Kind Campus Kick-Off
Saturday, August 26th 9:00AM – 11:30AM
CATALYST Creative Collective in the Tucson Mall · 4500 N. Oracle Rd.
Join us for The Importance of Modeling Kindness, where we’ll kick-off Kind Campus activities for the 2023-24 school year and talk about strategies for building an enthusiastic and engaged kind campus!
Recognizing the role that both educators and students play in creating kind environments, we’ll be focusing on the importance of modeling kindness and empowering student role models, influencing behaviors that ripple throughout school campuses. Based on current research around the importance of school culture and building social-emotional skills, Kind Campus empowers administrators, staff, teachers, students, and their families to create safe and engaging school communities.
This year our kick-off will be held at the CATALYST Creative Collective! Join us as we explore evidence-based strategies for using Kind Campus, introduce new materials for the year, and prepare educators to infuse kindness throughout their schools. You’ll meet our education team and hear from our Founder, Jeannette Maré, in her role as a kindness researcher, as well as students who led kind initiatives at their schools. We’ll also hear from fellow educators who are using the program!
We’re grateful for the work that you do for our students, schools, communities, and families. Together we are changing our culture. Please join us in this exciting community space!
Ben’s Bells strives to be accessible and inclusive in our programming. Your experience at this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please contact liz@bensbells.org by August 7, 2023, to discuss your needs.
*Certificates of Completion available for professional development upon request.
In-Person Raffle
Attendees will have the opportunity to enter a raffle for the following prizes. Must be present to win.
Field Trip
Field Trips at a Ben’s Bells studio are a terrific opportunity to engage in a fun, hands-on art activity, learn about intentional kindness, and participate in a community service project, all in one trip! Field Trips are 90-minutes long and we require 1 chaperone for every 10 students. Field trips include:
- Experience for up to 25 students (additional students $8/each)
- Hear the story and mission of Ben’s Bells and learn about the science of kindness
- Have a group discussion about intentional kindness
- Create with clay and glaze (paint) Kindness Coins or beads
- Learn how visual reminders of kindness have a positive impact on our community
- Kindness Coin for each student
- Opportunity to browse Shop KIND merchandise
*Transportation not included
To-Go Kit
Ben’s Bells offers a Studio To-Go Kit so that you can bring the studio to you. All kits include materials equivalent to a two-hour volunteer visit to one of our studios. Kits include instructions and materials to glaze (paint) Ben’s Bells Kindness Coins or beads. Completed kits are returned to the studio for items to be fired in our kiln and sold in our Shop Kind retail stores.
Classroom Kit
This Kind Classroom Kit was put together with our Kind Campus classrooms in mind. Bring kindness to your classroom with these great items including:
- Printed 2023-2024 Kindness Quote Posters (9 total)
- Printed 2023-2024 Science of Kindness Posters (9 total)
- AZ ornament
- Kind Note pack
- Be Kind Bumper Sticker
- Be Kind lapel pin
- Mini Be Kind Sticker roll
Teacher Kit
The Teacher Kindness Kit includes lots of kind goodies for educators! Enjoy:
- $25 Ulta Beauty Gift Card
- Be Kind to Yourself Ornament
- Be Kind to Yourself cosmetic bag
- Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti Notebook
- Be Kind Bumper Sticker
Parking
Kind Campus Kick-Off will be hosted at the CATALYST Creative Collective (4500 N Oracle Rd #110, Tucson, AZ 85705).
CATALYST is located in the heart of the Tucson Mall, on the lower level, between the former Sears and current Dillard’s. Kick-Off will start before mall hours. Entrance 3 between JCPenney and former Sears will be the only entrance available to access the event.
Ben’s Bells Kind Campus Program
Kind Campus is an innovative school-based program that educates students, families, faculty, and staff about the benefits of kindness, and then empowers them to create a culture of kindness in their school and beyond. Participating schools receive access to Ben’s Bells Kind Campus Program with easy-to-incorporate ideas and materials. The program is provided at no cost to schools and is designed to be highly adaptable to different ages and needs.