WWW Warrior #6 - Kindness x 3 :: RAK Foundation, World Kindness Day/Week

 

 

Who: The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is an internationally recognized non-profit organization founded upon the powerful belief in kindness and dedicated to providing resources and tools that encourage acts of kindness.
 
Where: www.randomactsofkindness.org  
 
What: 
Kindness: We believe kindness is a distinct action we choose to take to better ourselves and the world around us.
RAK Foundation: See mission statement above. We have focused our efforts in the field of educating children on pro-social behavior. Children have an innate tendency to be kind and we believe this tendency can be nurtured and cultivated through classroom activities and lesson plans.
World Kindness Day/Week: We hope that people practice kindness every day, but we take a few days each year to focus on being kind to ourselves and others in a worldwide celebration!

World Kindness Day - Nov. 13, 2012 
World Kindness Week - Nov. 13-20, 2012 

When:
RAK: Established in 1995 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
World Kindness Day/Week: World Kindness Day has been widely recognized since 2000.
 
Why: 
Why RAK began and has continued? The foundation started in the early 1990’s after a summer of violence in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. A reporter coined the phrase “Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty” in response to all of the negative media coverage. The foundation was born soon after. It was purchased by a private funder and brought to Colorado in 1999 and has remained in Denver ever since.
Why World Kindness Day/Week began and has continued? The roots of WKD are not totally clear, but it seems that the movement became widely recognized and celebrated over the last 12-15 years.  There are kindness movements all over the world who focus on different ways to be kind. We have chosen to spend the majority of our efforts in the schools teaching kids about kindness.

W for Wellbeing Thoughts: 
Sounds like a wonderful idea! Great website full of ideas for lessons/activities in a classroom. 

WWW Warrior #3 - The Vitamin D Council

Who: The Vitamin D Council is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our founders, staff and board members are a diverse group of professionals with backgrounds in medicine, public health, education and business.

Where: The Vitamin D Council is located in San Luis Obispo, CA, United States. Our outreach is more national/global scale.

Website: www.vitamindcouncil.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vitamin-D-Council/332321220632?ref=hl

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitaminDCouncil

What: Research on vitamin D is pouring out and it’s hard to keep up with the latest information. Recommendations on vitamin D and sun exposure are confusing, conflicting and inconsistent. We’re here to help both the public and health professionals sort through everything. The Vitamin D Council serves as a center for evidence-based vitamin D research and is a reliable source for the general public.

When: The Vitamin D Council was formed in 2003 by current Executive Director John J Cannell, MD. He believed that there were likely bad consequences in getting so little sun exposure (cough, vitamin D deficiency) and wanted to do something about it. So, he founded the Vitamin D Council to educate the public on the importance of sun exposure and vitamin D.

Why: Simply put, humans do not get enough sun exposure in the 21st century. Because of this, many — if not most — humans are deficient in vitamin D.

“What’s so wrong with that,” you might ask. Researchers are beginning to discover that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease and cancer. Furthermore, researchers are discovering that vitamin D deficiency may make some diseases more severe. Even more, researchers are discovering that vitamin D can be an important piece in the treatment of some illnesses and diseases.

We’re here to help and educate. We work to educate patients, families, doctors and health professionals on vitamin D and what the latest research shows, to improve the quality and longevity of lives.