Justin Kruger, founder of Project Helping, spoke to our second graders about random acts of kindness and volunteering. Project Helping organizes volunteer events that are designed specifically to make an impact on us and our community. They host over 400 volunteer events a year in the Denver metro area! Mr. Kruger talked about acts of kindness at home, at school, and in the community. He stressed the importance of being thoughtful, giving back, and expressing gratitude. He mentioned how helping others can help strengthen your own well-being. Students designed lunch bags for Urban Peak. Urban Peak fills the decorated bags with lunch and gives them to homeless teenagers. When students gave Mr. Kruger their decorated bag, he gave each one of them a 'Be Kind' button. His hope is to start an act-of-kindness-movement - when the student does a random act of kindness he/she gives their button to that person. Then they can do a random act of kindness for someone else and pass on the button to another person, and so on and so forth....