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
HAPPY OCTOBER
KINDNESS WEEK was such a huge success in September – THANK YOU! We are almost finished putting together all the great photos 
that we took and received. A special thank you to Ashley Mae Photography for capturing many amazing photos! This video will be available very soon to share with your students and staff.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 2016, is KINDNESS DAY! Please remind your students and staff to wear their Kindness T-Shirts and/or to dress up like a Super Heros. Attached below is our October Kindness Day Theme Handout (which is also available on our website) and the planned activity that your students can do. This month, we have a Kindness Hero Star that your school can print out for the students to wear throughout the day. Have a wonderful Kindness Day!
STUDENT KINDNESS AWARDS – The CKM is now accepting nominations for our Monthly KINDNESS AWARD. The CKM would like for each school participating this year, to nominate (1) student from their school that is deserving of the CKM Kindness Award. The nominations can be sent in throughout the year. Once we select a student, we will contact your school in advance to send us a picture of them with their Kindness T-Shirt on with their Principal and/or Teacher. Please make sure that your student has a signed media release form and that their parents are good with us spotlighting them on our website and FB page. Please send in your nominations through our website. You can also send our Kindness Award Nominations Link out to your Principals and Teachers to help nominate a student. “CLICK HERE NOMINATION FORM”.
Kindness Award Items – The CKM as Kindness Buttons available to order through our website that you can choose to give out to your students as part of your Kindness Awards – CLICK HERE KINDNESS BUTTONS. We also have uploaded a CKM Kindness Certificate that you can print to award them with – CLICK HERE KINDNESS AWARD CERTIFICATE
OCTOBER KINDNESS THEME: “Kindness is our SUPER POWER”
Join us this Saturday, July 30th, for a KINDNESS NIGHT with our winning Gate City Gray’s Baseball Team!
Games start at 5:30pm and 7:30pm
Admission is $5 per Adult. Kids under 8 are free with a parent.
Wear your Kindness T-Shirts and come out and enjoy a fundraising night to help fund Kindness T-Shirts for our local students!
NEW 2016-17 KINDNESS T-SHIRTS and HATS will be available to order, a drawing for PRIZES, and MORE!
Bring your family and friends and enjoy a fun night in spreading KINDNESS at the ballpark!
