The Kindness Project was at the Tolland PTO Night of Giving. I had the students working on posters that depicted the 26 acts of Kindness. We'll be hanging them around Birch Grove and TIS soon. Hopefully the posters will be a good reminder for the students to think of others.
While I was there, I got to talk to one of the Reminders reporters. Martha was very nice to include a little information about our project. Here it is on the web (with a picture of me!): http://www.remindernews.com/node/7/&town=vernon&url=VERN-2009-12-01-14-Ar01400
If you read the Reminder article and are interested in helping out with the Kindness Project, please leave a comment or email me at kadams@tolland.k12.ct.us . Thanks!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
100 Wishes Quilt
During Children's Day (a PTO run event at our school) I sponsored a table to help make 100 wishes quilts. Families adopting children from China often follow a Chinese tradition in collecting quilt squares and wishes for the child. I found four families in the process of adopting children and we wrote wishes for them!
Each child who came to my table picked out a fabric and wrote a note to the families. I asked the students (and some adults) to write what they would wish for someone to have in their lives... many wrote about things that they loved, like music, dance, or friends. We finished 60 cards -- 15 for each family.
I have heard back from some of the adoptive families and they loved all the wishes. Here is one of the families websites: http://waitingforxiaohai.blogspot.com/
Here are some pictures of the cards we collected...
Each child who came to my table picked out a fabric and wrote a note to the families. I asked the students (and some adults) to write what they would wish for someone to have in their lives... many wrote about things that they loved, like music, dance, or friends. We finished 60 cards -- 15 for each family.
I have heard back from some of the adoptive families and they loved all the wishes. Here is one of the families websites: http://waitingforxiaohai.blogspot.com/
Here are some pictures of the cards we collected...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Official Results!
The Kindness Project was a success!
We had 1,700 acts of kindness submitted at school and on the website.
The students colored 650 drawings to send to the Color A Smile organization.
And...
We raised $800 to donate to Make-A-Wish!
Thanks to all who participated. I'm already planning my next Project... and if you hear of any charitable causes that might work for an elementary school, please let me know! And feel free to keep posting acts of kindness here on my website!
We had 1,700 acts of kindness submitted at school and on the website.
The students colored 650 drawings to send to the Color A Smile organization.
And...
We raised $800 to donate to Make-A-Wish!
Thanks to all who participated. I'm already planning my next Project... and if you hear of any charitable causes that might work for an elementary school, please let me know! And feel free to keep posting acts of kindness here on my website!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Leave your Kindness Posts here!
If you're here to report your act of kindness, then just go to the "Comment" section right under this post. Please leave the following information:
1. Your act of kindness
2. Your name, age (optional) and location.
If you are participating in the WDW Radio Kindness Project Challenge, please include "WDW Radio" after listing your location.
Thank you!
If you'd like to know more about our project, scroll down to the "Welcome" post...
1. Your act of kindness
2. Your name, age (optional) and location.
If you are participating in the WDW Radio Kindness Project Challenge, please include "WDW Radio" after listing your location.
Thank you!
If you'd like to know more about our project, scroll down to the "Welcome" post...
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