{"id":80030,"date":"2025-12-12T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80030\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:00:13","slug":"holiday-kindness-bingo-challenge-spreads-joy-across-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80030\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Kindness Bingo challenge spreads joy across St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 In St. Petersburg, there is a holiday kindness bingo challenge underway this month. The goal is simple, spread joy across the city.<\/p>\n

Several local businesses are taking part. Each square on the kindness bingo card lists a small good deed. Every time you complete one, you snap a photo, post it on social media, and tag the business sponsoring that act of kindness.<\/p>\n

Cassie Porter is the woman behind the idea. She launched the Ripple Effect Project<\/a> after noticing the community needed a boost of positivity. <\/p>\n

WATCH: Holiday Kindness Bingo challenge spreads joy across St. Petersburg<\/p>\n

Holiday Kindness Bingo challenge spreads joy across St. Petersburg<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel so deeply about this mission, about spreading kindness, creating keeping connections within our community. We need it now more than ever,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n

You may have seen her around town, offering hugs, starting encouraging conversations, and even handing out little notes of inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly believe in the power of kindness to make such a change and create a ripple effect in our community,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n

She is expanding the mission with the Holiday Kindness Bingo challenge. Dozens of local businesses are sponsoring a square on the card, each with its own unique act of kindness.<\/p>\n

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The Ripple Effect Project<\/p>\n

Hannah Rewerts from Bean Wandering said joining in on the challenge was an easy yes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she asked us to be a part of it I was like this is a no-brainer, I\u2019d absolutely love to be apart of what she has and the movement, really,\u201d said Rewerts.<\/p>\n

At Bean Wandering, the assigned act of kindness is simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere fo,r our location, you will buy coffee for the person behind you,\u201d Rewerts said.<\/p>\n

You complete the act, check it off your bingo card, and keep going.<\/p>\n

Porter said, \u201cMy whole mission is to make St. Pete the kindest city in America and I think one person, one moment, one note of encouragement at a time we all have the power to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download the bingo card and get started on the kindness challenge.<\/p>\n

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