Special Response to COVID-19: 

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Amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Values-in-Action knows that the country and the values to which we aspire are being tested to the max. As we navigate this unprecedented situation, it is our belief that kindness, caring and compassion can help us through this difficult time. Kindness can help forge human connections, reduce stress and remind us that there is still goodness in the world.

For Educators - Simple Acts of Kindness from Home

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• Feed the birds

• Leave happy notes around your neighborhood

• Call your grandparents and ask them about their childhood

• Write a thank you note for your mail carrier

• Plant something

• Set the table for dinner

• Leave bubbles on someone’s doorstep

• Tell someone why they are special to you

• Write positive chalk messages on the sidewalk

• Bring flowers to someone – leave them in the doorway

• Read a book to someone

• Sing songs at a nursing home – through the windows – or in digital format

• Make a thank you sign for sanitation workers

• Bring your neighbors’ garbage cans up for them

• Tape a video message for faraway friends

• Paint & leave kindness stones at the park

• Send somebody an e-card, just because. The funnier, the better.

• Send a positive text message to five different people right now.

• Put 50 paper hearts in a box. On each cutout write something that is special about your mom, dad, brother, sister, neighbor or friend. Give them the box and tell them to pull out a heart anytime they need a pick-me-up.

• Email or write to a former teacher who made a difference in your life.

• Tutor a struggling student via Facetime or other digital means

• Take the time to listen to someone

• Make someone a homemade blanket or scarf

• Make a Music Playlist for Someone

• Read a Book to an Elderly Person digitally

• Make Someone Laugh

• Visit your parents, grandparents or others through a window visit