Did you come across a brightly painted rock in a Romeoville park this summer? If so, you saw the handy work of Romeoville Rocks. Megan Deliberto, who started up the Romeoville Rocks Facebook page, describes the idea as, “Really simple. Just find and paint rocks.” After painting the rocks, head to a local park and hide them for people to find. The only rule is rocks can never be hidden in the grass. “It’s dangerous for the landscaping crews,” Megan warns. “The rocks have to be in the parks or in landscaping that lawn mowers don’t go near.” So what happens next? “If you find a rock, you either keep it or hide it for somebody else. It’s just a really simple to make kids smile,” says Megan, who is quick to add that while she believes the project is mainly for kids, “I like painting rocks too. My cousin comes over all the time to paint rocks with us and she’s a grown adult. We both love it.”
So where did this idea come from? Details on the overarching Kindness Rocks Project can be found at thekindnessrocksproject.com, but how did the idea migrate to Romeoville? “My cousin told me about the Kindness Rocks Project and the super active group they have in Lombard,” explains Megan. After painting, hiding, and finding rocks in Lombard, Megan’s son fell in love. “All they had in our area was Will County Rocks, so we started the Romeoville one.”