Social Media Influencer, Food Critic, Blends Food Adventures with Random Acts of Kindness

Performing good deeds can have a great impact. Random Acts of Kindness Day 2025, held on February 17, 2025, is an official time to illuminate the world with kindness.

When people are kind to strangers or people they know, and they choose to commit unexpected random acts of kindness without ulterior motives, it benefits the helper and the receiver.

Steve Siegle, a licensed professional counselor, wrote an article for Mayo Clinic Health System and stated that kindness has been shown to increase self-esteem, empathy and compassion, and improve mood. 

“It can decrease blood pressure and cortisol, a hormone directly correlated with stress levels. People who give of themselves in a balanced way also tend to be healthier and live longer,” said Siegle. 

“Kindness can increase your sense of connectivity with others, decrease loneliness, combat low mood and improve relationships. It also can be contagious, encouraging others to join in with their own generous deeds.”

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation (RAK) is a small nonprofit that invests resources into making kindness the norm. It was created in 1995 after Anne Herbert, a Berkeley writer and activist, published “Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Acts of Senseless Beauty” in CoEvolution Quarterly. According to RAK, thereafter, “the kindness movement began to spread in surrounding communities.”

Editors at Conari Press published a book entitled, “Random Acts of Kindness.” Book readers and fans of the phrase began creating local “Random Acts of Kindness Days” in mid-1993,” RAK mentioned.

While world events and societal changes have recently threatened the togetherness of people with different political beliefs, ethnicities, and personal viewpoints, practicing random acts of kindness can serve as a bridge that can reconnect the human family.

Rashad Mooreman (aka “Mr. Chime Time”) knows that people connect through kindness and they can benefit through showing it randomly. The North Carolina-based social media influencer’s moniker was given to him because he used to post controversial, debatable questions that prompted Facebook users to “chime in.” After a while, they labeled Mooreman as “Mr. Chime Time.” Four years ago, Mooreman began spotlighting restaurants. He became known for giving honest food reviews that he recorded with his cell phone. Mooreman says that he did not “sugarcoat” anything. 

Today, he also uses his social media presence to share his random acts of kindness or “chimes” with his audience. His movement gives back to people in need and shows his audience appreciation for being in  a position to help others.

“My mission is to deliver honest food reviews, help struggling businesses, and also inform people of restaurants that are trying to be known but don’t have the marketing,” said Mooreman.

Moreman’s Tik Tok following has grown to more than 2.2 million and 801,000 on Instagram. He has monetized his social media. Tik Tok is one of his sources of income.

“Supporters that support me make it possible for me to help people in need,” he stated.

Before Christmas 2024, Mooreman distributed over $17,000 in tips to Lyft drivers in 24 hours.

“I do randomly select businesses and people to bless, but mom-and-pop and public service workers are who I love helping. I love Maryland and will come back to support more restaurants in the future,” Mooreman said.  “When sharing kindness, it’s not just how you treat other people, it’s also about how you extend those same behaviors and intentions to yourself. I believe you can be kinder in your own self-talk and practice gratitude.”

Siegle substantiated Mooreman’s views about how kindness can impact givers, not just recipients of benevolent gestures.

“When sharing kindness, it’s not just how you treat other people — it’s also about how you extend those same behaviors and intentions to yourself. I believe you can be kinder in your own self-talk and practice gratitude,” he stated in his article.

Although it is easy to get caught in webs of negativity and hostile times, taking time to volunteer, show kindness to others, or spread benevolence without being asked can be infectious and give emotional boosts. 

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation offers a variety of ideas to show random acts of kindness. Read ideas on their online calendar: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/home/calendars/2025/2025_RAK_kindness_calendar.pdf  if you would like to participate in Random Acts of Kindness Day explore ideas to spread kindness.

Mooreman suggested that showing kindness to others does not have to be monetary. 

“Give back in your own way,” he added. “Give back because you want to, not because of anyone else.”

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckgH9czZcks to watch Mooreman’s Lyft driver adventure.