Kindness & Generosity Projects

Lloyd Hopkins is the Executive Director for the Million Dollar Teacher Project. Lloyd and his "Million Dollar Team" are on a mission to recognize teachers for the way that they impact children's lives, and for the hard work, dedication, passion and love they put into their work. The Million Dollar [...]

The Giving Tree project allows youth at Peoria elementary school to see inspiration hanging from a tree everyday. The Giving Tree promotes great acts of kindness by giving students the motivation, inspiration and beauty they need to see in order to engage in acts of kindness. Students can take from [...]

Kindtrips have created space for humans to connect with amazing people and to learn about the struggles and real-life hardships that we and others face. It is wholeheartedly knowing that the impact of compassion, empathy, love, and kindness should never be underestimated. The stories we share and pictures we post [...]

Sarah Lou is excited about being able to support low income families by showing them that healthy food does not have to be expensive nor complicated. Happy Jars for All will provide each family with a toolkit that will allow them to prepare  Salads in a Jar at home as [...]

Messages from the Heart is a project created by Lisa Kelley and Kathryn Pannepacker to bring a sense of belonging and hope to people in Kensington, Philadelphia. Lisa and Kathryn have held art workshops in the community for the past year and a half, and have established a consistent, caring [...]

Stronger to Serve's Kindness Marathon after-school program develops kids into strong, compassionate leaders by inspiring them to get active physically and be in service to their communities. During each session, participants will strengthen their bodies, minds, and hearts. They will run toward the amazing goal of completing 26.2 miles, learn [...]

Kindling for Kindness is a pay-it-forward charity started and run by Daniel Lev Shkolnik. The charity places small packets of money throughout US cities in unexpected places for people to find. Instructions in the packet urge the finder to take the money and use it on somebody else that day, [...]

The Joyfuel Kindcast is an independent podcast sharing stories of people intentionally generating kindness, creativity and joy from places all around our earth. They uplift ideas, thoughts and actions that increase human kindness, creativity, presence and joy. The show is produced and hosted by Becky Suzik, a print and broadcast [...]

Barbara J. Jones is the founder of the nonprofit, Surviving Spouse Provisional Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia. She was inspired to start the organization after her husband of 40 years passed away suddenly, and she found herself in crisis. She needed financial and emotional support, but found that there were [...]

Social Muscle Club is a ‘training program’ combining artistic and social practices in order to challenge usual habits of thinking and doing. The club itself began as a private happening in a Berlin living room. It was inspired by a workers’ club in Sheffield, UK, which had the goal of [...]