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How My Song Came To Be

When I was in grade eight we were learning about the Rights of Children. I learned that lots of kids don't have the things that we have. I was so surprised.  We had to do a project on our own with an idea for a way to raise money to help feed and care for all the children in Africa that had AIDS. I got the idea that I could write a song about how all children have rights. So I wrote my song and then a guy wrote the music for it. Another guy recorded it and it was put on a CD for me to have other kids get it.

I decided that there are 4 things I think all kids have rights to:

1. Freedom
2. Health
3. Friends
4. Family

I thought about this a long time and wanted to help all kids but I couldn't do it alone. So I got the idea that maybe if I started a website others would help me. Will you? Together we CAN change the world - one kid at a time.

One of the ways I did this was I started a Random Acts of Kindness Club at school. I would watch around school and when I saw another kid (or teacher) do something nice for someone or someone would like pick up a piece of garbage, I would give them a Random Act Of Kindness Certificate that I made on my computer. This was a great idea because it caught on and kids started to be kinder to others. You could do this or you could just do your own Random acts of kindness.

Here's a few other suggestions:

1. Look around and find a kid who needs to know they matter. Make that kid know someone believes they are special. You could include them in your group, send them a card or note or send them a story that will inspire them to be all they can be.

2. Search for ways to compliment others. Tell a kid they have a great smile, tell someone they look great or thank a kid for something they did.

3. Become an Email Pen Pal with someone. It could be a kid who doesn't have many friends or a Special Needs kid who can't leave home or .. you think of someone. It's so easy to send Daily Emails in order to make a dofference in someone's life.

Do you have some ideas that you can tell us about? Or do you have a story about something that happened because of a situation that you or someone else took part in? Let me know and I'll add the suggestion to our list here and I'll put your story into my story page.