Spreading Kindness: From Pizza Box Beginning to Big Idea
For Costa Mesa High School junior Rebekah Robeck, kindness is more than a concept, it’s a way of living each day, and she’s made it her mission to spread her good-natured message to schools all over the state.
As on-campus classes resume in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District on April 26, plans are being set to kick things off with an official “Let’s Be Kind” day.
Through her “Let’s Be Kind” campaign, 16-year-old Rebekah has shared the concept that being kind to oneself, and to others, creates an atmosphere that is welcoming and inclusive. It offers a chance for better communication devoid of assumptions or biases among students, teachers, and parents, she said.
Act of kindness benefit health and well-being: Study
The strength of the link depends on many factors, including the type of kindness, the definition of well-being, and the giver s age, gender and other demographic factors.
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However, not all good-hearted behavior is equally beneficial to the giver.
The strength of the link depends on many factors, including the type of kindness, the definition of well-being, and the giver’s age, gender and other demographic factors.
The study was published in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
“Prosocial behavior–altruism, cooperation, trust, and compassion–are all necessary ingredients of a harmonious and well-functioning society,” said lead author Bryant P.H. Hui, PhD, a research assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong.
The Globe and Mail Dr. Bonnie Henry and Lynn Henry Special to The Globe and Mail Published March 8, 2021 Bookmark
Dr. Bonnie Henry is the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia who has been been leading the province’s response on the COVID-19 pandemic and drug overdose emergency. Lynn Henry is her sister who came to B.C. in March, 2020, for a long-planned visit and ended up staying and observed her during the four weeks that changed many Canadians’ lives.
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I was chairing our SAC [national Special Advisory Committee] calls that week. On March 12 we focused solely on two questions: What were we going to do about travel? And about mass gathering limitations? Although the details varied among provinces and regions, it was clear that we all believed we were at the point when we needed to take decisive action. Quebec, in particular, had been seeing rapidly rising numbers of cases – many related to travel, especially to France. That province’s March br
Be Kind: Man donates homemade banana bread to show appreciation for essential workers
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Sean Reynolds of Brooklyn Banana Bread Co. is the owner of a delicious banana bread recipe.
Reynolds makes the sweet treats and gives them out to firehouses, police stations, nursing homes, and hospitals to show his appreciation throughout New York. I ve been donating the banana bread it s my mother s recipe. I ve been donated it to frontline workers and first responders throughout New York City, and beyond, doing every hospital in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens, said Reynolds, I have one hospital left in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and seven left in Manhattan.