Kindness makes our community better for everyone, and on May 10 Manitobans helped spread kindness during United Way’s third annual day of Conscious Kindness.
Schools, workplaces, and Manitobans everywhere showed their spirit and inspiration to care about each other and themselves.
The day coincided with a proclamation by the Province of Manitoba declaring May 7-13 as Kindness Week, and with help from some friends and partners United Way served up goodies during a Kindness Drive-Thru at 580 Main Street during the morning hours.
Friends from United Way Brandon and United Way Portage Plains spread kindness through their communities, making it the first truly province-wide Conscious Kindness Day.
Psychologists from Kindness partner Winnlove.ca were on hand to spread the message that “when we are kind to each other, our relationships improve, even with strangers,” – helping us build community and social supports.

Winnlove’s message about the benefits of spreading kindness was shred with people, along with a treat, at the United Way Drive Thru
Here’s just a few of the kind acts shared over social media…
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.@wpgpolice spreading kindness on the streets of #Winnipeg! #KindMB pic.twitter.com/Efp7egkCqx
— United Way Winnipeg (@UnitedWayWpg) May 10, 2017
Look what these @icvmcwpg students are doing for Conscious Kindness Day! Donating Blood! @GiveLifeMB @UnitedWayWpg #KindMB pic.twitter.com/t5cPX1bau6
— VMC Key Club (@VMCKeyClub) May 10, 2017
Spreading kindness at Portage and Main today. #KindMB #HTWW1 #tweetsfortreats pic.twitter.com/WaWbmSIdVZ
— Michelle Halstead (@HalsteadMl) May 10, 2017
Kindness cookies! It was so fun to watch Ss give these to staff and see the smile it put on their faces! #KindMB pic.twitter.com/7wU0I1RRjL
— Rebecca Russell (@msrussellwpg) May 10, 2017
It’s not too late to be consciously kind to someone today ?
(p.s.: it’s never too late)#KIndMB pic.twitter.com/bejYZvEXql— PCWM (@PCWManitoba) May 11, 2017
It’s Concious Kindness Day! Share your kindness by posting with #KindMB pic.twitter.com/WsvWEJxy3g
— VirginRadioWinnipeg (@VirginRadioWPG) May 10, 2017
#Volunteering gr8 way 2 celebrate Conscious Kindness Day #kindmb. Join us! Victoria’s #WalktoFightArthritis story: https://t.co/RBJI7rz71C pic.twitter.com/F8YxWaMmLG
— Arthritis Society (@ArthritisMB) May 10, 2017
Thank you to our amazing PAC for preparing lunch for our staff on Conscious Kindness Day. #kindmb #hsdlearns pic.twitter.com/MEnw90ttky
— Mitchell MS (@MMShanover) May 10, 2017
You are beautiful, exactly the way you are. (Yes, YOU!) #kindmb
— West Central Womens (@WCWomensCtr) May 10, 2017
Nadia, 11 has been giving 2 #charity for bday since age 4! This year helped friend Abby living w/#arthritis #kindmb https://t.co/Q6WN2Qb1ow pic.twitter.com/Cg9fzLHulU
— Arthritis Society (@ArthritisMB) May 10, 2017
Notes for #consciouskindness day #kindMB #grade2 @WhyteRidgeSCH pic.twitter.com/R9nmREsagk
— Jennifer Kreitz (@MrsKreitz) May 10, 2017
Happy Conscious Kindness Day! Be kind to friends, neighbours, coworkers, staff…or to perfect strangers on the street #KindMB #MySelkirk pic.twitter.com/fuwOpgUBtY
— City of Selkirk (@cityofselkirk) May 10, 2017
Creating worry stones w/our SOS group to gift to our middle yrs students for Conscious Kindness Day. #KindMB #citizenlrsd @sourcesstrength pic.twitter.com/yDclDtlZC2
— elana rach (@ElanaRach) May 10, 2017
Thanks to @shamrockLRSD @islandLRSD & @niakwaLRSD – Our @jhbLRSD ladies had a great time mtg w/ your gr. 8’s #kindmb pic.twitter.com/s6UvzjFVJ3
— Pamela Kuorikoski (@PKuorikoski) May 10, 2017
Today is Conscious kindness Day ! #kindMb #consciouskindness pic.twitter.com/zw3zfz5aaK
— Elmwood Community RC (@ElmwoodRC) May 10, 2017
Incredible! Johnston Group employees dropped off boxes of supplies for refugees for #kindMB. These will go to very good use—thank you! pic.twitter.com/ht09CVtZr6
— United Way Winnipeg (@UnitedWayWpg) May 10, 2017
#HSC #Winnipeg & @CHFManitoba staff are spending Conscious Kindness Day inspiring people to pay it forward with free coffee/tea! #kindmb pic.twitter.com/0JG1DFIXOu
— HSC Winnipeg (@hsc_winnipeg) May 10, 2017
@moreirasteph and @Kerry_portergrl stopped by for #kindMB day with treats! #TDinthecommunity #UnitedWay #Legendary ?? pic.twitter.com/MqYT6TC0rS
— Justin Fernandes (@jfernandes_TD) May 10, 2017
Thanks to all our students who showed “conscious kindness” @jhbLRSD. Keep the kindness going! #kindmb pic.twitter.com/col8p2kKWl
— Pamela Kuorikoski (@PKuorikoski) May 10, 2017
Our Grant Branch Team is cleaning the community for Conscious Kindness Day 🙂 #kindmb #kindwpg #honkifuseethem #grant #waverley #greenshirts pic.twitter.com/GUubLEvBu0
— Carpathia CU (@CarpathiaCU) May 10, 2017
Conscious Kindness Day! We brought treats to the consruction guys working outside our office door-boy were they happy! #kindmb pic.twitter.com/ZccAQNBPuS
— Mercer Bradley (@MercerBradley) May 10, 2017
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On behalf of CK committee, BIG thank you to everyone @UnitedWayWpg for making it happen! Tireless. ?#KindMB pic.twitter.com/qb3mfM3eGr
— Kingsley Bowles (@kingsleynb) May 10, 2017
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