SULLIVAN COUNTY — Painted rocks are being found across Sullivan County and it's all because of a Facebook group called “Sullivan County Rocks.”

While on a family vacation in Binghamton, Christina Buckler's daughter found a painted rainbow rock while playing with her cousin at the playground.

Buckler's sister-in-law directed her to a local Facebook group in her area and after doing some research, saw that painted rocks was becoming a ‘thing' across the nation.

After coming home and doing some research to see if Sullivan County had anything like the group she saw in Binghamton, unfortunately there wasn't. After seeing all the positive feedback and how excited her daughter was to find the rock, “I thought this was exactly the kind of activity that Sullivan County, NY needed,” Buckler said.

This past Memorial Day, she started Sullivan County Rocks with a little over 30 rocks painted by herself, her mother and daughter. The group started with roughly 100 family and friends and has exploded to over 4,000 members in a short while.

Several different libraries and groups have already gotten together to have painting parties inspired by this Facebook group and the members afterwards will post photos of their families and friends gathering to paint rocks.

“Seeing these photos makes me so happy that I started the group. People are complimenting each other with kind words and some members are actually painting rocks for others based on what parents of children have said their children like. It's beautiful to see people getting along so well,” added Buckler.

One of the most heartfelt moments from the group was a rock painted by a motorcycle group called the “Sons of Sullivan.” Soon after they posted a picture of the rock, a member of their group, Clorisa Hopkins, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident over the summer.

Members of the Facebook group thus began trying to track down the rock because Hopkins really loved the rock and the family wanted to place it by her grave site.

“The post asking to find the rock was shared 260 times and unfortunately the rock was never found but it showed amazing community spirit and unity,” added Buckler. “Everyone was on the lookout for that rock. It was heartwarming.”