Northeast Ohio Rocks! Inspiration Across the Nation

Northeast Ohio Rocks! started July 24, 2016. From the beginning, we were inspiring other rock groups to form. By February 2016, we had inspired many groups. We gained National attention when CBS This Morning shared the Northeast Ohio Rocks! story.

Many people were inspired by that story and started groups of their own. Some of those groups have shared with us they were inspired by our group.


Read about how Northeast Ohio Rocks! started here 

Our rocks travel.  They have been found in every state of the United States.

Photo from Google Search

See Northeast Ohio Rocks! in Every State here


We did it again! Northeast Ohio Rocks! in Every State


Northeast Ohio Rocks! third set of rocks in every state


Northeast Ohio Rocks! in all 50 States...Cuatro Baby!

And, several countries around the World. 

Northeast Ohio Rocks! was inspired by Whidbey Island Rocks in Washington State. My son was stationed at Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island.  While he was deployed to Afghanistan, my daughter-in-law joined Whidbey Island Rocks and suggested I start a group here in Ohio. At the time there were two small groups in Ohio. None in Northeast Ohio. Now, there are many. 

The very first community based "rocks" group was started by Aisha Lesh in January 2016. Her group has inspired countless groups. Her group has inspired so many groups that group admins may not even know she was the very first of our kind. 

Northeast Ohio Rocks! has inspired groups too. If your group was inspired by Northeast Ohio Rocks! and you are not included on our list but wish to be included, please let us know. We are happy to know we inspired you and we are happy to give your group a shout out in ours. If you would like help starting a group in your community, please find us on Facebook and contact one of the admins. We are happy to help you. 

Alabama 

Prattville Rocks 





Arizona 

Buckeye Rocks! (Arizona) 

Phoenix Rocks! (Arizona) 





California 

Kernville Rocks! 

Rockin Anaheim (California) 





Connecticut 

Newtown CT Rocks! 





Delaware 

DelaWhere? Rocks! 





Florida 

Central Florida Hope Rocks 

South Florida Rocks 





Georgia 

Rockdale County GA Rocks 

Arabi Rocks 

Southeast Georgia Rocks! 





Hawaii 

Hawaii Rocks 808 





Indiana 

Jackson County Indiana Rocks 

Porter County Indiana Rocks

Northeast Indiana Rocks

Auburn Rocks! 





Illinois 

Chicago Suburbs Rocks 

Manhatten Rocks!!! 

Sullivan Rocks! 






Iowa 

Des Moines Rocks! 

Newton IA Rocks 





Kentucky 

NKY Hidden Rocks 

Painted Rocks in Johnson County Kentucky 

Versailles KY Rocks 

Big Sandy Rocks





Maryland 

Columbia MD Rocks 

Silver Spring MD Rocks! 





Maine 

The County Maine Rocks 






Michigan 

Crystal Clear Rock Club 

Lake Michigan Rocks! 

Northwest Michigan Rocks! 

Southeast Michigan Rocks 

U.P. Rocks! (Upper Peninsula MI) 





Minnesota 

Central Minnesota Rocks! 

Rock On MN! 





Nebraska 

SE Nebraska Rocks 





Nevada 

Las Vegas Rocks

Reno Rocks! 






New Hampshire 

Colebrook NH Rocks 





New Jersey 

Fair Lawn Rocks 

New Jersey Rocks 

Roselle Parks Rocks 

Union County NJ Rocks! 

OB-S Rocks (Old Bridge-Spotwood NJ) 





New Mexico 

Tex New Mex Rocks 





New York

CNY Rocks

Goshen Rocks (New York)

Hudson Valley Rocks (New York)

Palmyra NY Rocks Kindness

Saratoga NY Rocks!

Westchester County Rocks

NYC!!! Rocks





North Carolina

Eastern NC Rocks

Hyde County NC Rocks!

Kindness Rocks Clemmons NC

NC Piedmont Triad Rocks

Wilson Rock Arts!!! 





