Please join us for Kindness Day In Honor of Tommy Raskin on Sunday, January 26 from 10:30am-1pm at Piney Branch Elementary School. There will be lots of community make-n-take crafts and ways to spread kindness in our community with families in need receiving food, cleaning/hygiene kits, Lego, and blankets from the various groups making/assembling item at PBES. Teens please signup to volunteer with us here. SSL hours and pizza provided. 
Ways you can help support Kindness Day:
1. Please consider making a donation to Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals which honors Tommy’s generous work and spirit: https://tommyraskinfund.org/
2. Support these in-house kindness events:
Tabletop is collecting socks for Shepherd’s Table and Interfaith Works
People’s Book is collecting books for Small Things Matter =and= allowing patrons to purchase a subscription to be donated to STM for their literacy program this month only! Sign up here: https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/growing/
Olive Lounge is hosting a dine-in/out fundraiser on Thursday, January 30 with 10% of the proceeds supporting STM’s Kokua Foods Program!
3. Donate items for our Kindness Day Collections at PBES on Sunday January 26:
Please bring donations of yarn for the seniors at Heritage House who have a knitting/crochet club, feminine hygiene products (opened is fine) for STM Richard Montgomery; soap, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner for The Personal Care Foundation; used/new towels, dog toys, cat toys, dog/cat food, Clorox wipes for MoCo Animal Services and Adoption Center; new/used Lego for TP/SS children in need; socks for hygiene kits for Shepherd’s Table and Interfaith Works
4. Join in on our Kindness Day activities at Piney Branch ES
Not Child’s Play/Risa Shaw/Empower children/students, educate adults, talk and learn about consent and boundaries. Let’s keep our kids safe! 25% of all January book sales donated to STM. Purchase it at https://notchildsplay.com
TPSS Coop/Chloe Thompson/seed bombs
Takoma Art Library/Sarah Voisin/kindness pins
Licking Creek Bend Farm/Esther Siegel/provide apples; talk about farming
The Loft Collective/Lia Salza/craft based activity – TBD
Takoma Park Elementary PTA/Kaitlin Caruso/appreciation cards for teachers
Phil Shapiro/sharing short stories on different facets of human kindness
The Personal Care Foundation/Carol Freitas/making relaxing bath salts
Judy Ehrenstein/making kindness rocks
North Bethesda Middle School/Infinity Fonseca/making bookmarks for STM Books for Bedtime literacy program
Small Things Matter/Lana Anderson/cleaning/hygiene kits and fresh produce distribution
Small Things Matter/Karen Ackerman/knitting & crocheting items; distribution neighbors in need
Let’s Play America/Pat Rumbaugh/corn hole game
STM at Quince Orchard High School/Chelsea Grand/Cups of Cheer for seniors
Piney Branch Elementary/Molly O’Donnell/kindness note wall
Project Always Hearts/Jackie Summers/stuffed hearts
Girl Scout Troop 2474/Shana Fulcher/stuffies
Girl Scout Troop 34156/Heather Foley/making dogs toys and shelter collection
PsychePulse/Ocean Carrasco/mental health and neurodivergence awareness
STM at Richard Montgomery High School/Oren Egnal & Ved Bhise/assembling feminine hygiene kits
Girl Scout Troop 34054/Cara Honzak, Shannon Earle, Lee Anderegg/friendship bracelets
STM at Walt Whitman High School/Marion Lambert & Sahana Thyagarajan/mandalas
Snack table/Rachel Gold/Rainbow cookies
Poolesville High School/Ian Arthur/Lego
Imperfect Foods/Antonio Prigmore & Meaghan Christian/food boxes
STM at Thomas S. Wooton High School/Nikki Cohen & Abby Needleman/tattoos