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At Kind Cotton, giving back goes further. It starts with our founder, Kaitlin Johnstone, former Teacher of the Year at a Sarasota, Florida Elementary School. Kaitlin has established a reading program with Sarasota County Schools, attending Alta Vista Elementary's Aftercare at least once a month. Kaitlin, along with awesome volunteers, works directly with the children at Alta Vista Elementary . Rather than a simple book donation, we're focused on building relationships through literature. The goal is to build an interest in reading among the kids- making literature fun, as well as educational.
Kind Cotton is proud to be working with Sarasota County Schools - specifically Alta Vista Elementary - in an effort to promote and encourage literacy and reading amongst local children. Monthly, and sometimes even weekly, we visit the Alta Vista Elementary Aftercare program - read a story with the kids, complete a fun activity/lesson, and send each child home with his or her own book.
With the pandemic making it impossible to do our reading program the way we had in the past we have been thinking of ways to say ‘thank you’ to the education community while also giving books to children! Teaching is one of the most selfless professions, one in which you often put yourself last. Teachers, we see you. We see the determination. We see the enthusiasm. We see the love. Nevertheless, we see the hardships, the tears, and the lack of resources and we want to help. We would LOVE for you to nominate an educator that inspires you. We'll choose our favorite and they'll receive a set of books for their classroom library! On top of that, they will receive a set of books for their classroom for students to take home!
Simply fill out their name (you may nominate yourself) and a little bit about why you feel they are an amazing teacher!
Aside from working directly with the kiddos in our reading program, Kind Cotton is devoted to helping spread kindness in other ways, like supporting an Elementary School effected by Hurricane Irma and fighting to stop gun violence. As issues arise that we feel strongly about, you can bet we will be the first to try to help!
We partnered with the students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to create the Rise Up Tee! Each year, MSD hosts a Dance Marathon, with all proceeds going to the Children's Miracle Network. Their "Rise Up" motto not only signified the strength and courage they all felt for having gone through the horrific events of last year, but they chose it to represent their dance marathon to encourage the children of Nicklaus Children's Hospital. They believe deeply that going through dark times, will continue to make you stronger.
For two months running, we have teamed up with some AMAZING friends to provide one lucky teacher with a year worth of books for their students and a Kind Cotton tee
After Hurricane Irma's devastating impact on South Central Florida, we decided to take action. We collected funds and supplies for Lake Trafford Elementary in Immokalee Florida, a school that consisted of 730 students with 98.9% economically disadvantaged prior to Irma. Many Immokalee students were without necessary resources and some even lost everything including their homes after the hurricane.
In an effort to support the end to gun violence we've released our Enough tee. Proceeds from this tee are donated to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV)
Myself and one of my amazing coworkers run a Kindness Club at School. Each month the kids brainstorm ideas and create different projects centered on love and kindness. This months project to collect stuffed animals for children at Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg made me so incredibly inspired that we at Kind Cotton decided to match the stuffed animal donation with a book for each child!
