February Kindness Day – Tomorrow! Thursday, Feb 21st, 2019

February Kindness Day – Tomorrow! Thursday, Feb 21st, 2019

FEBRUARY KINDNESS DAY

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

Remember to wear and dress your kids in your yellow or black Kindness Shirt!

COMING SOON! Watch for our posting on our social sites reminding your school to fill out our 2019-20 application to join us next year. We will be celebrating our for our 2019 Community Kindness Week, the third week in September.

Love and kindness bless the giver and receiver, and there’s no better way to express that love, than showing it! Demonstrating kindness strengthens bonds of love, and a simple pat on the back or hug can have a lasting impact.

Welcome Silver Sage Elementary

Silver Sage Elementary is our newest school to join the CKM. We helped launch their Kindness Week in January. We want to thank the Silver Sage PTO for raising all of their funds to purchase their entire faculty and student body our CKM Kindness shirts. 

Continue to share your Kindness pictures with us!

March Kindness Day – Thursday, March 15th, 2018

March Kindness Day – Thursday, March 15th, 2018

MARCH KINDNESS DAY

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

THEME: Build an Attitude of Gratitude

 

A thankful heart keeps us thinking positive, looking for the good in others, and wards off feelings of fear and injustice. Focusing on the things we are grateful for, both extrinsic and intrinsic, will help children realize how LUCKY (blessed) they are. It may also motivate them to look for ways to help others who are in need of their kindness.

 

How does gratitude influence our personal lives?

Gratitude is proven to make people happier, less anxious, and more energized. Maybe because grateful people are more forgiving, confident, and charitable.

 

 

 

KINDNESS MONTHLY CHALLENGE

 

ONE MINUTE

GRATITUDE JOURNAL

AT THE END OF EACH DAY OF THE SCHOOL DAY

or WORK DAY THIS MONTH, TAKE ONE MINUTE A DAY

TO WRITE DOWN SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR.

 

 

 

 

ACCESS OUR KINDNESS BEGINS WITH ME PROGRAM ONLINE

There are so many GREAT Kindness Activities for this month of March in our Kindness Begin with Me Curriculum. All schools that fund Kindness T-Shirts for their students are given a password to log into our curriculum page. The program is included in the cost of the Kindness T-Shirts. For more information, contact us at CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com

 

 

ENROLL FOR NEXT YEAR

It’s that time of year to think about participation in our Annual Kindness Program for the 2018-19 school year and fundraising for your Kindness T-Shirts. We will be uploading NEW 2018 Kindness T-Shirt Fundraising Letter soon to our website. We ask that you go to our website www.TheCKM.org, click on the APPLY NOW tab, and fill out the form if your school is planning to join us. Soon, we will also be sending out fundraising ideas that have worked for other schools.

https://www.communitykindnessmovement.com/apply-now/

 

 

TERRY FREDERICKSON  

NEW CKM BOARD MEMBER

The AMAZING Terry Frederickson, whom has served as our CKM Vice President for the past three years, we now be serving as a Board of Director. Terry is a HUGE reason why the CKM is a Non-Profit today. We appreciate all that he has done for the CKM and continues you to do. Terry is the owner of New Day Products and Resources, whom prints our Kindness T-shirts and we could not do all this without them. 

 

 

 

 

JODI ST-MARTIN

NEWEST CKM

VICE PRESIDENT

The CKM would like to give a warm welcome to our newest Vice President, Jodi St-Martin. Jodi will be leading our Community Relations. Jodi works for the City of Meridian, as their Community Relations Specialist, which is a great asset to the CKM.

 

“An attitude of gratitude means making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of your life, on a regular basis, for both the big and small things alike.”

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February: RAK Month Calendar Challenge

February: RAK Month Calendar Challenge

CKM FEBRUARY KINDNESS DAY: February 15th, 2018
MONTHLY THEME: We {heart} Kindness!
Love is Born Through the Giving of Kindness

 

KINDNESS RAK WEEK: February 11-17, 2018
You’re invited to join in RAK week-long celebration of kindness at http://www.RandomActsofKindness.org.

