In a ceremony at the Citadel Community Church in Moncton, 17-year-old Rebecca Schofield of Riverview was awarded a Commander's Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Community Spirit and Leadership. She received the award for launching a campaign calling for people to perform acts of kindness to one another under the Twitter hashtag #BeccaToldMeTo. Rebecca began this campaign when she learned in December that she has inoperable cancer, hoping to leave behind a legacy of kindness.
The New Brunswick RCMP knows that every action matters when it comes to building safer communities and we have seen what can happen when kindness is absent in a person's life.
Kinder, more connected communities are safer places to live. We applaud Becca's initiative and vision, and we know that her efforts will help us all to build stronger, safer, kinder communities long into the future.
We thank Becca, for her leadership, and her spirit.
You can help spread Becca's message by performing a random act of kindness and sharing it on social media with the hashtag #BeccaToldMeTo.
Photo: Becca Schofield with New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau and New Brunswick RCMP Commanding Officer A./Commr. LarryTremblay, receiving a Commander's Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Community Spirit and Leadership.