Bring the United States of Kindness to Your School
Bring the United States of Kindness to your school and empower students and staff to complete 250 acts of kindness—building a culture of empathy, connection, and positive change.
Follow United States of Kindness
Stay connected for updates, partner recognition, and campaign momentum.
Identify Your Internal
Kindness Lead
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Choose a point of contact who will serve as your Kindness Lead and coordinate with the USK team. This person will share materials internally, encourage family participation, gather stories, and help guide your fall rollout.Link to Kindness Lead outline
Announce Your Commitment
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Let students, staff, families, and your broader community know you are part of a national movement. Share internally through staff meetings, homeroom announcements, and newsletters. Share externally through social media, a website announcement, or a message to families.
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Link to resources and tools to announce committment and invite others
Link to communciation tools like USK logo and social media ideas
Encourage Summer Participation
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Invite students, staff, and families to begin participating now.
Distribute the USK Call to Action and USK Challenge Board and encourage individual participation over the summer.
Acts can happen at home, in the community, or wherever kindness is needed.
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Link to USK Kindness Menu and Challenge Board
Link to sample messages inviting students, families and staff to take the challenge
Prepare for Your Fall Launch
Ready-to-use resources will be released this summer including:
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A draft school-year timeline
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A USK introduction lesson
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A starter advisory or SEL mini-unit
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The “U.S. of Kindness – 250 Americans, 250 Acts, 250 Years” civics project
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AOK Today, a repeatable routine that builds everyday practice
Elevate What You Already Do
Your school is already full of kindness. Simply bring visibility to the moments already happening by sharing stories and tagging USK.
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When you connect your efforts to the national campaign, your
school is recognized as a kindness leader.
Share Your Stories
Storytelling is the heart of the movement. Share photos, short videos, quotes, classroom moments, and service highlights.
Tag USK social channels so we can amplify your impact nationally @USofKindness
Invite Others to Join
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Encourage nearby schools, community groups, local government, businesses, vendors, and partner organizations to join the 250 Acts of Kindness call to action.
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Share Your Stories
Storytelling is the heart of the movement. Share photos, short videos, quotes, classroom moments, and service highlights.
Tag USK social channels so we can amplify your impact nationally @USofKindness
Share Your Stories
Storytelling is the heart of the movement. Share photos, short videos, quotes, classroom moments, and service highlights.
Help us amplify kindness by tagging. us in your social posts and stories. @USofKindness and @KindnessXL
