The power of paying it forward.
Leigh and James Clark had a simple request for all 100 guests at their Sept. 26 wedding: They wanted them to perform a random act of kindness to honor their union.
The Florida-based couple included a line on their invitations saying, "If you are so inclined, please do a random act of kindness sometime between now and the wedding and use the hashtag #kindleigheverafter on social media."
Leigh told BuzzFeed Life that she started doing frequent random acts of kindness — like dropping off goods to hospitals and giving food to the homeless — during the holiday season three years ago.
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"We wanted people to do this not only to help celebrate our day, but to also put a drop of positivity in the bucket and hopefully keep helping others," she said. Non-guests have also contacted her on Facebook to tell her how she inspired them.
Paying it forward was a common theme — their friend Keegan Leahy, for example, bought lunch for the person behind him in line at Tim Hortons.
Leigh said that she often calls her friends to rally them to get involved when she volunteers.
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But the most powerful examples, Leigh said, were people who took it one step further and involved their children.
Emily Schairer, a bridesmaid, and her daughter, Chloe, took pet supplies to a local animal shelter. "They have a cat, so she told her daughter, 'We’re going to something nice for other cats who don't have a home,'" Leigh said.
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