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A Mom Wrote To New York City Ballet For A Special Needs Program For Her Daughter. What Happened Next Will Blow You Away.

September 11, 2015 By Hannah Alper Leave a Comment

When Pearl’s mom reached out to the New York City Ballet about a dance program for children with special needs, she didn’t expect a response. Pearl has cerebral palsy, which affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture, and balance. But what resulted is nothing short of sheer joy. For everyone. What […]

“Love Yourself” – The new anti-bullying song that you have to hear.

September 9, 2015 By Hannah Alper 1 Comment

“You can overcome obstacles, nothing’s impossible. Build up your confidence, you’ll be unstoppable” – Khari Toure “Love Yourself” is an anti-bullying song for children by spoken word artist and musician Khari Toure. It’s as amazing as the inspiration behind it. He wrote and recorded the song after his 6 year-old daughter was bullied at school. […]

Welcome to Kindraising!

September 8, 2015 By Hannah Alper 1 Comment

Welcome to Kindraising, I’m so happy that you’re here! You might be wondering what Kindraising means. The idea for this came about in June when I participated Just Give – a weeklong campaign of the Michael Pinball Clemons Foundation to get people motivated to give. It was not about giving money – it was about […]

You’re Never Too Young To Make A Difference

September 8, 2015 By Hannah Alper 1 Comment

My name is Ashley Rose Murphy and I am 17 years old. I come from a large family of ten kids and I am the second youngest. Eight out of the ten of us have disabilities of varying degrees. From the time we were little, my parents have impressed upon us the importance of giving back […]

On Kindness.

September 8, 2015 By Hannah Alper 1 Comment

Not a day goes by, that I don’t think about doing something for someone else. My mother passed away two years ago and every time I do something for someone, I think of her. When I was young she always reminded me to hold the door, give up my seat on the bus, hold the […]

50+ Ideas for Kid Kind Agents

September 4, 2015 By Hannah Alper Leave a Comment

Random acts of kindness do not take a lot of time, energy or money — all it takes is your heart. A random act of kindness can make someone’s day. If a person is having a sad or bad day, it could make their day better. If a person is already having a good day, […]

For her 12th birthday, Maya did something AMAZING.

September 4, 2015 By Hannah Alper Leave a Comment

This is Maya. Yesterday was her 12th birthday. To celebrate, Maya decided that she was going to do 12 random acts of kindness in one day. She organized a race between 3 teams trying to do the acts as fast as they could! Sounds kind of like The Amazing Race, right? They called it #MayasAmazingRaceOfKindness. This is […]

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Ottawa knitters that won the internet with their scarves on statues initiative.

September 3, 2015 By Hannah Alper Leave a Comment

Last week, I read an amazing story of kindness, collaboration and action. Overnight in downtown Ottawa hand-knitted scarves were placed on statues. On each scarf a tag was sewn that said only “I’m not lost if you’re stuck in the cold, take this scarf to keep warm!” A photo went viral on Reddit, Twitter, and […]

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Second City Toronto and YMCA Academy to provide high school credit improv classes for teens with autism

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