OCTOBER KINDNESS DAY 2017
October 19th, 2017
THEME: Make Kindness Your SUPERPOWER!
Wouldn’t it be amazing to have superhero powers? Which superpower would you pick — X-ray vision? The ability to leap tall buildings? Or fly at supersonic speed? In the world of comics, superpowers are often extraordinary skills that benefit others; and some can even save the day. If you had some kind of natural force or special power within you, how would you use it? When you put your heart into something, it changes everything. How you feel affects what you say and how you act — both of which greatly affect others. Isn’t this a superpower?
More and more we’re seeing that superheroes are showing up everywhere. These heroes’ superpowers are really expressions of heart values and true compassion. These values are embedded in each of us and lie dormant waiting to be cultivated. They are super because they can help rewrite a moment, heal emotional wounds, erase negative self-talk, improve relationships, nurture beauty, and grow happiness. They can change the perception and change outcomes — and ultimately, each and every time they are used, they help to create a better world.
There’s an uptick of everyday heroes unleashing a whole lot of kindness and love on our planet. It’s felt through their acts of care, compassion, tolerance and gratitude. Science is researching how these qualities of the heart can affect many things. They can change your life and the life of others; they can add light to darkness and hope to despair.
So how do you cultivate these superpowers? Here are 28 ways to improve out KINDNESS SUPERPOWER:
1. Use social media to promote positive messaging and compassion. Stand up for kindness.
3. Offer a hug or embrace for no reason.
4. Make peace with someone who has hurt you.
5. Experiment with positive attitudes. For instance, next time you go to the grocery store, enter the store with an attitude of kindness.
6. Say thank you and please every day without fail.
8. Help someone out in a practical way, such as offering help moving, cleaning up or babysitting.
9. Go on a complaint-free diet.
10. Encourage a friend or family member when they are uncertain or unmotivated.
11. Smile and make someone’s day a little brighter.
13. Send a kind email or card.
14. Invite someone new into your tribe; alleviate loneliness for just one person.
15. Hold the door open for the person behind you.
16. If you see someone being bullied, stand up for them.
17. Strike up a conversation with a stranger.
18. Let someone into your lane while driving.
19. Be generous with words of praise and appreciation.
20. Choose your mood. Notice yourself feeling upset, frustrated, impatient, angry, stressed or anxious. Take a few moments to shift that feeling..
21. Pray. Meditate on loving kindness: May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and loved.
22. Give someone a place to stay.
23. Say “I love you” more often to your family and friends.
24. Serve as a mentor. Generously share what you know and make it easier for someone else.
25. Commit to consistent self-care for yourself.
26. Adopt a neighbor. Many of us know of someone in our neighborhood who is either a single parent, or has a spouse in the military, or maybe is an elderly person living alone.
27. Power in Numbers. Crowd-sourcing is another act of care. We’re seeing more and more viral funding campaigns to help those in need. Instead of fuming over the news, people are transforming their anger into networking missions by tapping into their social networks to raise money.
28. Showing up and giving support to someone that has asked for it.
Maybe you’re not leaping tall buildings in a single bound, but remember your care, kindness and love have the power to transform many things. Cultivate your heart coherence and you’ll be surprised by the number of things in a day that you can change and improve for yourself and others. Amazing things can happen.
BULLY PREVENTION SPOTLIGHT
Did you know that as a young person, YOU have fifty percent (50%) more chance of stopping school bullying ( by standing up and telling the bully this it’s not ok) than a teacher does?!?!
BOOM! Well, that why the Community Kindness Movement has evolved into what it is today. We are here to help give our future generation the tools needed to help stop it! October is Bullying Prevention Month. Tomorrow we are celebrating our monthly KINDNESS DAY and teaching our youth that they are BRAVER, SMARTER, and STRONGER than they think. They each have the power to be a WORLD CHANGER.
Have a Happy Kindness Day…..Remember to wear your YELLOW KINDNESS T-SHIRTS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELgQvXN9pso//
Tomorrow we will send out our CKM Kindness Week 2017 slide show.
The Community Kindness Movement is excited about producing a NEW LOCALLY FILMED KINDNESS VIDEO in Meridian, Idaho. Our Kindness Video is shown at school assemblies, motivational speaking presentations, and fundraising events for our Kindness Begins with Me Bullying Prevention Program.
EVERY CHILD IS WELCOME. We need kids from ages K-12th grade. All abilities and disabilities. Please make sure they are comfortable in being filmed. If your child does have special needs, we ask that you come with them.
The CKM is pleased to partner with Kody Newton, of GadgetGents in producing the video and for Idaho Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. Christopher Loveland DDS and Idaho Central Credit Union for providing the funds.
To get a better idea of what we are doing, you can view our 2015 Kindness Video produced by Cade Sutton here: https://youtu.be/OeunYgwvx1I.
By having local kids star in a Kindness Video, it is a way in empowering our kids to be “World Changers”; whether it be in their own friendship circles, classrooms, schools, online, and out in their community. May we each strive to be Models of Kindness.
FILMING DATE
When: Saturday, October 14th, 2017
Where: Mountain View High School
2000 S Millenium Way, Meridian, ID 83642
Time Slot A: 8am – 10:00am
Time Slot B: 9am – 11:00am
Time Slot C: 10am – 12pm
Please send your children with the following:
- A YELLOW Kindness T-Shirt – All current and past kindness t-shirts are wanted to wear in the video. Please dress your child in something else, rather than their Kindness T-Shirt. They just need to bring their t-shirt to slip over their clothes for the video parts. Please no large logos. If your child does not have a Kindness t-shirt, we will be selling them for $5 at the school that day.
