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In honor of Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17th the Q300 PTA would like to invite the Q300 community to participate in the 4th Annual Q300 Kindness Challenge.

The Kindness Challenge will run from Saturday, February 17, 2024 to Saturday, March 16, 2024.

We ask the community to put Q300’s core values of inclusion and responsibility at the forefront of their efforts to strengthen our community in service. We invite each grade to choose their own activity, or series of activities, that students can work on together outside of school, either in small groups, large groups, or even individually, to show kindness. The possibilities are endless! We look forward to recognizing all of the great work and showcasing photos of the projects on the Q300 PTA Facebook page after March 16, 2024.

As with all initiatives, we ask that the projects be inclusive of all students. Please reach out to your Class Parent if you have ideas for a charity, cause or volunteer initiative your grade can participate in.

Random Acts of Kindness Ideas List
Check out the Random Acts of Kindness site (https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/ ) for ideas to inspire your acts of kindness. Remember, there are so many ways we can be kind, to our friends, family, teachers, neighbors, community, animals, our planet, and even ourselves! Feel free to be creative and come up with your own unique ideas for showing kindness.

Picture Books About Kindness

1. Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer, 2019  
2. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead, 2010  
3. Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller; illustrated by Jen Hill, 2018  
4. Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud; illustrated by David Messing, 2006  
5. A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: a story about knitting and love by Michelle Edwards; illustrated by G. Brian Kara, 2016  
6. Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts; illustrated by Noah Z. Jones, 2007  
7. I Walk With Vanessa: a story about a simple act of kindness by Kerascoet, 2018  
8. A Chair for My Motherby Vera Williams 
9. Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell, illustrated by David Catrow 
10. The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, illustrated by Patrice Barton 
11. We by R. J. Palacio 
12. Enemy Pieby Derek Munson 
13. Extra Yarnby Mac Barnett 
14. Last Stop on Market Streetby Matt de la Pena 
15. Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving by John Frank 
16. All Are Welcomeby Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman  
17. My Heartby Corinna Luyken 
18. The Big Umbrellaby Amy June Bates 
19. The Power of One by Trudy Ludwig 
20. What is Given From the Heartby Pat McKissack 
21. The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 
22. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson 
23. One Green Apply by Eve Bunting 
24. Boo Why? by Ben Clanton 
25. How to Heal A Broken Wing by Bob Graham 
26. Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss

Chapter Books About Kindness

1. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 
2. Wonder by R. J. Palacio 
3. Freeing Finch  by Ginny Rorby 
4. See You in the Cosmos  by Jack Cheng 
5. The Boy at the Back of the Class  by Onjali Q. Raúf 
6. Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya 
7. A Dog Called Homeless  by Sarah Lean 
8. The Seventh Most Important Thing  by Shelley Pearsall 
9. Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers  by Celia C. Pérez 
10. Wish by Barbara O’Connor 
11. Roll with It  by Jamie Sumner 
12. [Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)(https://www.readbrightly.com/books/9780593177044/just-mercy-movie-tie-in-edition-adapted-for-young-adults-by-bryan-stevenson/) by Bryan Stevenson 
13. Jackpot by Nic Stone 
14. Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart 
15. Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram 
16. Stargirlby Jerry Spinelli 
17. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella