A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. — Oprah Winfrey January is National Mentoring Month and it’s the perfect time to look at how the kindness of a mentor can impact children and young adults. According to Mentoring.org, youth that meet consistently with their mentors show that they are: …

Every year around the holidays, we hear about stories of people performing kind acts for one another around the world. A go-to kind act for many people is the act of volunteering. Whether that is helping with a toy drive, serving up dinner at the local soup kitchen or spending time for another worthy cause, …

2019 is just around the corner, and no doubt, you are considering your New Year’s resolutions. What if you don’t scratch last years, but simply practice your resolutions with greater intentionality in 2019? If you resolved to be kind in 2018, what could that look like? More forgiving? More hospitable? Generous? Unselfish? More honest? More …

According to one legend, there was once a boy who grew up in Asia Minor (now Turkey) in a rich family with generous parents. Sadly, his parents died when he was very young, leaving him a wealthy boy. At his core, this boy was kind and generous, intent on surprising others with secret generosity. A …

Let’s reimagine the traditional Christmas countdown with a kind spin on the famous holiday song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, as we interact and complete the 12 Days of Kindness. Directions: Follow the kindness countdown prompts. When you complete each day’s kind act, cut out a star and place it on the tree. Invite friends …

For Part Two of our blog series, A Peek Inside The First City of Kindness, we are offering a peek inside the first City of Kindness as we sit down with Mishal Montgomery, Chief of Staff to Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait, and Loretta Day, Council Services Coordinator with the City of Anaheim, CA, as they …

We got the inside scoop on what it takes to turn a city into a City of Kindness from the person that inspired it all. Join us for Part One of our two-part series, The Man Behind City of Kindness, a personal interview with Anaheim, California’s Mayor, Tom Tait. During his two terms as mayor, …

With Thanksgiving upon us, we tend to get caught up in the details of the meal. But, there are more things to consider and celebrate than the food. Consider an intentional thanksgiving tablescape – here are some ideas to set an intentional thanksgiving tablescape: Write Turkey Thanks for All to See Invite littles to design …

We’re all familiar with to-do lists: Get groceries. Write thank you note to Aunt Sally. Make dentist appointments. Clean out sock drawer. Pick up dry cleaning. Extend dinner invite to next-door neighbors. What if we enhance our tasks and not only check off what we’ve accomplished, but keep a running kindness list next to each …

High school can be a difficult time for teenagers.  Students experience their fair share of stress, peer pressure, and self-doubt. As a mother to twin 17-year-old boys, Megan Johnson sees the struggles that teenagers face every day – especially because her job at the local high school puts her right into the heart of students’ …