 

Love is like a seed of kindness. When taken care of properly, the love can grow into a plant, flower, or fruit. Kindness blooms as we continue to show our love for everyone around us.”

 

Encourage your students to participate in our CKM FEBRUARY RAK CALENDAR!

 

 

Happy December Kindness Day – Tomorrow, Thursday, December 21st, 2017!

Happy December Kindness Day – Tomorrow, Thursday, December 21st, 2017!

Happy Holidays from the CKM

Kindness Day: December 21st, 2017

Kindness Theme: “Kindness is Always in Season”  – Secret Service Month

 

What a wonderful time of year to perform Secret Service to others! This holiday season is all about coming together, showing loved ones how much we care, making memories to be treasured for years to come, and giving the most precious gift – the gift of ourselves. We would like to share a few videos to help transcend this message of KINDNESS and LOVE.  We hope you joined in the our CKM Secret Service Activity or your school planned their own Secret Service Project.

Wishing you wonderful Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

 

https://youtu.be/iccscUFY860

Happy May KINDNESS DAY! New 2017 Kindness T-Shirt Design

Happy May KINDNESS DAY! New 2017 Kindness T-Shirt Design

Happy MAY KINDNESS DAY Everyone!

We are excited to present our NEW 2017 Kindness T-Shirt Design! We appreciate all the students that submitted design entries and want to extend an invite to all those participants to act in a role in our next Kindness Video. We will send out more information soon.

Our CKM Committee has been working hard to plan the 2017-18 Kindness Program for next year. We have it available now on our website. Please click on the link below. We highly recommend your school printing these out as booklets for each of your teachers. The Kindness Day Lesson Plans will be a tremendous help in planning the Kindness Theme for the month and each month’s Kindness Day.

https://www.communitykindnessmovement.com/ckm-2017-18-kindness-program/

More announcements and information will be coming soon!

 

April Kindness Day – Thursday April 20th, 2017

April Kindness Day – Thursday April 20th, 2017

April Kindness Day is Thursday, April 20th, 2017

April Kindness Theme: Be Kind to Yourself, Be Kind to Others, Be Kind to the Earth!

March taught gratitude. April continues to spring forth  Attitude of Gratitude towards ourselves, others, and our beautiful communities throughout the State of Idaho.

The first Earth Day was held on, April 22, 1970, and today it is celebrated in over 193 countries each year.  Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017. April is a perfect month to teach our children the importance in conserving and beautifying our communities in which we live in.

Does your school currently have a recycling or conserving program that your students can contribute to strengthening this month? If so, perfect! If not, we highly recommend coming up with one that will help teach students the importance in giving back to the environment.

There are MANY great EARTH DAY VIDEO available on Youtube. We suggest finding one that is age appropriate for your classroom. We recommend showing them a video and introducing the Kindness Day Theme the first 10 minutes of class on Kindness Day. We highly recommend coming up with a CONSERVING CHALLENGE for the day or a plan for your classroom to conserve for the entire month of April.

 

Your School Librarian and/or Teachers can choose to read books during story time that relate to “Being Kind to the Earth”.

 

February Kindness Day is next Thursday, Feb. 16th!

February Kindness Day is next Thursday, Feb. 16th!

We {heart} Kindness!

Next Thursday, February 16th is KINDNESS DAY!
The CKM wants to help make your Kindness Day a success! We hope that you find our monthly Kindness Themes helpful.  Your school is welcome to use our ideas with each theme or your welcome to come up with your own! REMEMBER to remind your students the Wednesday before, to wear their Yellow KINDNESS T-SHIRTS!

 

ORDER Kindness T-Shirts HERE

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PLANNING FOR 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR

The CKM will soon be planning for the next 2017-2018 school year. We are looking for NEW CKM Committee Members that are interested in joining us plan monthly kindness themes, help in fundraising, applying for grants,  and help with September 2017 Kindness Week. If interested contact Melissa at CommunityKindessMovement@gmail.com

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CKM BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPOTLIGHT

We would like to introduce our 2017 Board of Directors. First up, Tim Roth, our Board of Directors Treasurer. Tim resides in Pocatello, Idaho and is happily married to Kate Roth, a Nurse Practitioner at Bingham Memorial Family Medicine. They have three children that keep them busy. Tim was part of the ISU Accounting Class last year, that took on the project to file and turn the CKM into a Non-Profit Corporation.  Tim is currently a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) student at Idaho State University. Tim recently graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from ISU as well.  He works as a Graduate Assistant at Bengal Solutions and enjoy skiing, softball, fly fishing, and anything outdoors. We are happy to have him on board the KINDNESS MOVEMENT!

