Be A Noble Kid

On Sunday, August 7, 2016, noble kids will be participating in noble deeds in communities around the globe in our 2nd Annual #BeNoble Day! Join the movement, share your activities and inspire others to #BeNoble.

Here are some ideas of how you can get involved!

Volunteer Your Time Whether it's at a soup kitchen, a summer camp, a community shelter, an orphanage, a children's hospital or an animal shelter, there are many local causes that are in need of some extra manpower.

Make a Donation Donations can be made by way of supplies and items to your local food bank, Goodwill, women's shelter, animal shelter and more. Or make a monetary donation to a cause close to your heart.  

Do a Random Act of Kindness Here are some easy and fun ways to make someone’s day through a random act of kindness.

Deliver a warm meal to someone in need

Send a card to someone to show you care

Drop off a small gift to make someone's day

Send a thank you text to someone who has made an impact in your life  

Beautify Your Community Here are some easy and fun ways to beautify your community.

Pick up litter along your streets or at a local park or playground

Plant flowers in a common area

Create a community garden or sitting area

Go to your local post office and offer to recycle the unread mail

Banding Together to #BeNoble Teach your children about another culture and to empathize with others by participating in our Banding Together Project. It's easy, fun, and will make a huge impact in the lives of children across the globe. All you have to do is spend a little bit of time creating Rainbow Loom bracelets that we will send to children in need of hope and kindness in India and Africa.

Share #BeNoble Be sure to share your noble deeds by using #BeNoble on Facebook and Twitter. We are so excited to see how noble kids everywhere are getting involved and making a difference!

There are many philanthropic opportunities for elementary-aged children, and no better way to teach generosity, empathy, and empowerment through action and service.

VALENTINES FOR VETERANS: Take this opportunity to show active and retired service men and women how thankful you are for all that they do!  Create a Valentine’s Day card to let our veterans know they are not forgotten. Your letter needs to be addressed to “Valentines for Veterans”.  Letters should be mailed to your nearest Veterans Affairs medical center, or drop them off in person. Please use this link for a list of all American offices, or call the VA toll-free at 1-800-827-1000 for the address of the closest facility.

100 ACTS OF KINDNESS: The 100th day of school occurs in February.  As a class, create a list of 100 acts of kindness, and work together to implement these acts within your school and your community.

In honor of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, click on, or print, this poem about Rosa Parks. In the poem it reads, “I have a voice and I’m going to use it.” What  injustice will you use your voice to fight?  And how will you use your voice to fight it in a noble way to do what’s right?

2nd week in February is RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK.  Create a kindness slogan such as “I believe in the magic of kindness,” and make posters and bumper stickers.  Place them throughout your classroom, school, and community.  Also, do at least one random act of kindness each day of the week.

February is RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER’S MONTH.  Collect and donate paper towels, used towels, and blankets to your local animal shelter.

For more community service ideas, click here.

As 2015 comes to an end, we're excited to see all we accomplished in just one year!

We want to take a moment to thank all of our supporters, contributors, volunteers, participants... and noble kids. Together, we were able to do so many noble deeds!

Created care packages for our noble troops serving in Afghanistan and Liberia

Collected for Housing Families First in Richmond, VA

Made and donated over 100 scarves to homeless communities

Assembled care packages for the patients at VCU Children's Hospital

Sponsored a kindness campaign at 3 schools on National High 5 Day

Expanded our Banding Together program to include 4 schools and connected with our partners in India and Africa

Held our first #BeNoble Day encouraging random acts of kindness and community service

Hosted our first Holiday Marketplace and Family Day bringing together the community to do noble activities to impact the local community

Forged countless noble partnerships for the coming year

HAVE A NOBLE NEW YEAR 

Need a rainy day activity to keep the kiddos busy? Pull out your old Rainbow Loom supplies or stop by your local craft store and let them ‪#‎Loom4aCause‬...

Dear Gwen and Pharrell,

We need your help!! We are three girls from VA (went to PAHS) trying to make a difference in the world! We started a non profit called Be A Noble Kid that is a grass roots, volunteer effort to help teach kids that they can make the world a better place with simple acts of kindness and involvement in their community and abroad.  We provide resources for teachers, parents and other adults active in the lives of children; we offer a number of activities, ideas and lessons (we have a line of curriculum we’ve curated, all in line with Common Core standards).

We have one program in particular called Banding Together that connects children in the US with children worldwide to drive literacy and global citizenship. At its core, the program is designed to spread joy and teach tolerance through connections and conversations, all while encouraging reading, communication skills, and exposure to other cultures.

The idea is that cultivating young global citizens will create great global leaders in the next generation of leadership in the US and abroad. We're currently working with orphanages, schools and community libraries in Africa, Cuba and India to match them with classrooms or libraries in the US, mostly grades 2-6.

We want to spread the word and get people on board with investing in our children, by teaching our children, for a better future!

We love you so much, HUGE super fans, and wondered if you would help us spread the word by designing a Be A Noble Kid t-shirt with us and wearing it on The Voice (our favorite show btw.. Obsessed!!)

I’m including a few links below so you can take a look at what we’re doing, including our website, social pages, and the curriculum for Banding Together.

Please, please!?!?

The Be A Noble Kid Squad

Reference Materials: http://beanoblekid.org/banding-together/ http://beanoblekid.org/

Second grade lesson plan: http://beanoblekid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lesson-Plan-2nd-Grade.pdf

Research packet: http://beanoblekid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Banding-Together_Research-Project.pdf

Presentation plan: http://beanoblekid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Banding-Together_Worksheets.pdf

Banding Together Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bandingtogetherpage?fref=ts

Meet Griffin, a very noble kid who made a HUGE impact in his community just by baking a few delicious treats! Read his story here.. 

If your kids are lucky enough to have another week or two left of summer break, here are a few ideas of how to get in some final summertime fun before heading back to school:

Sit down together as a family and set your collective and individual goals for the coming school year. Strategize about how you can help and encourage one another to accomplish these goals.

If you haven't returned to school yet, begin getting into your school year routines. Return to earlier bed times, and set your alarms so that everyone's inner clock can adjust accordingly.

Plan one last family summer hoorah! Appreciate the thrills of summer together one last time before we all return to the structure and schedules of the school year. Here are some ideas:

Plan a special dinner out at your favorite restaurant

Pack an afternoon picnic

Take a camping trip

Get some sun with a day at the beach

As students and teachers head back to school at summer's end, there are a lot of emotions; excitement, relief, anxiety, and fear, just to name a few. But, no matter how you are feeling as you begin this school year, there are a few things we want you to know:

PARENTS, we support you! We are here to provide resources, mini-lessons, and activities in hopes of making it just a little bit easier to raise your noble kids. In this day and age, parenting has become much more complex and intense and we know that you are doing your best. We are in your corner, cheering you on, and you're doing a great job!

TEACHERS, we applaud you! You have, undoubtedly, already spent a good portion of your summer preparing and planning for the new group of lives you will work tirelessly to educate and develop throughout this school year. We wish you luck on this endeavor, and we thank you for all of your hard work.

August 21 is Senior Citizens Day: Teach your children about the importance of recognizing and honoring the seniors in our lives by doing one of these special activities together on this special day: