Ways to Play Archives - Page 7 of 13 - Compassion Games International

You are compassion

by Joey Crotty | Oct 11, 2012 | Compassionate Seattle, Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play

Submitted by Dee Williams Many people are studying compassion in order to introduce it into schools and other places. Some say it should be taught. Others have won awards for their programs that teach about compassion. Cities are touted as being the most compassionate. I guess this might be similar to the idea that “a corporation is a person”. Are we really ready to get serious about compassion? Even just saying the word may evoke a spark of “something” for you or me. I know that when I say or...

What’s good? Volunteers in record numbers show compassion

by Joey Crotty | Oct 9, 2012 | Education - Schools, Stories of Compassion, United Way, Ways to Play, WhatsGood206

Submitted by What's Good '206'? Some painted walls, others cleaned a preschool inside and out. Others pulled yard cleanup duty. All told, there were more than 12,000 of them -- people who came out on Sept. 21, United Way of King County's biggest ever Day of Caring and the launch of the Compassion Games. Take a look by the numbers: Total volunteers: 12,122 Total companies represented: 138 Total projects completed: 448 Total hours of labor: 59,737 Total value of work: $1.3 million It was also...

How a neighborhood rescued a dog

by Joey Crotty | Oct 7, 2012 | Education - Schools, Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play

Once upon a time there was a dog named Raider… This is the story of how Raider’s needs were met by the actions of Circle Drive, a compassionate neighborhood in Lake Forest Park, as told in the emails that circulated via our Resource Line: Please help find this missing dog! Lost about 4:30 PM Saturday. He’s a 3-year-old male chocolate lab who answers to the name "Raider" or "Ray-Ray." He has no collar or ID. A week later: Armand: Please put out to the neighborhood: Raider (chocolate lab)’s...

Report: Scavenger Hunt Booming with Heroes Getting SuperBetter

by Joey Crotty | Oct 5, 2012 | Scavenger Hunt: SuperBetter, SuperBetter, Ways to Play

In the last couple days, the number of people playing the Scavenger Hunt through SuperBetter has doubled! As we end the second week of the Compassion Games, we can see compassion extending out like a rushing stream. This week we had some great Scavenger Hunt Quests. Quest #6: Find a quote relating to compassion, community, or the Puget Sound area and share it on your activity wall, on Facebook, or on Twitter. Quest #7: Explore the Heart Map and select an organization that sparks your...

Cascading kindness winds through a neighborhood

by Joey Crotty | Oct 2, 2012 | Education - Schools, Leagues, Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play

By Joel Levey We were touched when a couple of our friends/students offered to come over and help us trim a tree with vines that was hanging dangerously over our neighbors' power lines. They brought over their ladders and saws, we shared some chocolate and music with them and after a few hours had managed to trim the tree and remove the danger of our neighbors' electricity being cut during an wind or ice storm. I was very grateful and relieved! While we were working on the project, I...

Why Stories of Compassion Matter

by Joey Crotty | Oct 2, 2012 | Compassionate Action Network International, Education - Schools, Leagues, Stories of Compassion, United Way, Ways to Play

By Gary Davis Our society is fascinated by entertainers, sports heroes and lawbreakers. Glance at the “most read” list on most any online news site and you’ll find it overwhelmingly populated with articles that are variations on those themes. This isn’t a new trend. But what does it say about the stories we value, or to what we give our precious attention? “People become the stories they hear and the stories they tell,” writes author and activist Elie Wiesel. We agree. Since most children...

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...

Report: Scavenger Hunt Update

by Joey Crotty | Sep 28, 2012 | Scavenger Hunt: SuperBetter

It's been a week since the start of the Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest and that includes a whole week of interesting Quests in the Scavenger Hunt. For your information and for posterity, here are last week's Quests: Quest #1. Read and sign the Charter for Compassion. Quest #2. Sign up or resolve to attend a specific Planned Action Project or Event during the Compassion Games. Post your commitment on your SuperBetter activity wall or on the Facebook event page. Quest #3. Visit the...

Whidbey GeoDome and the Compassion Games Scavenger Hunt

by Joey Crotty | Sep 27, 2012 | Education - Schools, Scavenger Hunt: SuperBetter, Seattle Center, SuperBetter, Youth

When I first walked into the Whidbey GeoDome, I thought, "What an odd rubber room." The inflatable space requires passage through a heavy, velcro curtain and is dotted with ground-level seats. Making myself comfortable in the middle of the front row, I was soon surrounded by images projected on all sides of the dome and surround-sound narration and audio. The effect—like an intimate planetarium—was spectacular. The minds behind the GeoDome believe in the power of stories—big and...