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Current Programs and Activities
The “Be Kind Challenge”, which is part of the Ben’s Bells education program, has quickly blossomed from its origins of Tucson, Arizona to various areas of the country where tragedy has struck, including Newton, Connecticut after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The challenge continues through the Kind Campus program which targets elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in Tucson, AZ. The program teaches five fundamental educational aspects including self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision making, self-management, and relationship management. Ben’s Bells provides the material for the program free of charge to campuses that request it. As an addition to the Be Kind campaign, one deserving Tucsonan is awarded with a bell each week for an act of kindness they performed that was noticed by the community. Nominations for the “belling” can be submitted on the Ben’s Bells website and is announced via radio. Be Kind merchandise and assortments of bells are sold at local Ben’s Bells studios as well as on their website to fund their programs.