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SALT LAKE CITY — It's the start of another week, and the perfect time to get inspired by all the kind acts happening in the community.
From donations that cover school lunches to elementary school students putting together an elaborate message of kindness for fellow students, we've got two stories today that should help bring a smile to your face.
The KSL.com "Make Your Week" column features uplifting stories sent in from people outside the newsroom. To share the stories that have made your day better, email them in 100 words or less to mdalrymple@ksl.com. Photos and videos are encouraged. Stories may be edited for clarity.
Donation helps with lunch debt for Salt Lake City schools
Salt Lake City School District
"Thank you to Walker Edison Furniture for generously donating over $10,000 to our Emergency Lunch Fund, covering the lunch debt for eight Salt Lake City School District schools."
Students 'candy bomb' nearby school to spread message of kindness
Dennis Atkin, principal at Lapoint Elementary
"Our student council put on a Veterans Day program and introduced the story of Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber. They taught their peers about how his story related to acts of kindness and explained that we were going to candy bomb another school in our district in the same way Gail candy bombed the children in Germany during the events surrounding World War II.
"Our students then put messages of kindness on Christmas ornaments for each student at Ashley Elementary School in Vernal. The student council put on an assembly at Ashley Elementary to spread the message of kindness and Gail’s mantra, 'out of little things come big things,' and the principal and one of the student intervention aides dropped Hershey bars attached to parachutes near the playground."
