While most six-year-olds would celebrate their birthday with cake and lots of toys, little Raoul Reddy wanted none of that.
Instead of gifts, he asked his party guests to consider an anonymous cash donation which he then passed on to families he knew could use the money.
"It made me feel happy that I was doing a good deed and not wanting more toys for myself,'' Raoul said.
"Because I have approximately over 100 toys.''
Mum Dee Reddy said each guest donated an average of $20, netting $600. The cash was then anonymously passed to the recipients — who were strangers to the Reddy family — in a kindness card.
"It made me feel happy that I was doing a good deed and not wanting more toys for myself because I have approximately over 100 toys.''Raoul Reddy
"Raoul was happy but we try not to dwell on it, it would spoil the kind act otherwise,'' she said.
"I was once on the receiving end of a kindness card for something I had done and that made my day. Since then we have always had a pack of cards at home and we have done a few things around our neighbourhood."
"We like to encourage the children too so they realize they are not the centre of the world.''
When people do a nice gesture, the impact it has on the recipient is so huge. And people really like the anonymous part. It is about genuinely helping someone or thanking someone.
People want to feel like they can make a difference and generosity gives people such a great feeling inside.'
Pre-paid coffees, flowers and cards with simple messages are popular ways to use Kindness Cards.
Raoul, said other kids should try doing something kind. "Yes, because I think that it's very helpful and good. Extremely good,'' he said.
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