The 2014 Winter Olympics are full of athletes on a mission. Not only to win the gold, but to actively work to make the world a more kind, happier, and healthier place. Think Kindness is happy to highlight Olympic athletes who are spreading kindness through their charitable efforts. 1. Hannah Teter Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder who placed fourth …
The Power of Kindness
The shooting at Sparks Middle School last month shook all of us to our core. School shootings in themselves are terrifying, but having one happen so close to home really made me stop and acknowledge that this is the reality in which our children are growing up. It seems that most people start touting gun control as soon as the …
Girl Rising: 5 Reasons
It does not take the highest IQ in the world to figure out that a woman on a mission is unstoppable. While watching the documentary, Girl Rising, that idea became more and more clear. Women are strong beings and can withstand much; oppression, mistreatment, and obstacles. We know this because in many countries around the globe woman are standing firm …
Schools Battle To Win Local Shoe Drive
As adults, it is rather easy to forget the power of a focused teenager, or better yet, a group of focused teenagers. Recently, Think Kindness decided to set a big audacious goal of collecting 20,000 pairs of shoes in the Reno/Tahoe area by June 2013. When we say ‘Big’ goal, it wasn’t just the number that was the hard part, …
Community Investment, Martial Artist Style
Most of us agree that tomorrow’s hopes hinge on this generation’s children and youth. Since kids spend so much time in school, these institutions play a pivotal role in nurturing an intelligent and informed population, fostering positive social skills, and encouraging healthy habits for daily living. That’s a lot for teachers and staff to accomplish during the course of a …
Jack’s Kindness Awareness Project
The goal of this project was to create “What does kindness look like?” posters in a Kindergarten class with the students. Jack, 6 years old, decided to display these posters in the public library/school library around books about kindness. He then had the community vote on their favorite poster and 2 winners receive a gift card to then give someone …
TEDx: The Ripple of Kindness
The story of how Think Kindness came about is to say the least, rather unique. It all started from a challenge from his martial arts instructor Tom Callos. “What would 1,000,000 acts of Kindness look like?” To this, Brian took the challenge and has now set out in a mission to inspire over 1,000,000 random acts of Kindness and document …