Cartwright Elementary School put this video together for the Josh Stevens Foundation. We absolutely love it! Thank you so much!
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Burkholder MS Video
March 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You have got to see Burkholder Middle School embrace the Be Kind campaign. The faculty here does a super job spreading the message.
“Congratulations” to Tony, who was the first to receive the kindness card. Well done, Tony!
We are proud of you and we love what you guy’s are doing.
Thank you Burkholder Middle School for your support to the Josh Stevens Foundation. Great job guys.
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Dean Allen Elementary Be Kind Week
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dean Allen Elementary School held their Be Kind Week last month and what a great turn out they had by all school members. The school was also interviewed by a local TV station for their participation in the Josh Stevens Foundation, Be Kind Like Josh message.
Thank you Dean Allen Elementary for your support to the Josh Stevens Foundation. Great job guys.
Special music credits to: Rascal Flats
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Cool at School: Students Learning to Be Kind
February 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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LAS VEGAS-There’s a movement underway at some 70 local schools to motive kids to be kind. It all part of the Josh Stevens Foundation.
The 12-year-old’s life ended suddenly in a tragic accident, but his parents Drew and Barbara Stevens are keeping his spirit alive with the foundation. It recognizes and rewards students for their acts of kindness. “We thought middle schoolers were the perfect age to target this kindness movement. As it turns out, it’s been embraced by schools all over the valley,” Drew Stevens said.
He and Barbara spoke to students at Woodbury Middle School about Josh and the foundation and already kids have been making an effort to be kind to others.
Some of their random acts of kindness include opening doors for others, helping teachers with daily work and helping out more with extra curricular activities after school.
Counselor Sharon Cameron says it’s a way of life. “It’s a habit. It becomes who you are. That’s part of what we are trying to do here at Woodbury. We are trying to create the kind of character where students really care about others.”
Josh Stevens never knew any of the students but with the help of his parents and the foundation, he will live on forever.
Family Turns Tragedy into Foundation of Kindness
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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HENDERSON, NV. — Diners enjoying a nice breakfast at a Henderson restaurant were treated to a random act of kindness that left many of them feeling inspired to pay it forward.
Thirteen-year-old Josh Stevens was killed in a golf-cart accident two years ago. Today would have been his 15th birthday. So his family and other members of the Josh Stevens Foundation honored him by treating every diner at the Sunrise Cafe to a free breakfast.
The scene was especially touching for Joselino Menezes, who lost his own teenage son in a car crash 13 years ago. Joselino says the pain of losing a child never goes away.
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Drew Stevens describes his oldest son Josh as a great athlete — handsome and popular. “Above all else, he was genuinely kind,” he said.
It was Josh’s kind nature that his family wants to honor most of all. And it is the mission behind the Josh Stevens Foundation.
“Our ultimate mission in this foundation is for a child to feel the magic – the gift that is received in the heart by the single act of doing something kind for someone else,” said Drew Stevens.
It all started when Josh’s family began handing out kindness cards to children caught doing kind acts, but that has now turned into a national movement with more than 60 Las Vegas schools embracing the mission and schools from states all over the west now jumping on the be-kind bandwagon as well.
“We do believe Josh knows what we’re doing and when we are all reunited again with Josh, our hope is that he will tell us his is proud of us and that we honored him and honored our family,” said Stevens.
Josh’s parents say a child they never met stood up and shared a story at their son’s funeral about the time Josh invited him to play pick up football one day. The boy, who had been sitting on the sidelines watching, said they wouldn’t want him to play because he wasn’t any good. Josh not only picked him to play on his team but threw him a touchdown pass. That boy said because of Josh, it was the best day of his life.
That’s the kind of kid Josh Stevens was.
