The Kindness Games, A Proactive Way to Stop School Shootings

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The Kindness Games, A Proactive Way to Stop School Shootings

Support S.A.C.K.'s Change the World App: The Kindness Games—a fun and impactful fundraising platform that teaches kids kindness and empathy while being a proactive mission to prevent school shootings and bullying. Accessible on all devices, including Chromebooks, this app transforms fundraising by gamifying kindness. Children participate in daily, engaging challenges that promote empathy, emotional awareness, and compassion, making fundraising meaningful and fun. Just like a jog-a-thon, kids collect pledges and complete kindness challenges to raise funds for their school or team, winning amazing prizes along the way.

Perfect for schools, sports teams, and youth organizations, The Kindness Games brings bigger rewards and a purpose-driven mission that resonates with kids and communities alike. Our pilot with 4th to 6th graders was a huge success, with children enjoying the challenges and parents and teachers praising the program’s positive impact on attitudes and behavior. Every dollar raised goes towards spreading this mission of proactive anti-bullying education and kindness in schools. Join us in making a difference—Get involved with Change the World App: The Kindness Games and help us build a kinder, safer world, one fun challenge at a time.

ABOUT S.A.C.K. - Simple Acts of Care and Kindness

Established in 1999 by Don and Shirley Zink

Don and I were both teachers when we married. We were blessed with two children, Steve and Tami. Steve was a gifted child but by the 5th and 6th grade he was experiencing a lot of bullying in school, but he never told us about it. He just kept it to himself.

We knew his self-esteem was not very high and we tried everything we could think of to help, including counseling, but by the time he was in high school, his attitude and behavior were a big concern to us. They did not expect him to graduate. Unfortunately his depression was not identified.

It wasn't long until he got into a very unhealthy love relationship which caused him great frustration, grief and sadness.

On his 19th birthday, he lost his final battle when he took his own life.

We don't want this to happen to any more families. Bullying started Steve on this downward journey until the depression took over.

The pain of this terrible loss led us to establish the SACK Foundation with a desire to help children live, laugh and love in a bully-free environment.

Every child has that right.

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Jay Kitamura
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Corona, CA
Simple Acts of Care & Kindness Inc
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