A Roanoke woman’s simple acts of pay-it-forward kindness has gone a long way with making a lasting impact in the community. Debra Ferrell, 54, is the founder of the LLC, ‘Love with Skin On.’

ROANOKE, Va. – February is a month celebrating love, but one local nonprofit is asking you to put your feelings into action. Love With Skin On is already planning for Random Acts of Kindness Week. Starting on Valentine’s Day, the nonprofit will post a kindness challenge for the next day, hoping you’ll follow through with a blessing a stranger. If you’re making coffee at home, take a cup to a coworker, those kinds of things. That costs nothing, a smile costs nothing, absolutely nothing,” said Debra Ferrell, the founder of Love With Skin On.