Pick up your “You’ve Been Fred Roger-ed” cards at the art starting May 20th, and join us in spreading kindness on May 20-24!
Partner with Latrobe Art Center and the Fred Rogers Center, and spread kindness and creativity throughout Westmoreland County during the art center's third annual Week of Kindness!
From May 20-24, Latrobe Art Center is seaking to spread intentional acts of kindness throughout the community coinciding with Pennsylvania's own designated day of kindness (1-4-3 Day) inspired by the life and legacy of Fred Rogers. Using specially designed "You've Been Fred Roger-ed" cards, create a ripple effect of kindness, and share some much needed joy and hope with your loved ones and fellow community members.
Here's how it will work:
Anyone seeking to spread kindness will pick up a specially designed "You've Been Fred Roger-ed" card at any partnering location. (There’s even a card designed specifically for kids!!!)
Using that card, the person, business, or organzation will perform an act of kindness, capture the moment, and share it with us on social media with the hashtag, #YouveBeenFredRogered.
That person, business, or oganization will then leave their "You've Been Fred Roger-ed" card behind that contains instructions for the recipient of the act of kindness to perform an act of kindness of their own for someone else!
The card will continue to be passed along throughout the community and create a ripple effect of kindness!
It's that simple!
And, new this year, kick off the week with us at the Art Center on Monday, May 20th from 4-6 p.m. at the “Educator Playground: Being a Kind and Caring Neighbor!” We invite educators and caregivers to drop in and explore resources and activities inspired by the kindness of everyone’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, from organizations such as the Fred Rogers Institute, Latrobe Art Center, WQED Education, and more. We hope you will join us for some tangible take-aways applicable to your work with children and young people.
Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, an exploration of items from the Fred Rogers Archive, and child-friendly experiences, all at no cost!
Pre-register by visiting https://remakelearningdays.org/event/southwesternpa/educator-playground-being-a-kind-and-caring-neighbor/.
“What does kindness look like?”
The prompt above was received by our member artists at Latrobe Art Center prior to the event. In response, they created the pieces below representing what they believe kindness looks like!
