JonRamer, Author at Compassion Games International

Kamloops, British Columbia – A Bright Shining Compassion Star

by JonRamer | Sep 10, 2014 | Leagues, Teams, Unity Games

There's good news coming out of the city of Kamloops in British Columbia. It's the story of a Compassion All-Star Daphane Nelson who took a stand to give the gift of peace and compassion to her city. Daphane Nelson heard about the Compassion Games through her mom. She checked it out and saw this as a way to recognize all the good work happening in her community. Take a look at all the events they have planned for the Compassion Games. Daphane honors her community and the "amazingness" already...

Drive with Compassion – Make the Pledge!

by JonRamer | Sep 9, 2014 | Uncategorized

Here's a fun new compassion game. Drive with compassion. Invented by Team Atlanta Drive with Compassion has you make an eight point pledge to be more mindful about your driving reducing stress on yourself and others! Why not take this challenge and report on the Compassion Map? Let us know what you discover Driving with Compassion. Start your Compassion Engines! You can learn more here.

Compassion Torch and The Fremont Summer Solstice Parade

by JonRamer | Jun 25, 2014 | Compassionate Seattle, Ways to Play

Team Seattle is organizing for the 2014 Compassion Games and has adopted a theme - the "art of compassion”. Therefore it was the perfect setting to kick off the 2014 pre-games by joining in on the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade. Fremont, also known as the Artists Republic of Fremont, is a neighborhood in Seattle that identifies itself as the "center of the universe." The heart and soul of this community is the Fremont Arts Council who have produced the parade for over 20 years. Members of the...

Calling All Dads: Gratitude Letters for Mothers Day – Make Everyone’s Day

by JonRamer | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized

We were recently contacted by Kellie Amanda Edwards from Australia, founder of mindfulness4mothers.com Kellie has started a relay that we think is creative meaningful and fun. We asked her to put together a blog explaining the idea and here goes! Thank you Kellie!! ------ I know you have heard of Mothers Day, but have you heard of a Gratitude Letter? Better yet, have you ever given one? It is an unexpectedly uplifting experience. I gave one to an ex boss of mine and she kept it for years....

2013 Compassion Games: Looking back & forward

by JonRamer | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized, Unity Games

What was the result when inmates at the California Institution for Women competed in last year’s annual Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest? For the first time in the institution’s history, 11 days went by without a single violent incident. That’s radical. So be prepared for more amazing results when the 2014 games return next September. We’re already making plans! The 2013 Compassion Games were a worldwide “co-opetition” that ran Sept. 11-21. Players chose to do random acts of kindness,...

September 11th Revisited by Lucy Dougall

by JonRamer | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized, Unity Games

What if instead of remembering the horror the anger and hate the fear and suspicion What if instead of a 12 year war that no one can win where everyone loses where the aftermath continues to damage untold lives We take something else from that fateful day? The memory of firemen entering the burning wreckage ordinary people rushing to help to give blood to comfort the injured to feed the rescuers all joining together in compassion, remembering loved ones in shrines of flowers and candles What...

Challenging Us to Create a Culture of Peace and Compassion

by JonRamer | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized, Unity Games, Ways to Play

What kind of culture are we growing? Culture refers to everything that makes up our way of life. Our culture comes from the process of cultivation. We have learned how to grow our culture as in agriculture and horticulture. This suggests that our culture is a function of how we think and act, individually and collectively, and that we can change our culture by acting imaginatively and creatively. Our culture is revealed in the ways we work and play. Play is primary to how we create culture....

So Who Won the Compassion Games?

by JonRamer | Nov 19, 2012 | Unity Games, Ways to Play

First off, the winners of the Compassion Games are all of us. Everybody wins when somebody makes an effort to treat others more kindly, respectfully and thoughtfully. So the short answer is everybody won! Thank you to all of our partners, sponsors, volunteers, and participants for making the games a great success! At the same time, Seattle was responding to a "community challenge" from the City of Louisville, Kentucky.... read more here.

A teacher’s compassion, a family supported

by JonRamer | Oct 30, 2012 | Stories of Compassion, Uncategorized, Ways to Play

By Marilyn Pulliam Mary and her mother were with the principal, who introduced Mary saying, “Mrs. Jones will be your reading teacher.” “I don’t read,” came the reply. “Mrs. Jones will teach you.” “I don’t read,” she repeated. To break the impasse Mrs. Jones invited Mary to a corner of the room. Mary really meant she not only did not read but couldn’t. Mrs. Jones had a book which contained only stick figures to illustrate the story. After several pages a single word appeared on the page. Soon...

Story of Compassion: Opening her arms to the world

by JonRamer | Oct 1, 2012 | Faith and Interfaith, Stories of Compassion

Story and photos by Tara Clark After living in a small, remote village called Lesotho, in southern Africa, as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1990s, I continued to travel off the beaten path to far corners of the world. My paths led to Haiti, the South Sudan, Laos, Mozambique and beyond. Travel was my passion in life. But unlike many people, I did not travel to see the “wonders” of the world.” Instead, I traveled to meet and photograph the wonderful people of the world. When I traveled to...

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