 

February would be a great month to share our “6 Scientific Reasons Why KINDNESS Is Good For YOU!”

https://youtu.be/20r2pTq3Iv8

 

For  HILLSDALE and PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY

Show your students last month’s KINDNESS WEEK VIDEO!

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December Kindness Theme and 2016 Kindness Week Video

December Kindness Theme and 2016 Kindness Week Video

Happy Holidays! 

December Kindness Theme: GIVING HOPE AND JOY TO OTHERS

What a great time of year to share our CKM Kindness Week 2016 Video! It’s amazing seeing all these children given the Gift of Kindness from so many caring sponsors, grantors, schools, and parents – THANK YOU!  We invite all participating schools to share the Kindness Week Video with your students on this December’s Kindness Day, December 15th, 2016. Your students will enjoy watching how KINDNESS has inspired your school, other schools in the community, and schools throughout the State of Idaho.

 

SCHOOL KINDNESS SPOTLIGHT – Liberty Elementary – Boise, Idaho

2016-12-05-2We would like to thank the Liberty Elementary PTA for funding Liberty Elementary in Boise, with our Kindness Begins With Me Program. We were
excited to have them participate this year and enjoyed visiting their school and launching their Kindness Week. Thank you for sharing this great picture of your students celebrating Kindness Day last month. We also noticed a great picture on their school website https://liberty.boiseschools.org/  of their students in their Kindness T-Shirts.

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DECEMBER KINDNESS THEME FLYER & ACTIVITY

We would love to hear about your school’s kind acts for this holiday season. We will continue to spotlight school’s each month in our Monthly Newsletters. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! On December 15th (Kindness Day), we will be announcing some wonderful news that fits with our December Kindness Theme, stay tuned!

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NOVEMBER KINDNESS DAY is TOMORROW (Nov. 17th)!

NOVEMBER KINDNESS DAY is TOMORROW (Nov. 17th)!

November Kindness Day

TOMORROW – Thursday, November 17th, 2016

Theme: “Give those special people in your life a PAT ON THE BACK”.

Let those special people know how THANKFUL you are to have them in your life.

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I apologize for the November Kindness Newsletter delay. My family and I have been busy relocating to Boise this last month. We arrived last weekend and are finally getting settled in.  I want to personally thank everyone in our Pocatello/Chubbuck Community that helped the CKM make all this possible for so many schools and students. I will forever be grateful for your kindness. My hope is that each school that was funded Kindness T-shirts and given our Kindness Begins with Me Program, will continue to join us and make it their own.

The CKM desires to continue to help implement our program in more schools throughout the State of Idaho.

We have a WONDERFUL ANNOUNCEMENT coming very soon!

I am thankful for so many wonderful individuals who influence and teach our children every day.  Your KINDNESS and POSITIVE EXAMPLE makes a huge difference in the lives of each one of our kids. Please encourage all your students to wear their Kindness T-Shirts tomorrow and to encourage them to reach out to those special people in their life and tell them why they are THANKFUL for them. Enjoy another wonderful day in spreading KINDNESS!

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NOVEMBER KINDNESS DAY ACTIVITY

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Kindness Begins With Me Program Planning 2016-17

Next school year is slowly creeping up on us and we find that it’s time to start planning for the KINDNESS BEGINS WITH ME PROGRAM in your schools. Let’s get started! We hope that all the schools that were wanting to participate this year, have filled out the application on our website. If you have not filled out the application, please do so HERE!

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NEW 2016-17 THEME AND DESIGN:

We are excited to introduce the 2016-2017 Kindness Theme this year. We loved last year’s Tidal Wave Theme and believe that we experienced a Kindness Tidal Wave here in Pocatello and Chubbuck last year.  The new theme for 2016-17 School Year is: “Kindness Comes Around FULL Circle!”. The theme ties into the 2016 Kindness T-Shirt design.

