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Celebrate KindnessLA Resource – May 2015

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Does your school celebrate kindness day?OR

Dedicate a month to promote kindness?

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• Kindness is in everyone

• Start, show and share kindness

• Do one kind act at a time

• Spare a thought for people around you

• Create a gracious society

• Make life better for everyone

• Kindness not only applies to human beings but also to other living

things. e.g animals and the environment

All about Kindness…

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Kindness quotes

If you ask me how long I’ll be your friend? My answer will be, I don’t know, ‘cause I really don’t know which one is longer. FOREVER or ALWAYS?Charlie Brown to Snoopy

Charles M Schultz

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Kindness quotes

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions and the roots spring up and make new treesAmelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Singapore Kindness Movement

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• Is a non-government, non-profit organization as well as a

registered charity and Institution of Public Character

• Formed in 1997

• Aims to encourage Singaporeans to make a positive commitment

to gracious living through simple acts of kindness in their daily

activities

What is it?

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• To encourage all Singaporeans to be kind and considerate.

• To create public awareness of acts of kindness.

• To influence and raise the standards of behaviour and

responsibility.

What does it hope to achieve?

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• Celebrated on the 13th of November every year

• Past campaigns include

o THE BIG HUG

o handing out Kindness Cards

o Kindness concert held in Canada

o 45,000 yellow flowers given out in Singapore (2009)

World Kindness Day