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 …
Meet Our New Speaker: Gary Xavier
When we started martial arts, we were tiny. Our foreheads would heads would barely reach our instructors belt knot. But as all of us little ninja’s scurried the dojo running with our kicks, punches, screams, and tripping over our oversized belts, we were corralled in by our martial arts instructor, Tom Callos. We we were trained that at any moment …
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 …
A Teenagers Reaction To Kenya
Each year we bring students, teachers, and volunteers with us to carry out our Global Act of Kindness. In 2011, Alex Lee and I were introduced during a large Think Kindness campaign and school tour in the Milwaukee area. That year he made the commitment to join us, step outside his ‘box’, and truly roll-up his sleeves to impact lives …
Grocery Store Kindness
One of the great things about my job is that I get to hear amazing stories of indiscriminate acts of Kindness. Today was a day that I received the below email – this made my day, so I thought I would share with all of you. ~ Brian Email Subject: A Witnessed Act of Kindness Dear Brian, From time to …