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Christine Baker founded Walk4Good to inspire people to practice kindness. This presentation helps show high school students how to practice kindness in their own lives, and to be inspired by Baker.
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North Rockland HS December 9, 2011
Mission Statement
Walk4Good is a growing community of kindness-driven individuals from all walks of life whose primary mission is to inspire and empower people to practice kindness and to pass acts of kindness onto others. We envision a world where we are all a more engaged in our local communities and personally deliberate in our willingness and intent to help those around us.
Be kinder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtESjjg8Jz0
We’ll walk to inspire you.
Christine and her dog Jessie will walk the 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail over 6 grueling months to inspire YOU to make a difference in your own life.
It won’t be easy for us, but we know we will have your support.
About the hikers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_DMyXTX9K4
The Hike Christine and Jessie will depart on June
15, 2012 from the Appalachian Trail's northernmost point, Mount Katahdin, Maine. They will battle black flies, ticks, raging stream crossings, every imaginable kind of weather on their journey, but they will walk continuously until they reach Springer Mountain in Georgia.
Training http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv222d_jZyg
Let’s Talk Kindness
Kindness Counts
What does Kindness Mean to You? • Compassion • Caring • Helping others • Being friendly • Smiling • Volunteering • What else?
What’s Pay-It-Forward?
When you pay-it-forward, you don’t repay the person who did something nice for you. Instead, you do something nice for someone else. For example, if someone changes your tire while you are stranded on the highway, you might pay it forward by shoveling your elderly neighbor’s walkway after a snow has fallen.
How big should my kind act be?
So how big does each good deed need to be?
They can be as big or small as you want, from opening the door for a stranger or feeding a homeless person to volunteering. The aim is simple: show someone in one’s life kindness and feel good about it.
When you dedicate a mile, you make a promise.
Walk4Good needs 2,180 dedications. One for each mile Christine and Jessie walk.
These dedications are free. Anyone may make a dedication in honor of a loved one (living or deceased).
In return for making a free dedication, PAY-IT-FORWARD!
Some dedications
MILE 204 – DEIRDRE LYDON: I dedicate a mile to my grandpa. How will you Pay-It-Forward? I will be supportive of others in their time of need.
MILE 101 – AMY D’AMICO: I would like to make a dedication to our military who are away from their families right now. How will you Pay-It-Forward? I have collected Halloween candy from neighbors and students and will be putting packages together to send overseas to our troops so they can truly enjoy a Halloween as well.
The Power
Let’s do the math: 2,180 miles = 2,180 dedications and 2,180 good deeds that touch thousands of people, who in turn will go out and help others.
That’s the power of Walk4Good.
The North Rockland HS Challenge
15 Days of Kindness
North Rockland HS Challenge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDvh24k0rDQ
The North Rockland HS Challenge
15 Days of Kindness.
Your mission is to do 500 acts of kindness in 15 days. Share your stories and photos of your kindness acts. If your school reaches 500, you’ll get a special gift!
That’s the power of Walk4Good.
Online Community Website- Dedications may be made, ideas shared and
inspiration provided. www.walk4good.org
Online Community Facebook - Community sharing ideas and experiences.
@walk4good
Online Community Twitter – Great way to get the word out and share stories
and tweets from the road. @thewalk4good
Online Community Tumblr – Jessie the dog will be blogging! @walk4good
Online Community YouTube – Videos will be uploaded regularly and throughout
the hike and people’s pay-it-forward experiences shared. @walk4good
