After a day’s worth of controversy involving an Olive Garden restaurant and local comedian Ricky Smith, there’s a new wrinkle unfolding. On Wednesday night, Smith tweeted an update that the restaurant chain offered to make a sizable donation to his non-profit organization known as RAKE: Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere. Olive Garden confirmed with WKYC […]

The employee, who has since left for a different job, was helping the customer, but did not expect the moment to be captured on tape by another customer.   LOUISVILLE, KY– A worker at a Kentucky Qdoba and a restaurant regular shared a meal and an act of kindness several weeks ago. Ridge Quarles works […]

  CLEVELAND – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson joined Clevelander Ricky Smith in declaring Monday, February 17, 2014 Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere (R.A.K.E.) Day in Cleveland. According to the City of Cleveland, R.A.K.E. was founded by Ricky Smith, a local comedian, as he traveled across the country and used social media to promote random acts […]