by Joey Crotty | Oct 31, 2012 | Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play | Compassionate Seattle, Stories of Compassion
By Atit Marmer My entire life has been committed to learning and understanding the giving and receiving of compassion. My first memory of an event involving this spiritual path goes way back to the sixth grade when our class visited a student art show presented by a...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 29, 2012 | Leagues, Partners, Stories of Compassion, Uncategorized, Ways to Play, WhatsGood206, Youth | A Story Runs Through It, compassion games, Scott Macklin, Seattle International Film Festival, Stories of Compassion, Youth
Submitted by What’s Good 206 If you let a community tell its own stories, what do you hear? During Seattle’s Compassion Games, independent filmmakers brought us stories of a neighborhood coming together around a community garden, a community formed around...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 26, 2012 | Education - Schools, Stories of Compassion, Uncategorized, Ways to Play, Youth | "City of Seattle", "Tell A Story", community project, compassion games, compassionate action, compassionate action projects, Stories of Compassion, Youth
By Jon Ramer The Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club needs you. Dedicated school chef Patrice Freeman shops the sales to feed her hungry troupe, but she has a dream, to feed her boys and girls with fresh fruit and vegetables from a bountiful school garden. She...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 26, 2012 | Puget Sound Community School, Stories of Compassion, Uncategorized, Ways to Play, WhatsGood206, Youth | "Andy Smallman", "Do Good", "Tell A Story", compassion games, Stories of Compassion, Youth
Submitted by What’s Good 206 Strong academics are a byproduct of a good school. That’s the model for Puget Sound Community School, which operates on the premise that students learn best when they are supported in their passions. And yes, they do take...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 26, 2012 | Stories of Compassion, Uncategorized, Ways to Play, Youth | "Do Good", "Tell A Story", compassion games, Stories of Compassion, Youth
By Martha Hopler As I head to the home of J. I feel a sense of urgency today is the day. Today is the day I have waited for, for some time. I have waited for the moment she is ready to head to re-hab. I am very aware of the choices I have made to allow her to...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 23, 2012 | Stories of Compassion | "Tell A Story", Companis, compassionate action, Compassionate Action Network International, Compassionate Seattle, Rosehedge/Multifaithworks, Stories of Compassion
By Alanna Gunne Lying in his bed, he listened to the sounds of life. He could smell the pot roast cooking in the kitchen and hear his housemates moving through the halls. A movie was playing on his VCR and he was comfortable. He had not envisioned his life this...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 22, 2012 | Education - Schools, Partners, Stories of Compassion, United Way, Ways to Play | "random acts of compassion", "Tell A Story", "Volunteer", community project, compassion games, compassionate action, Stories of Compassion
Submitted by Kizzie Funkhouser We are fellow volunteers that serve those in need, Farmers of hope, we’re planting the seeds – Weeding out obstacles when lives’ pathways are blocked. Standing together, our diverse strands, woven to stalks Of...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 21, 2012 | Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play | "Tell A Story", compassion games, compassionate action, family history, Stories of Compassion
By Lee Campbell There was a man named Joe Earl. He was born in 1911 in a small town near the Mississippi River. His father died of an unspecified illness when he was a toddler. His mother, Mollie Bodi, remarried and had two daughters, Ida Mae and Delores. Mollie’s...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 17, 2012 | Compassionate Seattle, Education - Schools, Faith and Interfaith, Leagues, Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play, WhatsGood206, Youth | "City of Seattle", "Do Good", "Seattle police officers", "Tell A Story", compassion games, Compassionate Seattle, Stories of Compassion, tales of compassion, Youth
Submitted by What’s Good 206 Why should you care about gun violence? “It has no race, no creed, no age barriers. If it hasn’t affected you yet, it will if it continues.” Stark words from one man interviewed in this array of community voices...
by Joey Crotty | Oct 16, 2012 | Compassionate Seattle, Education - Schools, Leagues, Stories of Compassion, Ways to Play, WhatsGood206, Youth | "Tell A Story", bullying, compassion games, compassionate action, Nikhil Goyal, school reform, schools, Stories of Compassion, Youth
Submitted by What’s Good 206 Build more compassionate schools by combining students of different ages in the classroom, and fully integrating schools, says a 17-year-old high school senior who has written a book advocating overhaul of the educational system. In...
