Bullying and Suicide Prevention
Bullying and Suicide Prevention
Look for us in the Dairy Days Parade!
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
Parade starts at 6:45pm.
MAY KINDNESS DAY
Thursday, May 15th, 2018
Theme: MAY WE CELEBRATE OUR TRUE COLORS!
CLASS DISCUSSION:
Close your eyes and imagine what our world would look like if it was all one color. What color would you choose? How long would it take until you got sick of that one color? Would you miss other colors?
Would a rainbow have the same significance? Just like a rainbow that needs contrasting and differing colors to make it beautiful, we need all different types of people to make our world beautiful. There are differences in our hair color, height, how many kids we have in our families, how we learn, our skin color, religion, interests, talents, etc. Wouldn’t it be boring if we each looked exactly the same? People need “DIVERSITY”, just like a rainbow needs color to make it beautiful.
KINDNESS CHALLENGE:
Make someone feel like they belong today.
SUGGESTED BOOKS TO READ:
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Today’s the day! Idaho Gives is here.
Make sure you follow us on Facebook and Instagram @CommunityKindnessMovement to keep up with all the action. You can also share our social media posts for a quick and easy boost to your own social media pages! Your personal networks are going to make a huge difference today.
There are so many ways to spread the word. Text a friend. Post on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #IdahoGives and #TheCKM. Send an email. Oh, and you can also just tell someone in person – that works, too.
We’ll keep you updated on everything going on so you can share any great news with your networks!
JOIN IN – Give the gift of #Kindness!
CLICK HERE – Community Kindness Movement / IDAHO GIVES
TOMORROW is the Big Day! | Idaho Gives
Thank you for your support in spreading the word about our Idaho Gives campaign! These several weeks have been a whirlwind preparing for Idaho Gives, and we sometimes forget to stop and think about what you’ve helped us accomplish. Your support of the Community Kindness Movement has made our ANNUAL KINDNESS PROGRAM possible, and we can never forget that!
Tomorrow will be a big day for us, and we want to share in that success with you. We look forward to even more #KINDNESS we’ll be able to give to more kids in our Idaho Schools after we reach our goal!
Remember, we can’t do this without you. Here are 3 easy things you can do tomorrow:
Thank you again for your support of the Community Kindness Movement – let’s make history tomorrow!
Come visit us at THE VILLAGE in Meridian. We would LOVE to fill our Kindness Board with Kindness T-Shirts Sponsors. We will replace each tab with a sponsorship donation with YOUR NAME ON IT! We will also have a CKM Polaroid Frame to take your sponsorship picture! We will share the pictures on our CKM Instagram and Community Kindness Movement FB Page.
You’re invited to Idaho Gives | May 3rd, 2018
On May 3rd, 2018 the COMMUNITY KINDNESS MOVEMENT is joining a STATEWIDE giving movement: Idaho Gives!
During this 24-hour giving event, the CKM is raising funds to support/to grow our
Kindness Begins with Me Annual School Kindness Program.
The CKM is fundraising to provide Kindness T-Shirt Grants to go along with our Kindness Program.
Get ready to give back!
On May 3rd, starting at 12AM on May 3, visit our
#IdahoGives CKM SPONSORSHIP PAGE
You will have 24 hours to make your donation, and all giving will end at 11:59PM on May 3.
HAPPY APRIL KINDNESS DAY
We would like to announce that by popular demand and vote, our 2018 Kindness T-Shirt Design will continue to carry on the same Idaho design from 2017 for one more year. For 2018, we were given recommendations to take off the heart to make the design less feminine and more appealing to both genders. Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to the 2018-19 school year!
We hope you all find yourself Blooming with Kindness this month!
APPLY NOW FOR NEXT YEAR!
If your school or classroom would like to participate in our Annual Kindness Program and fund Kindness T-Shirts for next year, please let us know by filling out our online application by May 31st, 2018 – CLICK HERE. The CKM can help provide you with tools to fundraise. We have a CKM Fundraising Flyer you can send out to parents and businesses through email and through your school newsletter. The CKM is willing to provide you a fundraising link that we can add to our website, your social media, and your school website. Or you can choose to collect your own funds. Schools can choose to fundraise as an entire student body or teachers can choose to fundraise for their own classrooms.
CKM SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP PAGE
https://www.communitykindnessmovement.com/sponsor-your-school/
HAPPY KINDNESS DAY TOMORROW
Thursday, April 19th, 2018
Theme: We are BLOOMING with KINDNESS
EARTH DAY: Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 SCHOOL OBSERVANCE: April 23, 2018
REMIND YOUR STUDENTS TO WEAR THEIR YELLOW KINDNESS T-SHIRTS TOMORROW
April’s theme is all about understanding the relationship of being kind to ourselves, to others, and to also extend a contribution to our surroundings and Mother Earth. By taking responsibility of our environment, we are showing KINDNESS to the Earth. KINDNESS toward nature is KINDNESS to ourselves and others as we protect the earth.
