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Advisory-Guided Kindness Cues

By integrating multidisciplinary expertise and evidence-based visual cues, organizations foster lasting kindness and character development in youth and communities, because structured guidance enhances program relevance and visual reminders strengthen emotional recall and behavioral alignment with shared values. This strategy combines expert-informed program design with the psychological science of visual symbolism to embed kindness into daily experience. Unlike standalone education or mural projects, it systematically aligns content with human cognition and community input, making kindness both a learned and intuitively recalled practice.

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what it looks like in practice

activities of orgs running this strategy

A sample of programmatic activities from the orgs above. These are what the strategy looks like on the ground.

  • Bellee Recognition Program BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Announces a "Bellee" each Friday, sharing their story on social media to highlight individuals embodying kindness.
  • Camp Kind BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Operates Camp Kind, a weeklong experience for children entering Kindergarten through 3rd grade to learn about and practice intentional kindness, with four sessions hosted in June 2026. The program also engages students entering 4th-8th grade as Jr. Kind Counselors.
  • Collaborating on kindness education research BEN'S BELLS INC
    research
    Collaborates with the Science of Kindness Community Collective at the University of Arizona to embed kindness into school systems, practices, and culture using implementation science. This includes developing tools to measure the impact of Kind Campus programming with the University of Arizona's CRED team.
  • Collaborating on kindness research and implementation BEN'S BELLS INC
    research
    Collaborates with the Science of Kindness Community Collective at the University of Arizona to embed kindness into school systems and practices using implementation science, and developed tools to measure the impact of Kind Campus programming with the University of Arizona's CRED team.
  • Creating and selling kindness merchandise BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Creates mosaic stepping stones and merchandise featuring selected designs to serve as visual reminders of kindness. Students from TUSD embroider the "be kind" logo on various products and personal items, which are sold through Shop Kind, TUSD’s Main Gate Collaborative Art Studio, and pop-up shops.
  • Creating kindness-themed merchandise and art BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Creates mosaic stepping stones and merchandise featuring selected designs to serve as visual reminders of kindness. Students from TUSD embroider the Ben's Bells "be kind" logo on various products and personal items, which are sold through Shop Kind, TUSD’s Main Gate Collaborative Art Studio, and pop-up shops.
  • Creating kindness-themed murals BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Completes kindness-themed murals, such as the 100th mural at Roadrunner Elementary School.
  • Distributing Ben's Bells BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Distributes colorful ceramic bells, known as Ben's Bells, in communities worldwide for people to find and take home as symbols of kindness. This includes hanging thousands of bells in public spaces annually and initially distributed 400 bells in Tucson to promote kindness.
  • Distributing ceramic kindness bells BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Distributes colorful ceramic bells, known as Ben's Bells, in communities worldwide and in public spaces in Tucson for people to find and take home as symbols of kindness. The organization began making these bells in 2002 and distributes thousands annually.
  • Distributing ceramic kindness bells BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Distributes colorful ceramic bells, known as Ben's Bells, in communities worldwide and in public spaces in Tucson for people to find and take home as symbols of kindness. The organization began making and distributing these bells in 2002, distributing 400 bells in Tucson on the first anniversary of Ben's death, and now distributes thousands annually.
  • Engaging volunteers in bell creation BEN'S BELLS INC
    capacity building
    Engages thousands of volunteers annually in the creation of ceramic bells at its studios.
  • Kind Campus Educational Programming BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Offers educational programs that teach about the human brain to develop awareness and compassion for self and others, adopted by over 500 schools across the US and internationally, reaching over 1.6 million students. This includes providing 30-minute interactive Kind Campus Assemblies led by the Ben's Bells Education team.
  • Kind Colleagues Program BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Operates the Kind Colleagues program, providing lessons and activities to businesses and organizations to foster a kind and effective work environment. This includes providing website access to monthly guides, posters, videos, activities, and weekly emails, along with program support from Ben's Bells staff.
  • Kindness Research and Collaboration BEN'S BELLS INC
    research
    Collaborates with the Science of Kindness Community Collective at the University of Arizona to embed kindness into school systems, practices, and culture using implementation science. The organization also developed tools to measure the impact of Kind Campus programming in collaboration with the University of Arizona's CRED team.
  • Kindness-Themed Merchandise and Murals BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Creates mosaic stepping stones and merchandise featuring selected designs to serve as visual reminders of kindness. This includes students from TUSD embroidering the Ben's Bells "be kind" logo on various products sold through Shop Kind, TUSD’s Main Gate Collaborative Art Studio, and pop-up shops. The organization has also completed 100 kindness-themed murals.
  • Operating Camp Kind BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Operates Camp Kind, a weeklong experience for children entering Kindergarten through 3rd grade to learn about and practice intentional kindness. The program also engages students entering 4th-8th grade as Jr. Kind Counselors.
  • Operating Camp Kind BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Operates Camp Kind, a weeklong experience for children entering Kindergarten through 3rd grade to learn about and practice intentional kindness. The program also engages older students (4th-8th grade) as Jr. Kind Counselors.
  • Operating kindness education programs for schools BEN'S BELLS INC
    direct service
    Offers kindness education programming, including 30-minute interactive Kind Campus Assemblies led by Ben's Bells Education team members, to schools. This program has been adopted by over 500 schools across the US and internationally, reaching over 1.6 million students.