A challenge to spread acts of kindness resulted in heartwarming dividends for those who gave and those who received.

In an email to The Press, Emmaus High School Interact Club adviser Amy Kaunitz outlined a challenge she gave club members.

A donation to the club inspired Kaunitz to develop an acts of kindness challenge.

“Each student received an envelope of $10-20. They had three weeks to complete the project,” Kaunitz wrote.

Students faced the challenge head on and in unique ways.

For example, students Danii Rivera and Kathryn Kapp used their $30 donation to purchase children’s books and place them in little free libraries in the Alburtis area.

Rylie Finck and Anshi Kanani spent $27 to make small cards with positive messages, bought flowers and handed these gifts out to strangers.

Ian Hoenscheid and Sophia Lizza created projects to benefit animals at shelters Peaceable Kingdom and Forgotten Felines and Fidos, respectively. Lila Williams and Remy Spedaliere donated cat food to a local cat shelter.

Samiye Jackson and Liam Robilloto used their kindness challenge funds for an air hockey game to gift residents of senior living facility Country Meadows.

Avery Berger, Keiro Arnold, Allison Fontaine and Taylor Ayr visited senior living community DevonHouse to hand out flowers and messages.

Elementary school students received school supplies and books.

Police officers, school nurses and students and teachers received doughnuts and other treats.

Kenzie Leister used his donation to purchase a care package to gift in case he ran into a homeless person.

Olivia Haas, Grace Nosal and Ella Weikel started a fundraising webpage, raising $874. They started out with $38.

Haas, Nosal and Weikel used the donations to buy food, clothing, games and books among other items for children at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Turning Point and the Allentown Warming Station.

Every student felt the satisfaction of sharing a random act of kindness and also enjoyed seeing the joy and happiness of the recipients of these many different acts.

It doesn’t take much money or none to show a little kindness to another person or group.

Editorial assistant April Peterson contributed to this article.