The Annual Global Compassion Games, Survival of the Kindness last for 11 days. They begin on September 11th, a National Day of Service and Remembrance, and end on September 21st, United Nations International Day of Peace. The Games are part of the 11 Days of Global Unity and CASADY YAC PEACE WEEK
Through the spirit of competitive altruism and play, players compete not against each other but with one another, to help develop the skills we need to be more compassionate toward others, toward the earth, and toward ourselves.
By participating in the 2015 Annual Compassion Games Coopetition, players help make their communities kinder, safer, and more just places to live and play!
Join us for our annual global celebration of compassionate action around the world, from September 11, the U.S. National Day of Service to September 21, the U.N.’s International Day of Peace! and register for the Games.
Who writes the game’s missions? The International Kindness Team, Andy Smallman, founder of Kind Living and the Puget Sound Community School with David Spangler, American Spiritual philosopher write the daily kindness missions. Fish illustrates them.
How to Play: It's free. Go to http://compassiongames.org/ and Sign up. You will receive, via e-mail, 11 kindness missions from Sept. 11 through Sept. 21st. That’s all there is to it. The missions will also appear HERE, Casady Compassion Games Blog.
Come to the Casady Wing with a Passport to Peace One Day that you made yourself with your good deeds and exchange it for an Icee because "I SEE PEACE ONE DAY with acts of kindness, compassion and service." Stay and enjoy the YOUTH PEACE ONE DAY Celebrations from Rwanda!
On August 31st, Mother Susan with labyrinth drawing expert, Dr. Diane Rudebock and Mr. Mark Coate produced in a few hours the royal blue Butterfly Garden Labyrinth, which will welcome Peace Week 2015 walkers and pinwheels for peace during the 11 Days of Global Unity from 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance to 9/21 United Nations International Day of Peace.
The Labyrinths @ Casady Day began at 7:15 am when YAC Planning and Peace Week teams helped Mother Susan unfold the indoor labyrinth and placed carefully drafted labyrinth guides at chapel pews.
The YAC members were the first to experience the Butterfly Garden Labyrinth
"It was really calming and peaceful and quiet. I got to think about stuff. It was just cool. I liked a lot!""I loved it a lot."
"I got to walk around . "I thought about my life and the Lord."
"I prayed for two people I know to get better"
"It really gave me time to relax during the school day, to think about my life, things that you love, things in the past"
Lower Division, After School Care, had hands on activities to discover the differences between labyrinth and maze before walking the outdoor labyrinth. Ms. Maryam Sontag facilitated the After School care labyrinth experience. Before sending children on walks, Ms. Sontag stated, "On the way in, think about your special gifts. On the way out think about the ways that you can help someone else with your special gifts."
After the walk, Ms. Sontag stated, "We opened the labyrinth and we have to close it now. You will skip the outside of the labyrinth in a counter clock wise manner." After the skip, the closing prayer was: "Thank you God for making me, One of a Kind. Help me remember to use my gifts to help others."
Students reflected their experience at the Gazebo. One student stated, "It was like in chapel. It was just outside."
An e-mail from the first grade:
"I wanted to share with you the thanks of my first graders (and me) for having Mother Susan speak to us in chapel and for the labyrinth.
My seventeen students and I waited until the day after Mother Susan's chapel talk to look at and and discuss the information in the brochure, but before that we practiced mindfulness with our beautiful Tibetan bowl and spoke the words "I breathe in peace, I breathe out love." Then when we were calm and focused, I read the brochure to them.
After we talked about the many, many things that we are thankful for, we walked over to the labyrinth and walked single file through it while saying aloud anything we thought of for which to thankful. One of my favorites was a little boy who said, "My mother's kisses." There were so many sweet thoughts of love shared during our walk.
When we finished, the children couldn't believe how long the actual walk through the labyrinth really took - it looked so much smaller until we were on our journey. We all had a wonderful time, and as we walked back to our lower division building, one of the children said, "I'm thankful for air conditioning!" We all agreed.
Thank you so much. It was a beautiful experience to have with my sweet children."
Through the day, faculty and UD students experienced the labyrinth on their own.
Thank you to the Primary Division Faculty who stated last May that the one new thing they would love to see for Peace Week 2015 was a labyrinth on campus!
The Primary Division follows Maria Montessori's mission that "World Peace Begins in the Classroom."
A Primary Division Pinwheel for Peace welcomed walkers to the labyrinth!
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