SPONSORS:

We want to thank all our continuing sponsors and new sponsors. If our are a new sponsor and we have not received your logo, please send it to CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com. If we are still awaiting your business’s sponsorship donation, the deadline is August 20th. We greatly appreciate all of our sponsors. We know that your support makes this all possible for our kids. We would also like to thank the Idaho PTA for their continued support and partnership.

NON-PROFIT STATUS

We have established our own CKM Non-Profit Corporation status. A BIG Thank You to Dave Bagley and his ISU Students.

WELCOME

We would like to welcome the new schools that are joining us this year and welcome back schools who joined us last year. We have updated most of our current school resource pages on our website. We hope you find it helpful in planning the Kindness Begins With Me Program. Please feel free to contact Melissa at CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com, if you have  questions or need further guidance. We are here to help!

SCHOOL PLANNING RESOURCES FOR 2016-2017

  • Kindness Week and Kindness Day Dates – Click Here
  • Fundraising Packets – Click Here
  • Basic CKM Instructions – Click Here
  • Kindness T-Shirt Order Forms – Click Here
    • Teacher-Order-FormOrder forms need to be distributed to every teacher in your school, the first week of school. T-Shirt Order deadline is September 1st.  We recommend each teacher filling out a teacher order form for their pwn classroom. We then recommend making a Master School Order Form to send into the CKM. Hold onto the Teacher Order Forms for distribution purposes when your school’s Kindness T-Shirts arrive. Distributing them by classroom before actual Kindness Day is highly recommended. Please remember to send us an email with your schools name and the sponsorship logos that need to be on the back of your school’s Kindness T-Shirts.
    • We have also have available a Kindness T-Shirt Order Forms to help you with parent and school fundraising.
    • For schools that are joining us after Kindness Week, feel free to submit your orders when you are ready to start the program.
  • Kindness Week Parent Introductory Letter – Click Here
    To help introduce the Kindness Begins with Me Program, we send out a Parent Letter to help explain what Kindness Week will include and what the Acts of Kindness themes are for each day. Have fun with this, parents are encouraged to join in. Kindness T-Shirts are available to order on our website if parents would like join your school in wearing them on Thursdays.
  • Kindness Week Daily Themes – “Acts of Kindness Calendar” – Click Here
    • It’s important to print this calendar out for each classroom and to post around your school. We highly recomActs-of-Kindness-Week-2016-17mend dedicating a school bulletin board to help remind the students of the theme each day. Each morning have the teachers discuss the Act of Kindness that day and give examples of ways that the students can perform them.
  • School Planning Packet – Click Here
    • Take into account that this is last year’s planning packet. We are currently revising it for this next year. This packet version will help you get started and give you helpful planning ideas. We will send an update once it is revised.
  • DIY Kindness Assembly – Click Here
    • With the information on this page you can plan your own Kindness Assembly Kick-off at your school!
  • Kindness Video – Click Here
    • We will be using our locally produced Kindness Video from 2015-2016 school year. We will be updating and making current editing changes. We will have it ready for the 2016-2017 school year. We recommend showing the Kindness Video on Monday, the first day of Kindness Week, in a classroom setting for all students to see. We highly recommend teachers facilitating a discussion about what the students saw in the video. The video is a great resource in helping students visualize the reason why we are celebrating a Kindness Week and what the Kindness T-Shirts represent.  The video shows how one child acted upon a kind thought and how that one kind action grew into a ripple effect spreading throughout the entire school. We hope that you will see your school experience a kindness ripple effect. Once we have the current updates to the Kindness Video we will send out a link to view.
  • Kindness Day Monthly Themes – Click Here
    • We have planned NEW MONTHLY THEMES for this next school year! Every 3rd Thursday is our celebrated Kindness Day. The CKM Committee have put together wonderful themes to help you plan. You are welcome to use our themes or you can plan your own. Currently, our themes are centered around elementary school level. We will be providing secondary options soon  and will add them to the same page. Please check back with us.October

We know your students are going to LOVE IT – Happy Planning!

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