- A Book Bag (make them look like they’re going to school)
- A Jacket. Dress for the weather.
- Sack Lunch(we will have them eat lunch, but we also film a lunch scene).
- Adult Volunteers – (Please wear your BLACK or Yellow Kindness T-Shirts). We will need a few adult actors. We will also have Kindness T-Shirts available to purchase for $5 the day of filming.
FIRST STEP – SIGN-UP YOUR CHILD(REN) HERE – http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054eacaa2da1f49-2018
SECOND STEP – SIGN the Media Release Form – Waiver of Liability Form – 2018 Media and Liabilty Waiver
THIRD STEP – Email the Media Form/Waiver to CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com by Monday, October 9th
FOURTH STEP – See you on October 14th – Please arrive on time. Thank you!
The CKM Executive Officers
Email: CommunityKindnessMovement@gmail.com
Website: www.CommunityKindnessMovement.com
SAY “I LOVE YOU” SUNDAY
Show your love (your heart, your kindness, your vulnerability, your soul-shine) because it feels good. Give because the giving is what you get. In fact, if you have a hard time with self-love, start outside yourself and work your way in. Showing love to others can be a gateway for loving yourself.
Melissa Nelson here, I would like to leave all of you with a quote from the article that influenced our family at a time when kindness needed to be the answer, The Virtues of Kindness, in hopes that kindness continues to bless you in your life throughout this year and years to come.
“Kindness is how a Christlike person treats others.
Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes. Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years.
May we be models of kindness. May we ever live up to the words of the Savior: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
SMILE SATURDAY
There is magic in smiling, A smile may seem like an involuntary response to something cute or funny, but it is much more than that. Studies suggest that smiling, forced or not, can have a positive effect on your mood, decrease stress levels, and even make everyone around you feel better.
Awesome Benefits of Smiling
1. Smiling is contagious
2. Smiling lowers stress and anxiety
3. Smiling releases endorphins
4. You’ll be more attractive
5. Smiling strengthens your immune system
6. You’ll be more approachable
7. Smiling will make you more comfortable
8. You’ll seem more trustworthy
9. You’ll be a better leader
KINDNESS SPOTLIGHT
Mayor’s Youth Council Safety Summit on Friendly Friday
KINDNESS WEEK SPOTLIGHT
View KTVB News Coverage on CKM KINDNESS WEEK at Liberty Elementary School
CLICK HERE: KTVB Channel 7 New Report – 2017 KINDNESS WEEK
HAPPY FRIENDLY FRIDAY
One of the most important human needs is connection; people want to feel appreciated and respected which is why there are many benefits of being friendly with people you meet. The benefits of being friendly have been very helpful in building and maintaining relationships in every situation.
Ways to be more friendly:
- Acknowledge People
- Don’t Be Afraid To Start Conversations
- Don’t Blow People Off
- Check Your Body Language
- Invite People Out On The Regular
- Be Genuine About Your Feelings
- Be Welcoming to All
- Offer Up Some Real Compliments
- Be In Tune With Other’s Emotions
- Laugh At People’s Jokes
Liberty Elementary School – Boise, ID
What an awesome Thank You Thursday!
Thank You Thursday
Thing is, people aren’t hardwired to be grateful. And, like any skill worth having, gratitude requires practice…. Gratitude makes us happier. Gratitude strengthens relationships, improves health, reduces stress, and, in general, and makes us happier. All these benefits sound like the Science of Kindness that we teach at the assemblies.
The CKM is full of GRATITUDE this week! We have received news of a generous local sponsorship donation that will fully fund our New Kindness Video. Also we will received news on Tuesday and Wednesday that we are being awarded not just one, but TWO GRANTS. It’s been very moving and appreciated. We will make sure the every dollar is well spent in empowering kids. The CKM will make announcements with what is to come in the coming months. THANK YOU!
Happy WOW Wednesday
“WOW” someone today with a simple act of kindness!
You’ve seen it on the bus, when someone offers his or her seat to an elderly person: The generous person feels noble, the elderly person beams with gratitude, and even spectators feel like cheering inside just from having witnessed a simple act of kindness.
Tell Them Tuesday
When you go out of your way to say something nice and give thoughtful praise to another person, it amplifies your self-confidence and nourishes your self-esteem. You can make someone’s day by sharing your positivism in the form of a genuine compliment.
HAPPY KINDNESS WEEK EVERYONE!
Today is Mix-It-Up Monday
- Challenge your students/children to sit by someone new at school lunch today (someone they don’t normally sit by). You could also pack them an extra snack to share with a friend.
- Surprise someone for lunch
- Go out to lunch with a friend, a group of friends, or with a special someone.
- Enjoy lunch at the park with your kids
- Enjoy a sit down dinner with your family to plan your Acts of Kindness this week.
- Do anything your heart desires. Just Mix-It-Up!
Let’s get ready for the CKM 2017 KINDNESS WEEK!
It’s time to send out your Parent Flyer by tomorrow.
For participating schools, you should have received a pass code to access our CKM Booklet. We recommend printing off our Kindness Beings with Me Curriculum, it will be a great resource in planning your school’s Kindness Week and the Monthly Kindness Days.
KINDNESS WEEK ACTS OF KINDNESS CALENDAR
We understand that majority of the schools have viewed our 2015 Kindness Video the last few years. You are welcome to show it again this year or we have slide shows available on our website to use – CLICK HERE
We are excited to announce that we will be filming a NEW KINDNESS VIDEO in the next month. We will be announcing filming dates soon. The video will be filmed by a local filmmaker and the location will be at Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho. We are inviting local kids to participate.