Bullying and Suicide Prevention
Bullying and Suicide Prevention
Happy December Kindness Day! In the spirit of giving and bringing HOPE and JOY to others, The Community Kindness Movement is excited to announce that they were selected to receive a generous grant award of $3,000, from the Children’s Charities of Idaho Fund, the Miles and Virginia Willard Fund, the Unrestricted Eastern Region Fund, and the grant has been approved and funded by the Idaho Community Foundation. The grant will support the Community Kindness Movement effort in funding schools that have applied for our program through our CKM website. The Idaho Community Foundation grant and other local businesses have made it possible to support 1,122 more students with our “Kindness Begins With Me Program”. The grant funds will purchase yellow Kindness T-Shirts for the students to wear during Kindness Week, throughout the school year on Thursdays, and each monthly Kindness Day.
LAKE RIDGE ELEMENTARY KINDNESS ASSEMBLY
Melissa Nelson, the CKM President commented, “we are very appreciative that the Idaho Community Foundation selected to support the Community Kindness Movement. We are excited to officially announce the schools that will be receiving the grant assistance, Hillsdale Elementary and Park Ridge Elementary. Both schools are excited about empowering a foundation of kindness in their entire student body and faculty with the help of our annual Bullying Prevention/Kindness Program. The Community Kindness Movement will be celebrating a Kindness Week in the first of next year, January 23rd-27th. We invite all schools to join us!
PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY
Shiloh Kenya, Park Ridge PTA President added, “Park Ridge Elementary PTA originally heard about the Community Kindness Movement last spring at the State PTA convention. We were very impressed with the Founder of the CKM, Melissa Nelson when she shared her personal story and how the CKM evolved. We decided as a PTA, that it was a program that we would love to implement in our school. We are planning on working with our school counselor and the CKM team to build a foundation of kindness in our school. We want to thank our contributing sponsors: Idaho Community Foundation, House of Design, Carlie Seamons Real Estate, Kenyon Enterprises, Park Ridge School, Park Ridge Elementary PTA, and the CKM for making this possible for Park Ridge Elementary.
HILLSDALE ELEMENTARY
Principal Bair and School Counselor, Mrs. Elder, at Hillsdale Elementary, expressed their appreciation for the Community Kindness Movement in selecting their school for the Idaho Community Foundation grant. They are excited about celebrating their second Kindness Week for the 2016-2017 school year, in January. The yellow Kindness T-Shirts will contribute an important learning visual tool and helpful reminder to the Hillsdale students and faculty. Hillsdale Elementary looks forward to the CKM partnership and shared vision of enriching the lives of their students.
About ICF:
The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization whose goal is to have a permanent endowment of charitable dollars that will serve Idaho forever. ICD manages charitable funds on behalf of organizations, families, individuals and businesses. A gift of any size to an ICF fund helps increase the size and number of grants and scholarships awarded to local nonprofits and students.
About the CKM:
The Community Kindness Movement provides an Annual Bullying Prevention Program and provided an implementation for schools through the State of Idaho. The CKM has been a partner with the Idaho PTA Organization and others to encourage community, business owners, and parents to get involved in the building a safer learning environment for our children. For more information about the Community Kindness Movement, please visit www.CommunityKindnessMovement.com or email at CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com.