This week is the 15th annual Random Acts of Kindness™ Week! What will you do to spread Kindness?! Need ideas? Perhaps you could bake cookies for a neighbor, pay the toll for the vehicle behind you, send a card “just because,” or hold the door open for someone. To see more ideas or to share your own, check out our sister foundation, The Random Acts of Kindness™ Foundation, or their page on Facebook.

We have a new poster set available—Jackie Robinson, Nola Ochs and Preparation. We also include a DVD of our TV spots in each set of posters, featuring our latest TV spots Breakaway and Wet Cement and many others. If you work at a school, college or university, non-profit, hospital, church, corporation, etc. request yours today! Just visit: www.values.com/media_requests/new/school.

Now you can enjoy The Foundation for a Better Life on both Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook you can join a community of others who are helping us promote values daily. By following us on Twitter, you can receive the daily quote each morning, as well as automatic updates when we add neat features to our site!

Lastly, we would love your feedback—what could we do better? What would make the website easier to use or more fun? Please email us your comments—just write to brooke@values.com and let us know.

Is there someone special in your life you would like to honor? Do you want to share your own remarkable story with everyone? Why not make a billboard?! Upload a photo, write a line, select a value…and you’ve just made your own billboard!

Now you can learn more about our billboard heroes! Listen to the stories of Erik Weihenmayer who climbed Mount Everest blind or Carol Donald who has cared for over 100 foster children. You can play them on our website, or download them to your mp3 player to listen anytime, anywhere. Bored on your commute? Pop on a podcast! Hear our heroes’ stories’ in their own words. These are great for personal use and classroom use. Check out our podcasts!

Want to promote values in your community or school? We’ve found a great way to do this is to host a “nominate your hero” program. Local community members, parents, children, students, teachers, etc. are nominated by their colleagues for exemplifying one or more of the fifty-two values promoted by The Foundation for a Better Life (www.values.com). This program unites the community as all are encouraged to look for the good deeds that their friends, co-workers and families are doing. In addition, holding an “awards ceremony” at the end of the allotted time provides recognition for both the nominated and the nominators, furthering a sense of community and solidarity. You could even take it a step further and Create A Billboard for those who have been nominated.

For more information on what this program might look like in your community, contact Brooke Nord today!