Uplifting Event Will Celebrate 20 Million Youth Participating Worldwide and Will Unveil The Spectacular KINDNESS MATTERS Landmark Along The I-5
THE GREAT KINDNESS CHALLENGE DETAILS: The week of January 22, 2024, twenty million children will unite and perform a billion acts of kindness thanks to the global non-profit organization Kids for Peace and its annual Great Kindness Challenge happily sponsored by OOLY, the whimsical and colorful arts, crafts and school supply brand. Created by Kids for Peace in 2012, the mission of The Great Kindness Challenge is to prevent bullying and foster connection, inclusion, and compassion. More than 40,000 schools worldwide will partake, in all 50 states and 115 countries, with over half the San Diego County schools participating. Special kick-off events and fun activities will take place in Carlsbad, CA, where The Great Kindness Challenge originated 13 years ago.
The Great Kindness Challenge features a 50-item checklist in which students are encouraged to complete each kind act over the course of the week. Some of the kind acts include smiling at 25 people, creating and displaying a kindness poster, helping a teacher with a needed task, reading a book to a younger student, sitting with a new group of kids at lunch, etc., as well as taking part in additional service and community-building events.
THE KICK-OFF EVENT – *FANTASTIC VISUALS*
The beautiful Carlsbad Strawberry Fields will host a high-energy pep rally, student performances (marching band, cheerleaders, dance squad, and more), hands-on Kindness Stations hosted by Kindness Certified Companies, and the unveiling of a magnificent kindness art installation created by all Carlsbad Unified Schools. The massive landmark spelling KINDNESS MATTERS will be displayed at the Carlsbad Strawberry Fields along I-5 freeway and will remain on display throughout the entire week. The KINDNESS letters are 8 feet tall each and the MATTERS letters are 5 feet tall each.
WHEN/SCHEDULE:
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Begins at 1pm.
Rally & Grand Reveal: 1-2pm
Kindness Certified Companies’ Kindness Stations: 2-4pm
WHERE:
Carlsbad Strawberry Fields, 1050 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad, CA 92008