30 Days of Kindness

Nov 20, 2020 | Inside SWS

30 Days of Kindness

Seattle Waldorf High School launches our 30 Days of Kindness challenge today! Our Friday assembly highlighted the personal, interpersonal, community, and societal benefits of kindness. Our challenge includes self-compassion, healing, empathy, and social responsibility. Students are encouraged intentionally practice one kind act every day until Winter Break.

7 ways to make kindness the normWe invite you to join us in this challenge. Acts of kindness can be big or small. You may decide to create a list of acts you’d like to accomplish or just be guided by your own kind impulses in the moment.

Here are some resources to inform and inspire you:

How will you bring kindness today?

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