Kids Care
Kids Care is a program sponsored by Sandi and Barry Schwartz that provides kids the opportunity to make a difference. Sandi explains, “We like to collaborate with other local groups so our children can be exposed to different people and situations outside of their typical day/comfort zone.” In addition to organizing the Kids Care program’s monthly activities, Sandi also has a blog called…
Fostering Care
To focus our attention on our intention, we started off our meeting as we always do by reading our Peace Pledge together as a group. This helps us foster care, kindness, and compassion. Peace Pledge I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way. I pledge to help others as I go throughout my day. I pledge to care for…
Kids Helping Kids
Ava Claus and Friends was the first scheduled speaker that I booked when I initiated the Samaritans365 Club at our school. I knew their most active time of giving was during the holiday season, so we scheduled them for our December meeting. Ava is a 10-year-old girl from Miami, Florida. I had a chance to interview Ava before the school club meeting. Me: How…
Be an Ally
October was National Bullying Prevention Month. I connected with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center through social media. They asked us to post a picture in support of their We Will Gen Campaign. (Our school also encouraged the students to wear orange in solidarity of bullying prevention.) It is a program designed to inspire student-to-student engagement to lead the bullying prevention movement. They have many websites dedicated…
Kindness Matters
“Good Samaritan” -a compassionate person who unselfishly helps others. This summer, while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I saw a picture of one of my friends wearing a “Kindness Matters” shirt. It grabbed my attention and stuck with me. I ended up contacting my friend to ask her about it. She told me about the Samaritans 365 Organizationand put me in touch…
