped inspire Integra Support Services’ virtual programming initiative asking people to go outside for a walk and look for a rock big enough to paint on. Then, paint the rock with kind words or pictures and after it dries, go lay it somewhere outside like near a sidewalk, at the park, or by a tree.
Integra is collecting pictures of people’s kindness rocks to create a “Solid as a Rock” collage. The initiative is a way to cultivate connections within communities and lift others up through simple acts of kindness. Rock on!