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The Kind Students at UMass Lowell

The students at UMass Lowell gladly participated at the Sequin of Kindness booth by sharing acts of kindness during UML’s Stress Relief Day fair. This fair, organized by Tracy Moore, Assistant Director of Health Education & Promotion, is designed to make … Continue reading

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Healing Arts & Kind Acts

I went into the healing arts because I really like to help people, especially with their health.  This was ingrained in me because of my Dad’s actions.  He owned the local pharmacy in the little town I grew up in … Continue reading

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The Sequin of Kindness ~ TV Episode 2

TV Episode #2, “Kindness at UMass Lowell” is complete!  To view the full episode, or short video clips, click on the Video Clips page (of this website) or watch on the Sequin of Kindness YouTube channel. UMass Lowell was the first … Continue reading

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The Sequin of Kindness TV Show is launched!

The Sequin of Kindness started with an idea of bringing a kindness assignment into one of my classes; from there, the idea grew into a blog, a free resource website for teachers and community leaders and now it’s a local cable … Continue reading

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Actress Rooney Mara ~ Humanitarian Kindness

After traveling to Kenya as a volunteer in 2006, Rooney Mara made a humanitarian decision to help the children she worked with by founding a charity in 2007, Faces of Kibera.  She returned several times; while there, Faces of Kibera and the Uweza … Continue reading

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Sequin of Kindness…the TV Show!

The development of the Sequin of Kindness continues to grow!  The Sequin of Kindness started with an idea of bringing a kindness assignment into one of my classes; from there, it has grown into a blog, a free resource website … Continue reading

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Tree of Kindness & Sequined Leaves

Laura Moore, Girl Scout Troop 30819 Leader headed up a special project with the girls in her troop and the Murray Elementary School.  As OneDublin.org explains, the mission of  the Girl Scouts (Crossroads Girl Scouts Association) has always been to develop … Continue reading

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KIND Snacks – Passing Sequins to Children

The new KIND site is currently live with Augusts’ KINDING Mission – which is asking people to donate a new or used item of clothing to a local shelter or someone in need.  If 7,000 people accept this KINDING Mission … Continue reading

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A Sequin Of Kindness, For An Old Dog

As I was driving to an appointment, I saw a bit of a slowdown ahead and couldn’t figure out why traffic was moving so strangely. It turned out there was a very slow old black lab who was trying to cross … Continue reading

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A Sequin For A Stranger

I helped a stranger today when she was afraid she did not have enough money to pay for something at a store we were both at. I offered to pay what she was missing but she came up with the … Continue reading

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