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People encouraged to perform acts of kindness to mark Becca Schofield Day

Eighteen-year-old Rebecca Schofield of Riverview, N.B. died Feb. 17 after a battle with brain cancer. Jeremy Keefe/Global News

People are being asked to perform acts of kindness in remembrance of a young New Brunswick woman who inspired good deeds before dying of cancer.

The provincial government has proclaimed Sept. 15 the second annual Becca Schofield Day.

READ MORE: Becca Schofield of #BeccaToldMeTo movement passes away after battle with cancer

Schofield, who lived in Riverview, started a campaign to encourage kindness after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2016.

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People were asked to perform random acts of kindness and share them on social media using the hashtag #BeccaToldMeTo.

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It became a global movement, inspiring thousands of people around the world before Schofield died on Feb. 17, 2018, at age 18.

In 2017, the legislative assembly unanimously passed a motion recognizing the third Saturday of September as Becca Schofield Day.

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