For Immediate Release

November 20, 2007

Contact: Jennifer Wheet, 942-5531

COE-BROWN STUDENTS “MIX-IT-UP” AT LUNCH

NORTHWOOD— The Operation Kindness organization at Coe-Brown Academy recently held “Mix-It-Up” Day in the school’s dining hall. Students and faculty were asked to move out of their comfort zone and meet someone new. During three lunch periods, Operation Kindness members distributed playing cards to students, who then matched their cards to centerpieces on dining hall tables. This random distribution ensured that everyone would meet someone new. As an added incentive, all participants were entered into a drawing for door prizes. Over 4 million students from 10,000 schools participated in “Mix-It-Up” day.

“Mix-It-Up Day” was part of a larger “World Kindness Week” celebration held at Coe-Brown. Daily “kindness quotes” were read each day during morning announcements, and the week culminated with free ice cream served after school.

Operation Kindness strives to support the Kindness Movement, an international movement dedicated to making the world a kinder place. Their goal is to demonstrate the power of simple human kindness by promoting the practice of kind acts on a regular basis.

 

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