CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Values-in-Action Foundation, a non-profit organization that for 30 years has worked to make kindness a core value in America through its Kindland initiatives, has announced the winning schools in its national Kindness Games competition which ran from February 9 through May 10.
The Kindness Games immediately followed the organization’s Kickoff for Kindness video presentation on February 8th that was viewed by 79,000 students in 27 states. With the support from the National Football League Foundation, the video featured several star players from the National Football League and selected student peers providing inspirational messages about acts of kindness they performed.
Kickoff for Kindness “kicked off” the Kindness Games by encouraging schools to compete to log the most acts of kindness students performed and/or witnessed on the free Just Be Kind® App. (Just Be Kind App.com). Educators in schools that competed downloaded the Just Be Kind App and registered under their school name to enter the competition.
“The Kindness Games were extremely important because they provided students and staff with a fun opportunity to engage in, share, and spread kindness through a familiar medium.
The positive impacts created by the Kindness Games were far reaching given the feedback, ”noted Stuart Muszynski, Founder and CEO of the Values-in-Action Foundation.
There were two categories in the Kindness Games with first ,second and third cash prizes noted below for each of the K-5, 6-8 ,and 9-12 grade levels.
The first category is the Student Participation Category which was calculated using the number of student participants compared with a school’s total enrollment. The winners are:
Student Participation Category:
K-5
1 Soar Academy, San Bernadino, CA - $5,000
2 Battiest Elementary, Battiest, OK - $2,500
3 Salem Elementary School, Naugatuck, CT - $1,000
6-8
1 St. Christopher, Rocky River, OH - $5,000
2 Whitmell Middle, Whitwell, TN - $2,500
3 Cal Charter Academy, Coal Center, PA - $1,000
9-12
1 Southmoreland HS, Alverton, PA - $5,000
2 Moapa Valley, Overton, NV - $2,500
3 Stanly Academy, Albemarle, NC - $1,000
The second category is the percentage of Acts of Kindness which compared the number of acts of kindness posted with a school’s total enrollment. The winners are:
Acts of Kindness Category:
K-5
1 St. Mary's, Luxemberg, WI - $5,000
2 Salem Elementary School, Naugatuck, CT - $2,500
3 Battiest Elementary, Battiest, OK – $1,000
6-8
1 Roscoe Middle, Osceola, MO - $5,000
2 Cal Charter Academy, Coal Center, PA - $2,500
3 St. Christophers Academy, Rocky River, OH - $1,000
9-12
1 Stanly Academy, Albemarle, NC - $5,000
2 Wellington HS, Wellington, OH - $2,500
3 Education Alternatives, Bedford, OH - $1,000
About Kindland
Kindland is a national initiative of Values-in-Action Foundation, a non-profit organization that has been in the business of spreading positivity and kindness for 30 years. It has created and implemented a variety of programs to service all demographics in schools, businesses, and the community. It has reached over 2.1 million students in all 50 states.