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February 16, 2018 - 蜜桃视频鈥檚 Student Government Association is challenging the community to 鈥淧ay It Forward鈥� this week with random acts of kindness.

The SGA鈥檚 Pay It Forward Challenge officially kicked off last week on the College鈥檚 campus with free pizza for all students. In exchange, students were given 鈥渃ompliment sheets,鈥� and they were encouraged to pay someone a compliment.

This week, the SGA is handing out Pay It Forward cards with the challenge written on the back to do something nice for at least three complete strangers and then give them a Pay It Forward card. SGA President Jessika Hall of Hamlet said the goal is for this challenge to spread beyond the college campus and into the community.

The idea for the challenge came about after Hall learned how a friend of hers was eating at a local restaurant, and a couple picked up the tab for her friend鈥檚 meal. Her friend decided instead of taking advantage of the free meal, she would pay it forward for the next person who came up to pay.

Hall said this continued through the night at the restaurant with over a dozen diners paying it forward in a show of kindness instead of taking the free meal.

鈥淚t all started with one person, and then everybody else making the decision to pay for the next person鈥檚 meal. I found that very inspiring,鈥� Hall. 鈥淲e have so many people talking about how bad stuff is and always complaining. I thought this challenge could be the inspiration for saying, 鈥楤e the change that you want to see.鈥� It has to start from somewhere, and if we鈥檙e all just condemning everything and not doing anything to change it, then it鈥檚 not going to get any better.鈥�

Hall is a senior at 蜜桃视频 and will be graduating in May with an Associate in Arts degree. This is her second degree from 蜜桃视频, having also completed her Associate in Criminal Justice as well as certificates in law enforcement and corrections.

鈥淚 feel like this could be a big change for our whole county, because one compliment or one nice gesture can change a whole person鈥檚 day,鈥� Hall said. 鈥淚 feel like it would be good coming from the College, because this College is the one creating our leaders.鈥�

Hall said being a student at 蜜桃视频 has helped shape her character and to learn to control her emotions. A major factor in that change, she said, is because she鈥檚 never had a bad experience at 蜜桃视频. From administrators to instructors to maintenance employees, Hall said everyone she鈥檚 interacted with on campus has always been nice and friendly.

鈥淲ith us promoting pay it forward and to be the change, we can show that the College does care about the community as well as the students who go here,鈥� Hall said.

Pay It Forward Challenge Cards will be available in the Student Services office in the Lee Building and outside the SGA office on the main campus in Hamlet, as well as from any member of the SGA.

However, you might just end up with one in your hand after someone has shown you a random act of kindness and asks you to 鈥減ay it forward.鈥