For many of us here at Think Kindness we treasure our summer for the amazing adventures, it brings. Several of us can’t wait until we receive news that not only Tioga Pass opens its summer gates, but also when the Tuolumne Meadows campground has space. (we’ve been lucky getting in each year). Every time I visit Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite, …
2 Teacher Kindness Ideas
Kindness Name Pencils This is a great idea to let your student know that you truly care about them. Yes, it is time consuming, but will be sure to create smiles. If you don’t have time to do this yourselves, this can easily be turned into a classroom project where students make them for one another. Kindness Shout Outs Ask …
Bucket of Kindness – Teacher Kindness
Many schools have taken part in the ‘Bucket Filling’ school campaign. The goal of which is to encourage people to use actions or words that show that you care about someone. Saying or doing something kind. Giving someone a heartfelt smile. Using names with respect. Helping without being asked. Giving sincere compliments. Showing respect to others. Your bucket will be …
One Kind Cookie Girl Scout Campaign
The brainstorming session started over a simple cup of coffee with Amber Whilhem, the marketing communications director with the Girl Scouts of Northern Nevada. She brought an envelope with a clipping of a blog posted a couple years ago about someone who would give away Girl Scout cookies as an act of Kindness. She asked if Think Kindness could do …
If Only I Had Wings
If I had wings I would fly all of these children to loving families. Ones that will treat them to Ice Cream Sunday’s, fun filled holidays, water fights, hot chocolate, grandparents, board games, and a loving family pet. . . If only I had the wings. The sun had already set down below the mountains and the stars started to …
Elementary Kindness Assembly Recap
The students of Roy Gomm Elementary School begin filing in to the multipurpose room; hopping, skipping and bouncing with wide eyes and energetic chuckles. The bright tangerine, Big Bird yellow, and key lime green walls slowly begin to reverberate the roar of children’s laughter as a crowd of cross-legged kids forms on the ground in a sea of red and …
Sochi 2014: Olympians That Give Back
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 …
Meet Josephine Kulea – A Living Hero
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. We hear about the times when women were denied the right to vote in the United States. When blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains and bathrooms. Times so rough that civil war broke out on our soil and accounted for more U.S. …
Kenya ’14 – Let The Trip Begin
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. ~Antoine de Saint For the past 6 years I have traveled across the globe and lived among children who have opened my eyes to a world I have never witnessed. In the heart of Kenya there is an immense amount …
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 …