More than 700 teachers, parents and students are expected to turn out for the sixth annual Random Acts of Kindness walk and Bermuda's biggest book fair.

Warwick Academy students have been working hard to collect pledges and books for Sunday's big event.

The money raised from this years walk will help to purchase each student at Warwick and Southampton pre-schools a book and also help to pay the medical expenses of a sick Bermudian boy.

Two-year-old Midhi Brock suffers from kyphoscoliosis, a rare life threatening birth defect which causes painful curvature of the spine.

His family has taken him to the best doctors in Boston, but they see no point to surgery.

His parents have now decided to seek alternative methods to help their son.

Midhi is seeing some improvement with the use of acupuncture, Qigong energy work and Tiu Na massage therapy, but the families insurance will not cover these treatments.

Warwick Academy students have decided to take up the little boy's cause. Midhi and his father Marvin Brock will be flying in tomorrow from Boston, to take part in the Random Acts of Kindness walk.

Warwick Academy secondary students will be begin the walk from the small park opposite the Port Royal Esso Gas Station in Southampton.

From there they will walk to Southampton pre-school and after a short break will pick up the railway trail and walk to Warwick pre-school where they will meet up with their Primary student counterparts.

Then the caravan of people will continue onto Warwick Academy for a picnic lunch and Bermuda's biggest book fair.

The Bookmart, The Children's Bookshop and True Reflections have joined with parents, teachers and students to donate books for the sale.

"It's sort of the big brother school giving back to the smaller school,'' said walk organiser Steven Tompson.

With the recent push toward literacy it is hoped that enough money will be raised to purchase each student at Warwick and Southampton pre-school an age appropriate book.

A walk spokesperson said: "Culturally Bermudians have always been generous in their support of charity.

"But in today's fast paced, profit-oriented society that emphasis in philanthropy has faded into the background.'' The reason for Warwick Academy's Random Acts of Kindness is to bring the idea of doing good for others into the forefront again.

Students who have participated in Random Acts of Kindness for over the last five years are enthusiastic about and committed to the helping their community.

"They understand what it feels like to help less fortunate people,'' said Warwick Academy teachers Disa Manders. "We hope that their enthusiasm for this type of thing will stay with them in their adult life.''