Rewarding kids for kindness

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most profound. A new effort called the Kind Acts program, created by a former Montana teacher, gives teachers a simple and easy way to honor students for acts of kindness.

Teachers can log onto the Kind Acts Foundation website at www.kindacts.org. The foundation sends a personalized certificate detailing the child's kind act along with a Kind Acts lapel pin to any teacher making a request at the website. The teacher decides how to present the certificate and pin to the student.

Because the Kind Acts Foundation is privately funded, there is no cost.