Random acts of Kindness

<span>A special event has been set up to celebrate the kindness of Abby Liefer and Hannah Porter, who were fatally injured in a traffic accident on Route 159 on Jan. 10.</span>

<span>"Abby and Hannah's Random Act of Kindness" seeks to mark the one-month anniversary of their deaths by encouraging others to take part in a single act of kindness, no matter how small, on Feb. 10.</span>

<span>More than 1,400 people signed up to participate on the Facebook listing for the event as of Tuesday afternoon.</span>

<span>"Do it in their name and memory so we can keep their spirits alive," wrote event host Alison Schubert, who is one of Liefer's sisters.</span>

<span>Brandy Muertz, who is Liefer's other sister, came up with the idea to do Acts of Kindness.</span>

<span>"Brandy came up with the idea to do a random act of kindness in her sister's name from time-to-time, especially around Abby's birthday," said Terri Liefer, Abby's mother, in a Facebook message. "She made cards to attach to the acts of kindness in Abby's name and also Hannah's.</span>

<span>"Alison took it a step further and made it a Facebook event."</span>

<span>For more information, or to find out how to get copies of the cards, email Brandy Muertz at brandy9109@gmail.com.</span>

<span>Images of the cards, suitable for clipping, will be included in the Feb. 4 print edition of the Herald Tribune.</span>

<span>Porter was a 2013 graduate of Red Bud High School. She taught fitness classes at the Randolph County YMCA and also worked at Southwestern Illinois College's Red Bud campus. Liefer was a student at SWIC and worked at the YMCA.</span>

<span>Porter, 20, and Liefer, 19, were fatally injured when their Chevrolet Cobalt was hit head-on by a Chevrolet Aveo driven by Crystal Steinheimer. Liefer was driving, while Porter was in the backseat.</span>