Oklahoma

Tulsa OK Rocks






Ohio

A Lil' Boulder Ohio Rocks!

Rocks of Kindness Addyston OH

Cinci Rocks started

Central Ohio Rocks

Clark County Ohio Rocks

Columbus Ohio Rock!

Coshocton County Ohio Rocks

Darke County Ohio Rocks

Dayton Ohio Rocks

East Central Ohio Rocks

Fostoria Rocks!

Galia County Rocks

Jackson County Ohio Rocks!

Kindness Rocks of Addyston OH

Knox County Ohio Rocks

Marion Ohio Rocks

Milford Ohio Rocks!

North Central Ohio Rocks

Newcomerstown Ohio Rocks

Northwest Ohio Rocks!

Rocks of Hope

Seneca County Rocks!

South Central Ohio Rocks

Southeast Ohio Rocks

Toledo OH Rocks!

West Central Ohio Rocks






Oregon

SW OR Coast Rocks (Oregon)

Klamath Rocks







Pennsylvania

Beaver County Rocks

Chesco/Delco Rocks

Mercer County PA Rocks

Northwest PA Rocks

Pittsburgh Rocks

Port Allegany Rocks On!

Taylor Rocks Located in Pennsylvania

WPA Rocks

NWPA Rocks

York County PA Rocks






Rhode Island

Rhode Island Rocks







South Carolina

Horry County Rocks (South Carolina)

Lexington County SC Rocks






Tennessee

Dale Hollow Lake TN Rocks 

Sweetwater, TN Painted Bible Verse Rocks

Maryville Rocks 865 

Rocks of Nashville  

Tennessee Rocks




Texas

Hope Rocks Austin





Virginia

Rockingham Rocks VA 





West Virginia

Kanawha WV Rocks

Western WV Rocks

Moundsville Painted Rocks 

Northeastern WV Rocks 

Vermont 

Peace Rocks Vermont





Wisconsin

Rock County Wisconsin Rocks

Wisconsin Rocks!




Other

Rocks of Nashville

Sierra Co Kindness Rocks 

Carolina Rocks





British Columbia

BC Rocks





Chile

Piedras Santiago (Chile)





Germany

Rocks of Germany





South Africa

Hoedspruit Rocks (South Africa)





United Kingdom

Hellesdon Rocks (Norfolk UK)

Tate Morecambe Marshall Arts

PAK Rocks

Stapleford Stones UK

Kindness Rocks of Warwickshire UK

How to Start a Group

1. Check your area. Make sure there are no other groups in your area. You should not invade a group by making another where there already is one. It is just not respectful and will cause confusion in your area. You should support the group in your area. To find a group in your area search Facebook and Google by “city name rocks” or “city name state name/abbreviations rocks” or by  “county name rocks” or “county name state name/abbreviations rocks”.  Some groups are named for popular regions like Whidbey Island Rocks and Northeast Ohio Rocks!

2. Name your group your city your state Rocks or your county your state Rocks.  Example: Anytown Ohio Rocks or Any County Ohio Rocks. Your group should be local.  Do not make a state group. 

3. Add your friends and ask them to add their friends.

4. Paint lots of rocks and hide them. People will come!!

5. Please give Northeast Ohio Rocks! credit for being the inspiration to starting your group as we have given Whidbey Island Rocks. 

Northeast Ohio Rocks! Our First Year

Our First Year has been about learning, stumbling and falling along the way, finding our way and becoming this incredible movement that shares kindness one painted rock at a time. 

We started on July 24, 2016.  So many of those first members are still members who have helped create this group along the way. 

When summer was coming to an end, it was asked what we would do during the winter months. Who knew? We never had been through the winter months. The solution, we would do events. 

Our first event was in October 2016 for Akron Children's Hospital. 300+ Northeast Ohio Rocks! rocks were taken to Akron Children's Hospital to be distributed to the children. Members painted rocks for children who are unable to participate in trick or treat or other Halloween events because they were in the hospital.





