24: Positivity Project and National Compliment Day Because Other People Matter

Yes you are beautiful. You are beautiful for reading this, and you are beautiful for being who you are, no matter who that is. I appreciate you for reading and following along on this philanthropic journey. I want to compliment you particularly right now, because it's National Compliment Day. World Compliment Day is later in the year so expect more then or any time, actually. For today's Donations by the Dozen, I wanted to reflect the positivity of compliments and continue the Celebration of Life with The Positivity Project (POSProject). This fits beautifully with this week's Celebration of Life and the lives of children. "The Positivity Project is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping America’s youth build stronger relationships by seeing the character strengths in themselves and others. It is empowering and effective, creating self-confidence and introspection to be shared in communities. 

Our vision is to create citizens and leaders who will enhance our communities and country by internalizing the belief that “Other People Matter.” (https://posproject.org) The Positivity Project focuses on recognizing and exploring character strength in children and teaching "students how to identify, appreciate, and articulate the character strengths in themselves and others. In our model, consistency is key. We empower teachers to help their students build positive and enduring habits. Students emerge with enhanced self-confidence and relationships – thereby cultivating a stronger sense of community at the classroom level and fostering a culture of character across the school." (https://posproject.org/what-we-do/#implementation)

The model goes beyond teaching character by scientific method as the foundation for showing character. It reaches beyond behavior by instilling and empowering children to appreciate character strengths in themselves and in others to be leaders in their own lives and in the community. Some of the resources POSProject uses are here https://posproject.org/resources/, including character cards, videos, books. and activities you can do with your own children if you like the Positivity Project and don't have a school near you using it. Better yet, share this with a school if you want. The metrics image above says a great deal about how those involved feel about the project, and I appreciate how it shows a relationship of growth and positivity, two of my favorite things. 
One fun thing you can do if you like exploring positivity and character is discover more about yourself by taking this survey: http://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey. Your results show you the order of your greatest strengths, rather than surveys that tell you a few things in percentages or averages. I found it interesting to see what came first, second and so forth, and you may too. Plus quizzes and survey are just fun. 
In the video, below, I think the recognition (at mark 4:03) of kids who feel like they have more to offer and contribute after initiating the Positivity Project than they had before truly affirms the strength of this wonderful program. 

Donations by the Dozen compliments you, Positivity Project, and wish you the best. Readers, I compliment you for sticking with me even though some of our causes aren't as positive or can even be downright depressing. Donations by the Dozen recognizes the sense behind the "it takes a village: mindset, and we hope the village of philanthropy we are making brings you a piece of something you find meaningful to you. Thank you again for being you and joining the journey. 

To read more about the Positivity Project, click here: https://medium.com/the-positivity-project/other-people-matter-6dd17c1a952e#.m97rancct 

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