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Random Acts of Kindness Day®

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation identifies Random Acts of Kindness Day® as 17 February and describes it as an internationally observed campaign.

Date / rule17 February
ScopeRandom Acts of Kindness Foundation / international campaign
VerificationFirst Party Recurring Verified
PortabilityFixed Annual
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyReuse Fixed
Next date this engine can safely resolveWednesday, February 17, 2027See everything on February 17 →
Authority summary

What is Random Acts of Kindness Day®?

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation identifies Random Acts of Kindness Day® as 17 February and describes it as an internationally observed campaign.

Date and recurrence

17 February

This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / international campaign. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

National Random Acts of Kindness Day

Classification

Topic and context

Community, Causes & Advocacy →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Random Acts of Kindness Foundation — Media KitFirst Party Campaign
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Random Acts of Kindness Day®?

17 February The stored recurrence guidance is: 17 February.

Does Random Acts of Kindness Day® fall on the same date every year?

The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.

Is Random Acts of Kindness Day® an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / international campaign. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Random Acts of Kindness Day®?

The stored designation basis is: The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation identifies Random Acts of Kindness Day® as 17 February and describes it as an internationally observed campaign.. Supporting provenance includes Random Acts of Kindness Foundation — Media Kit. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Random Acts of Kindness Day® international or country-specific?

The record has international or global institutional scope: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / international campaign. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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