{"id":13201,"date":"2021-04-20T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=13201"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:21:42","slug":"kindness-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/13201","title":{"rendered":"Kindness rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Emily Rotthaler–<\/strong>Since 2018 the project \u201cSiouxland Rocks\u201d has been spreading an extra ounce of kindness and positivity in Siouxland \u2013 in the form of artistically designed rocks. Coming in all kinds of sizes, shapes and colors the rocks have caught the eyes of hundreds of Siouxlanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These specially designed rocks feature paintings, messages, or sayings. Once they are finished, the little pieces of art are then hidden in public places all around the Siouxland area to be discovered by unsuspecting passersby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who find a rock are encouraged to post a picture to the project\u2019s Facebook page siouxlandrocks.com and to either keep or re-hide the rock for the next person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSiouxland Rocks\u201d founder Beth Ann Hodgen said the purpose of the project is to promote kindness one rock at a time. \u201cWe all fight battles, we all struggle, some more, some less, but if at least one of our rocks, one of our events, can put a smile on a struggling face then our goal is accomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSiouxland Rocks\u201d is the local adaptation of the worldwide \u201cKindness Rocks Project.\u201d Hodgen started the local branch in May 2018 when her daughter found a painted rock at Browns Lake in Salix, Iowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then a lot has happened in and around the project. \u201cPrior to Covid we held monthly make and take events at the Sioux City Public Museum,\u201d Hodgen said. She added, they partnered with local groups like \u201cSupport Siouxland Soldiers\u201d and \u201cSioux City Parks and Recreation\u201d to make the events free to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hodgen said participating is easy. \u201cJust grab a rock, paint, draw, sketch an image or word or saying on the rock, seal with some outdoor sealer and hide your creation [in a public place] where someone will find it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone can participate in the project. The official Facebook group of Siouxland Rocks has more than 2,000 members who share their creations and post pictures of the rocks they find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morningside Sophomore Madelynn Stoffle thinks the project is \u201ca very cool community interaction\u201d and said she would definitely want to participate. \u201cI am a resident assistant at Morningside College and actually hope to be able to do this as a hall function next year. [It would make] for a very interesting event for residents!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who want to find some inspiration for their own rocks it is worth checking out the \u201cSiouxland Rocks\u201d Facebook page as some of the rocks are posted there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Emily Rotthaler–Since 2018 the project \u201cSiouxland Rocks\u201d has been spreading an extra ounce of kindness and positivity in Siouxland \u2013 in the form of artistically designed rocks. Coming in all kinds of sizes, shapes and colors the rocks have caught the eyes of hundreds of Siouxlanders. These specially designed rocks feature paintings, messages, or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":13202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13203,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13201\/revisions\/13203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}