At the 2025 Annual Meeting, the Salt Lake Chamber will honor individuals and organizations whose dedication has strengthened both the Chamber’s mission and the community. We’re proud to recognize One Kind Act a Day/Semnani Family Foundation with this year’s Beehive Award, which honors an organization that helps build our community through volunteerism.
The Semnani Family Foundation has a long history of charitable work both locally and internationally. Seeking to empower the disadvantaged by supporting the unseen and forgotten, the arts, civic groups and even a volunteer-staffed clinic that has given free care to over 260,000 patients. Its current mission of empowerment spreads the power of kindness through the organization, One Kind Act a Day.
One Kind Act a Day is building kinder communities through intentional acts of daily kindness. This message is shared in our schools, businesses and communities through programs, classes, signs, employee connection initiatives and more. One Kind Act a Day wants every person to participate by encouraging them to live with a little more charity and kindness, every day.
Here’s what Senior Advisor Curtis Bennett said when asked more about their organization’s efforts in the community.
What inspired the creation of One Kind Act a Day, and how can individuals and businesses get involved to amplify your message?
One Kind Act a Day (OKAAD) was born from the simple yet profound belief that kindness has the power to transform lives, communities and culture. It began as a response to a growing recognition of division, negativity and isolation in society — across schools, businesses and public discourse. The founders asked a fundamental question: What if we made kindness a daily habit, not a random act? That question sparked a movement.
To get involved, individuals can take the pledge to commit to one international act of kindness each day, follow OKAAD on social media, etc. Businesses can become a Certified Kind Business, host a kindness activation, co-brand and collaborate with OKAAD, among other opportunities.
In what ways have you seen One Kind Act a Day foster community throughout the state?
One Kind Act a Day has quietly but powerfully built a movement across Utah — connecting people not through titles, politics or programs, but through the common thread of kindness. It has helped foster community in meaningful ways: in schools, correctional facilities, city and county governments, businesses, online spaces and across faith and cultural communities.
What do you hope the long-term legacy of One Kind Act a Day will be in Utah?
We hope the long-term legacy of One Kind Act a Day in Utah is not a moment — but a mindset. We envision a state where kindness is not an exception but an expectation. Where it’s woven into the way people lead, serve, educate, do business and live alongside one another. A Utah or world where kindness is taught as a core life skill, where no one is left out of the conversation and where kindness unites across divides.
To learn more about our honoree or the 2025 Annual Meeting, click here.
