Leeds Mayor David Miller and the Leeds City Council declared Leap Day, Feb. 29, as Leap of Kindness Day in the City of Leeds with Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce at the Feb. 5 council meeting. The chamber launched a kindness campaign and Miller encourages everyone in the city of Leeds to participate in some act of kindness or a kindness project in honor of or on Leap Day this year.

”Tonight was a special occasion at the city council meeting in that we provided a proclamation to our chamber of commerce for a really very important initiative that the director and the officers have put forward, and that is to establish a special day, Leap Year Day, as Leap of Kindness Day in the City,” said Miller.

This is a national program and the city voted unanimously to participate. We issued a proclamation on Monday night supporting that, and this is an opportunity for you just to do something good for somebody who needs help. The chamber of commerce will be coordinating this. They’ll provide a list of businesses, individuals and situations where you can do something to help your fellow man, and we as a city are very proud to participate in this. We think this speaks to who we are,” said Miller.

Visit the chamber website at leedsareachamber.com for more information and to utilize the kindness form provided to send a needs list or a chosen kindness project. You may also send this information by email to Diane Poole at diane.leedsareachamber@gmail.com.