#BeKind21
SeP 1st - Sep 21st, 2024
Lafayette Elementary makes Kindness a habit!
We partner with Born This Way Foundation and the city of Lafayette each year on their challenge to make kindness a habit. It reportedly takes 21 days to build a habit, and we're making Kindness one of them!
What does #BeKind21 hope to accomplish?
From the Born This Way Foundation: BeKind21 is an invitation to think about and prioritize how you are caring for yourself and how you’re taking care of those around you. We hope #BeKind21 is an opportunity for students, teachers, and families to kick off the new school year by establishing kinder habits that will last all year and for everyone else to head into fall with spirits of compassion and action.
What will #BeKind21 look like at our school?
See the full calendar of Kindness events planned for the first 21 days of September below. For this school year, we have also planned the following activities to occur at lunchtime for Grades 1-5 on the first three Tuesday's of September:
- Tuesday, September 3rd - Kindness Chalk Art Activity: As our #BeKind21 kickoff, we will have a chalk art event for the kids during recess/lunch. There will be chalk available for kids to draw or write "words of encouragement" or other kind or affirming messages. This will be a great way for kids to walk around campus and see these notes and pictures written by their fellow students!
- Tuesday, September 10th -Lamorinda Village Cards Project - Lamorinda Village is a senior community right here in Lafayette. Our students will be writing cards to give to seniors (along with small succulents) who are part of Lamorinda Village which will be included in their weekly grocery delivery on September 11th!
- Tuesday, September 17th -Thank You Notes Station - Our students will have a chance to write and/or decorate a thank you card to give to a friend, sibling, parent, teacher, or anyone they would like! This is a fun way of spreading kindness and appreciation for one another!
Please encourage your student to participate!
We are also seeking volunteers to help with these activities!
If you are available and have completed your volunteer requirements in Be A Mentor, here are opportunities to volunteer:
- With the students: Look here on how you could help with kindness activities during lunchtime the first three Tuesday's of September
- Every Wednesday, Chateau Lafayette receives a large grocery delivery from White Pony Express for the residents Lamorinda Village (Lamorinda Village is a community-based network of people over age 55 living in Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda, California). Lamorinda Village is looking for volunteers to help sort and organize the groceries for the residents with the complex. If you are able to help volunteer, please sign up here: https://www.
signupgenius.com/go/ 30E0F45ACA72FA13-helping#/
Have questions? Please contact our amazing Community Service Chair, Sarah Chao (contact information in the directory)
#BeKind21 Kit
BeKind21 Words of Encouragement
BeKind to your Body - Healthy Snacks Kids will Love
Random Acts of Kindness Free Lesson Plans
List of Additional Online Volunteer Opportunities for Families:
Points of Light Virtual Volunteer Opportunities
Ancestry.com World Archives Project
Children International - Testing for Impact
Hands on Bay Area Project in a Box
“Just be kind. The act itself is free and it’s priceless.” - Lady Gaga
If you would like to promote your own acts of Kindness, you can tag public posts with #BeKind21 and @BTWFoundation who may re-post to help spread the habit of kindness! You can take their pledge here.
Updated: September 2024
