Aerial flyovers of Calaveras County School students ...

San Andreas Elementary

Valley Springs Elementary

Michelson Elementary

Hazel Fischer Elementary

Copperopolis Elementary

Mark Twain Elementary

Kindness aerial photos courtesy of Mike Taylor,The Calaveras Enterprise & Kathy Zancanella, Pilot

Click here to find out more about our Blue Ribbon Project.

Welcome to Seeds of Kindness

A small group of local residents is working together to encourage and promote random acts of kindness throughout Calaveras County. In 1995, the Angels Camp City Council passed a proclamation designating Angels Camp as a Kindness Zone. On January 12, 2010 the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors approved the resolution for a county-wide Kindness Zone proclamation effective February 15th, 2010.  To learn more about random acts of kindness activities visit the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation website at www.actsofkindness.org.

We invite everyone to join us in celebrating Kindness Week in Calaveras County February 15 -21, 2010. 

“The Seeds of Kindness, Create Ripples 2010” strives to:

• bridge and unite the diversity in our world through kind acts;
• help people value self and others through the expression of  kind acts;
• foster an environment of kindness which encourages individuals and organizations to work together for a better world; and
• support any individual or organization who shares the Seeds of Kindness create ripples projects mission.

We need your support in order to realize our goal to purchase “Kindness Week” support materials and 23,000 “Pass It On” kindness ribbons. This year the Seeds of Kindness Project will encourage and work with Calaveras County schools, organizations and businesses to create an increased awareness for being kind. Light blue ribbons will be distributed county-wide. When a ribbon-bearer sees an act of kindness being done, he or she will sign the ribbon and pass it on. The symbolic ribbons will encourage acts of kindness throughout the county.  

Our 2010 project fund raising goal is $6,700. A $100 donation will pay for 357 ribbons/messages. Kindness donations will be used to purchase at least three miles of light blue ribbon, more than 23,000 “Pass It On” ribbons, 36 official yellow diamond-shaped Kindness Zone signs, 20,000 kindness ribbon instruction cards, the creation and maintenance of  theseedsofkindness.com and other materials to help encourage ripples of kindness.

Centers for kindness (where a limited number of  ribbons will be available) include the following:

Starbucks  Angels Camp
Starbucks  Valley Springs
21 departments of Calaveras County Government
US BANK  in Angels Camp  
BBVA Compass (*new name)  in Angels Camp
PACIFIC STATE in Angels Camp
PACIFIC STATE STOCKTON  HQ  (all branches)
PACIFIC STATE in Arnold
BANK OF STOCKTON in Angels Camp
UMPQUA in Angels Camp
UMPQUA in San  Andreas
UMPQUA in Valley Springs
UMPQUA in Copperopolis
EL DORADO Murphys
EL DORADO San Andreas
EL DORADO  Arnold
WELLS FARGO  San Andreas
BANK OF RIO VISTA   Valley Springs
CENTRAL STATES CREDIT UNION  Angels Camp
CENTRAL STATES CREDIT UNION  San Andreas

"Streetside Kindness Crusaders" (local Rotarians and volunteers) will hand out  ribbons on Tuesday at selected locations including Calaveras Lumber, Angels Food Market, Sierra Hills Market, Grounds, Scott's Yogurt  Factory.

Students from Mark Twain Elementary and CFLC will be delivering ribbons to Angels Camp businesses.

Ribbons will be available at the City Council meeting on 2/16/10 for the Hero Essay reading and reception.

All 22 public schools in Calaveras County will distribute more than 10,000 ribbons to teachers, students, staff and into their communities.

(We can mail you a ribbon) Send a legal-size, stamped, self addressed envelope to: “Seeds of Kindness” PO Box 677, Murphys, CA. 95247