Our next event, in November 2016, was our Thank a Vet Event. Members painted baskets full of rocks and the rocks were delivered to the members local VFW and American Legion.





As winter got colder and whiter, many of us began to grow a stock pile for Spring. All those rocks were sent our on their journey during our Kick of Summer Event. 

By February 2016, we had reached 50,000 members, rocks were beginning to be found other places than Northeast Ohio and people were becoming inspired by our group to start their own groups. And, we caught the eye of National Television. We were interviewed by CBS This Morning. The day of the show we added 3,000 members. The week of the show we added 11,000+ members. 

CBS News Hidden Painted Rocks in Ohio Spread Hope and Inspiration


As we are always promised, Spring is soon to follow. As the days got warmer and daylight got longer, we saw a tremendous growth in our group. We started adding 1,000 new members per day.

We held our second "rock drop" as we call them to Akron Children's Hospital.28 Northeast Ohio Rocks! members participated in the Children's Painting Event and created 1073 rocks that were delivered to Akron Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House on March 20, 2017, International Day of Happiness to be distributed to children.







Northeast Ohio Rocks! has been featured on television and in many publications. We are very fortunate to be able to receive this attention so that others may be inspired to share random acts of kindness by painting and hiding rocks. 

Northeast Ohio Rocks! in the News


On April 5, 2017 at just 8 months old we added our 100,000th member. I remember feeling so much excitement by what we had accomplished in such a short amount of time. It was another perfect opportunity to thank those who paved the way for Northeast Ohio Rocks.

Always thank you to Aisha Lesh at Port Angeles Rocks for starting our "rocks" movement. What she has done is amazing. Her group has inspired countless groups who have inspired countless groups who have inspired countless groups. 

And, to our inspiration group, Whidbey Island Rocks! thank you. The Darnell family started Whidbey Island Rocks in June 2016. The group is full or amazing art and camaraderie.

Port Angeles Rocks

Whidbey Island Rocks



As we continued to grow, more and more Northeast Ohio Rocks! were being found across Ohio, the United States and Around the World. 

Northeast Ohio Rocks! Across the United States in all 50 States

More and more groups were being inspired by our group.

Northeast Ohio Rocks! Inspiration Across the Nation


As I said in the beginning, we are learning along the way. At Northeast Ohio Rocks! we want our members to enjoy our group.  We want them to be able to come to a place that inspires and uplifts them so that they are free to share kindness. Our first year has seen a lot of firsts. We implemented a hashtag system that allows painters and finders to look up collections of the rocks they painted and the rocks they found. We've created painting events so that our members feel like a family.  Their Northeast Ohio Rocks! family. We want our group to be just as much about all it's members as it is known for it's accomplishments. 

We've created monthly memorial events for lost loved ones. Our rocks are meant to share kindness. These families paint rocks that inspire the finders to smile.  Their smile is created through our members lost loved ones and their smile lives on. These are amazing rocks. Many of the members paint these rocks for the families. 

We also have a weekly recognition of members who have participated and supported the group acknowledging an Artist of the Week.

We post inspirational quotes from the internet and create some of our own to share with our members. We also have a little fun with Meme Mondays. Each Monday, I create a rock painting meme to share a smile, maybe a giggle. 

There are many different painting events within our group for members to get involved in whether that be our weekly cover photo contest based upon a quirky holiday on the calendar like "National Watermelon Day" or a traditional holiday paintings event.  Group members recently participated in painting birthday rocks to celebrate our birthday.
We are currently working on a rock painting campaign, #share100smiles. A smile it one of the easiest ways to share kindness and easy enough for everyone to paint on a rock. To date, 37 members have painted 100 smiles rocks making this rock painting event our largest. There are several members finishing up their smile rocks. The event continues until July 31st. 





Whatever your age or ability, come create with us and help us share kindness the Northeast Ohio Rocks! way....one painted rock at a time. Together we can make this amazing because Northeast Ohio Rocks! and so do all of you.

Happy 1st Birthday Northeast Ohio Rocks!