Any good deed or random act of kindness can be done, but rarely do they make a big enough splash in communities to create a ripple effect for any kind of prolific, positive change. But a group of children at Sheridan Elementary School in the Williamsport Area School District, led by a small committee of adults, are hoping their act-in-progress will initiate an outreach to others that will continue long after theirs is completed. These students, from kindergarten to fifth grade, are part of the school’s reading club’s “Pay It Forward Through the Sharing of Writing” project that began in September, in which they each are writing and illustrating a 16-page book about a meaningful person in their life. “When you think of the power of what they can do with their words and their works, this’ll put tentacles out into the community,” said Lynne Piotrowski, a Title 1 reading teacher at the school and reading club committee member.