Members of the Cruz family paints rocks together during “The H-F Pebbles & Pins Project” at Flossmoor Community Church, where folks were invited to create uplifting messages to place around Homewood and Flossmoor. (Nuha Abdessalam/H-F Chronicle)
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H-F students hope strangers will discover kindness on a rock

The H-F Pebbles & Pins Project is spreading encouragement throughout the community, one painted rock at a time.

On May 8, seniors from Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s Design Thinking and Collaborative Arts class invited the community to Flossmoor Community Church to paint rocks and clothespins with uplifting messages. 

Their project aims to spread kindness throughout Homewood and Flossmoor.

“You are loved.” “Be yourself.” “You got this.”

At first, the idea seems easy enough: paint rocks, decorate…

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