Kindness Month

KINDNESS PROJECT 2

The City's Commission on Youth April Random Acts of Kindness Month

Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti!

The City’s Commission on Youth has created a month’s worth of kindness for you and your kids to do this April. Some of the acts of kindness are super simple and some are more involved, but all are intended to make kindness a habit in your community, classroom and home.

Before you start, print out this flyer and talk as a family about what you plan to do for each item. Talk about what being kind means and why it’s important. Planning the month should be fun. No one says you have to go in order. You can hang up the list and simply mark them off as you complete each act of kindness.

Kindness itself is very motivating and the true reward is the feeling you get from completing a kind act, but as an added incentive, the City’s Commission on Youth will award thirty $10 Elmhurst City Center gift cards randomly among all entries received. 

No later than Monday, May 9th, please email your completed list to Commissioner Anne Zimmer at a.zimmer@lwreedy.com. We encourage you to submit pictures from your family's month of kindness too!

RESOURCES


General:

Portal for volunteer opportunities 

givingdupage.org


Hands and Feet

https://stpaulvp.org/meet-us/our-hands-feet-outreach/


LOVE Christian Clearing House

https://love-cc.org/Gift-of-Time-and-Talent


People’s Resource Center

https://www.peoplesrc.org/volunteer/


Bridge Communities

https://www.bridgecommunities.org/Support-us/index.html


Clothes Closet

https://www.cityviewcc.net/opportunities-to-serve/


Family Shelter Services

https://www.metrofamily.org/get-involved/volunteer/



Food Security:

Elmhurst-Yorkfield Food Pantry

eyfp.org


Immaculate Conception Food Pantry

https://www.foodpantries.org/li/elmhurst_walk-in_ministry_60126


Meals on Wheels

https://www.dupageseniorcouncil.org/volunteering/?gclid=CjwKCAiA9tyQBhAIEiwA6tdCrEuluLgfvhOo4I0pbUq9jD-Os9V7fJEDcAABrUarG0KZzQS4pNd7rRoCzx8QAvD_BwE


PADS

https://dupagepads.org/solutions/volunteer/