This is a great time of year where students are taking field trips. Take advantage of having the discussion of noticing the beauty around them and taking care of the environment that they will be visiting. TIP: It’s also a great time to dress your classroom in their Kindness T-Shirts to keep them safe and to keep track of them.
SCHOOL KINDNESS DISCUSSION
Showing kindness to other people is very important, but another part of being kind is also showing kindness
to our surroundings, specifically our earth. Help the kids establish an understanding of their environment and their responsibility for taking care of it. First establish what personal space is. Have the kids stand by their desk/tables and show where their space is. Talk about who should clean it. Ask them what space they share with others. Who cleans that space (restrooms, playgrounds, grocery store, churches, etc.)? Help the children to understand that we all have stewardship over our personal space and places we are responsible for. We all share the same environment and therefore all need to take care of it and keep it clean. Ask the children of ways they think they can help take care of the earth.
• Recycling (the 3 R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, see video below).
• Do not littler and pick it up when you see it
• Walk, bike or bus to work and school
• Turn off lights and electronics when not in use
• Use reusable water bottles and food containers
• Visit local Farmer’s Markets
• Plant trees and plants
• Use reusable shopping bags
• Be kind to animals
We show the earth kindness by doing these things. Explain that we start where we can and we take
excellent care of the spaces that are ours.
Happy #DoTheRight Day
The CKM would like to announce that Mayor Tammy of Meridian, Idaho will be proclaiming a Community Kindness Week for Meridian, in September of 2018!
We are excited for the entire Meridian Community to be celebrating kindness with us.
In the spirit of #DoTheRight Day today, the CKM would like to invite the Community to help sponsor Meridian students and faculty with Kindness T-Shirts. The Kindness T-Shirt will be distributed and worn during the Meridian Community Kindness Week and encouraged to be worn throughout the school year each Thursday. The CKM will provide each school participating with our Annual Kindness/Bullying Prevention School Program this next year.
Why sponsor Kindness T-Shirts? Watch this video!
HAPPY February Kindness Day
Thursday, February, 15th, 2018
THEME: We {heart} Kindness!
Love is Born Through the Giving of Kindness
LOVE and KINDNESS is what the month of February is all about. We hope you will continue to encourage your students to do the our Random Acts of Kindness Challenge Calendar:
Tomorrow is BE EXTRA KIND TO YOUR TEACHER…:)
Here is a fun activity you can do with your students.
In our Kindness Begins with Me Planning Booklet, we have many ideas to help you plan each of your monthly Kindness Day activities. For the month of February, we wanted to share two of our activities that you could also do tomorrow or use for a Kindness discussion:
REPAIRING A HEART
HEALTH BENEFITS OF KINDNESS
(Discussion goes along with CKM Video in the Media Suggestions)
Community Kindness Movement – 6 Scientific Reason Why Kindness is GOOD FOR YOU!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20r2pTq3Iv8&t=2s
Kindness gives us healthier hearts. Acts of kindness are often accompanied by emotional warmth. Emotional
warmth produces the hormone oxytocin in the brain and throughout the body. Of much recent interest is its significant role
in the cardiovascular system. Oxytocin causes the release of a chemical called nitric oxide in blood vessels, which dilates (expands) the blood vessels. This reduces blood pressure, and therefore oxytocin is known as a “cardio-protective” hormone because it protects the heart (by lowering blood pressure). The key is that acts kindness can produce oxytocin, and therefore kindness can be said to be cardio-protective.
How can kindness improve your health? Volunteering results in more health benefits
than exercising or quitting smoking. “Helping a neighbor, volunteering, or donating goods and services results in a helper’s high.” —Stephen Post, Author,“The Hidden Gifts of Helping”.
People who volunteer live a longer more satisfied life.“People who volunteer tend to
experience fewer aches and pains. Giving help to others protects overall health twice
as much as aspirin protects against heart disease. People 55 and older w ho volunteer
for two or more organizations have an impressive 44% lower likelihood of dying, and
that’s after sifting out every other contributing factor, including physical health, exercise, gender, habits like smoking, marital status and many more. This is a stronger effect than exercising four times a week or going to church.” — Christine
Carter, Author“ Raising Happiness; In Pursuit of Joyful Kids and Happier Parents”.
Here is a fun video collage from January’s Kindness Day. Students made Kindness Posters to hang up in their school for their Kindness Week. The posters act as a visual tool in reminding students to do kind things and to encourage putting smiles on other students faces…:) Great job!