Dear pupils,

At CSG Comenius, we try to teach you all kinds of subjects. Still, we think there's more we can do, especially since we're a school with Christian values. We hope to inspire you to do good deeds, say nice things, be a good person, and a helpful member of our community. A person who does good, who is inspiring to others, who is liked. In New York, Hannah, a student there, started sending kind notes to strangers, leaving them in the underground, in cafe's etc. The people wo found the cards were very sursprised, some were even moved, because the words were just right in the hard time they were having at that moment. Hannah was our inspiration for this assignment. 

Click to go to an article about Hanah: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/22/writing-letters-strangers-make-world-better

Click to go to Hannah's website: https://moreloveletters.squarespace.com/the-story/ 

For the "Community Kindness Project" we ask you to write a handwritten card with kind and/or inspiring words. 

Inspiration can be found in the two websites listed above or at: https://amessageforyou.wordpress.com/   

After all the nice and inspiring words (ending with your name - only your first name!) , you end the card saying this:

"At CSG Comenius we want to help getting nice words out into the world. Because we are in the "Cambridge Class", we have written in English. We are waiting in anticipation for the  reactions. It's extra fun when we good a nice reply, so please tell us whose card you've found, where you've found this card, who has found the card and what you think of it. Leave your reaction at: www.ckp.jouwweb.nl. Thanks!" 

 

After writing this card and allowing your teacher to copy the text, you put it in an evelope which says: "To whoever finds this".

For an extra twist, you can add an extra envelope also saying "To whoever finds this". Then, add an extra note to the bigger envelope asking someone

"This is a school project. For more information, go to www.ckp.jouwweb.nl. Please leave the inside envelope somewhere else. For our project, it would be most fun if you could take the envelope as far away as you get these 2 weeks. You can throw  this note and the outer envelope away if you want."

 

After writing the card and adding 1 or 2 envelopes, you have to leave the card somewhere. Are you going away soon? Take it with you when you go shopping in Amsterdam, when you go on holiday or something like that (in the next 3 weeks). The further away, the nicer it gets. Of course, you can also leave it in a restaurant in Leeuwarden. Please make sure it stays dry, even if it's ging to rain.

Then, we start waiting for reactions!

 

1 Write a nice/inspiring card

2 Add the text with where the finder should leave a reaction

3 Put it in an envelope  

4 Optional: put it in another envelope with a note asking the "finder" to place the innner envelope somewhere else

5 Leave the card somewhere

6 Wait for a reaction on this site

 

If you want to do this again (spreading even more joy), feel free to use this website to get reactions! 

 

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