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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.
Our in-person reading program is currently on hold due to COVID, but here is a look back at our most recent event
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!
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.
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!
With our in-person reading on hold due to the COVID-19, we were tirelessly thinking of ways we can continue to put books in the hands of kids during this time. We excitedly came across First Book, an organization that has been dedicated to providing books to children across America since 1992. Although their mission has remained the same, their goals have shifted in response to COVID-19. They were looking to place 8 MILLION books into the homes of children through various outlets, specifically focusing on children needing books at home during this crisis.
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
We worked with Harmony Elementary school in Monroe, GA to surprise ALL students with books and blankets. In total, Kind Cotton provided over 700 books and blankets to Harmony Elementary school to celebrate the school’s annual Books and Blankets event. We're working on bringing the Books & Blankets concept to more schools this winter.
Our books aren't the only things we donate with every order. When COVID hit and we started manufacturing masks, we recognized the importance of getting masks to people who needed them most, and couldn't get them easily. So with every mask purchased we committed to donating a mask (along with a book). These donations were provided to healthcare workers, local communities, schools, and more. To date we've donated over 10,000 masks!
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)
