{"id":94,"date":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/2017\/02\/16\/inspiring-kindness-in-our-communities\/"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:24:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T22:24:18","slug":"inspiring-kindness-in-our-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/2017\/02\/16\/inspiring-kindness-in-our-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Kindness in our Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a week in February, our rock star coaches and Junior Coaches participated in activities to inspire kindness in our community. We know when we spread kindness and\u00a0teach youth to give back in simple ways, the world will be a better place. These activities included handwritten cards, trash clean-up on the playground, and a project to wash graffiti off of a school. What did you do to spread the power of kindness?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1804 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1-444x333.jpeg 444w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Acts of Kindness Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Junior Coaches from DCIS at Ford spent the\u00a0beginning of the week making thoughtful handwritten cards. A positive note with a beautiful picture will bring a\u00a0smile to everyone\u2019s\u00a0day.\u00a0One\u00a0read, &#8221; Have an awesome day and smile!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At Wheeling Elementary, Junior Coaches wanted to make sure their peers felt safe on the\u00a0playground to play games. For their activity, they participated in a playground clean-up. Junior Coaches\u00a0picked\u00a0up litter around the playground. Piece by piece, Wheeling playground became free of trash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1805 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado2-444x333.jpeg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, Altura Elementary youth leaders went outside with cleaning supplies,\u00a0water,\u00a0and brushes to scrub graffiti off of their school. They realized if they didn&#8217;t like how their school looked with graffiti, then maybe others didn&#8217;t as well.<\/p>\n<p>These random acts of kindness further Playworks&#8217; core values. Junior Coaches showed <strong>respect <\/strong>and a commitment to\u00a0their school communities. All participants in the activities worked together for a common goal to promote kindness. Junior Coaches were <strong>inclusive <\/strong>and encouraged participation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1806 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3-444x333.jpeg 444w, https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/colorado3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>from\u00a0others. Together,\u00a0\u00a0they all worked to create a <strong>healthy community<\/strong> by cleaning up their playgrounds and spreading\u00a0kindness through cards.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly,\u00a0a culture of <strong>healthy play<\/strong> continues. During all of these activities, our students had fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a week in February, our rock star coaches and Junior Coaches participated in activities to inspire kindness in our community. 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