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Tears in her eyes, the Crying Girl in “Mean Girls” once wished she could “bake a cake made out of rainbows and smiles and we’d all eat and be happy.”

While her classmates laughed, I have always admired the sincerity behind her words.

After more than a decade of participating in GISH, a global scavenger hunt that raised money for various charities through creative and quirky challenges, and now the Rogue Hunt, a similar event that supports nonprofit causes, I truly believe she was onto something.

Small, sincere acts of kindness and joy really can make the world feel a little brighter.

This past week, a group of my friends located all around the United States took on a series of creative challenges that filled our days with laughter, art and connection. Under the

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