Literary Examples Of Kindness

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RHoK made this announcement during their third Global Event, happening simultaneously on six continents. RHoK will also give organizations and individuals the ability to run their own RHoK Community Events. The first Community Event lined up will be a "Water Hackathon" organized by the World Bank dedicated to finding out whether new ideas, open data and a global community of hackers can help to solve the world's single largest cause of illness: lack of safe water and inadequate sanitation. Random Hacks of Kindness was founded in 2009 in partnership between Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and the World Bank. Since then thousands of volunteers have worked on applications that are already making an impact. I'm OK, an SMS service that lets people inform their families of their status, was used on the ground during the devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile in 2010. The World Bank is piloting CHASM, software for visualizing landslide risk, in the Caribbean. Other apps have received support and interest from governments, NGOs and international organizations around the world. "RHoK is embracing the concept of 'open innovation', the idea of bringing together thousands of people from around the world to crowd source some of our toughest challenges," said Deborah Diaz, Deputy Chief Information Officer at NASA. "NASA is excited about this critical step for the innovation community. This expansion of the RHoK mission will allow more creative interaction with NASA's open data to develop impactful solutions.

Shavuot Values for Preschoolers - Kveller, Jewish Family & Children

Shavuot is a largely ignored and often forgotten Jewish holiday. (Except, of course, for the license it gives to eat dairy products . We're talking serious cheesecake here.) But the holiday commemorates a very important event: the giving of the 10 Commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai. The biblical story associated with Shavuot, the Book of Ruth , gives us a phenomenal and beautiful opportunity to talk to our children about how we treat others.

A good kids' version of the Book of Ruth is hard to find, but here are the important notes. There are three main characters: Ruth, Naomi and Boaz. Each of them, in different ways, provides us with a literary example of kindness, charity and loyalty.

The Story of the Book of Ruth

#1 Ruth is Naomi's daughter-in-law. Sadly, Naomi's husband and sons die while they are living in Moab (a country near modern Israel) and Naomi decides to go back to Israel to be near her extended family. Despite the fact that her family all lives in Moab, Ruth decides to go with Naomi so that she will not be alone.  

#2 The two women take on the difficult journey and arrive in Israel with very little money or food. According to Jewish law , farmers are required to leave some of their crops in the field so that the poor and the widowed could come and gather it.  

#3 Ruth went each day and collected barley and wheat in the fields.

#4 Boaz, the farm owner and a distant relative of Naomi's, had heard about the kindness that Ruth had shown Naomi and ordered his workers to leave extra grain where Ruth could get it. Soon, Ruth and Boaz fell in love and were married. Two generations later, their grandson became the first king of Israel: King David .

Finding the Values

It would make a good Disney movie, right? The family sticks together through hardships and it all works out for a happy ending. While we wait for the film to be produced, however, the Book of Ruth draws out themes of loyalty, compassion, kindness and acts of charity . These themes are often difficult for young children to understand. After all, it's developmentally appropriate to be egocentric when you're in preschool. But understanding these concepts is critical in the advancement of your child's moral compass. I like Ruth's story because it's relatable and offers us a platform to ask questions and play out these values, giving young children a context to these sometimes abstract concepts.

Charity:  

Preschoolers understand "stuff." They know what it means to have toys, clothes, and food, and they can also understand not having stuff. Take advantage of Shavuot happening in the spring and do some spring cleaning with your preschooler. Reading this story and asking some questions can be a great precursor to weeding through old toys or clothes that no longer fit and bagging them up for donation. Include your child in the entire process; bring them with you to Goodwill or Salvation Army to drop off their contribution.

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