Christine Baker founded Walk4Good to inspire people to practice kindness. This presentation helps show high school students how to practice kindness in their own lives, and to be inspired by Baker.

1. North Rockland HS
December 9, 2011

2. Mission Statement
Walk4Good is a growing community of kindness-driven
individuals from all walks of life whose primary mission is to
inspire and empower people to practice kindness and to pass
acts of kindness onto others. We envision a world where we
are all a more engaged in our local communities and
personally deliberate in our willingness and intent to help
those around us.

3. Be kinder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtESjjg8Jz0

4. We’ll walk to inspire you.
Christine and her dog Jessie
will walk the 2,180 miles of
the Appalachian Trail over 6
grueling months to inspire
YOU to make a difference
in your own life.
It won’t be easy for us, but we
know we will have your
support.

5. About the hikers
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_DMyXTX9K4

6. The Hike
Christine and Jessie will depart on June
15, 2012 from the Appalachian Trail's
northernmost point, Mount Katahdin,
Maine. They will battle black flies,
ticks, raging stream crossings, every
imaginable kind of weather on their
journey, but they will walk
continuously until they reach Springer
Mountain in Georgia.

7. Training
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv222d_jZyg

8. Let’s Talk Kindness

9. Kindness Counts
What does Kindness Mean to You?
• Compassion
• Caring
• Helping others
• Being friendly
• Smiling
• Volunteering
• What else?

10. What’s Pay-It-Forward?
When you pay-it-forward, you
don’t repay the person who
did something nice for you.
Instead, you do something nice
for someone else. For
example, if someone changes
your tire while you are
stranded on the highway, you
might pay it forward by
shoveling your elderly
neighbor’s walkway after a
snow has fallen.

11. How big should my
kind act be?
So how big does each good deed
need to be?
They can be as big or small as
you want, from opening the
door for a stranger or feeding
a homeless person to
volunteering. The aim is
simple: show someone in
one’s life kindness and feel
good about it.

12. When you dedicate a mile, you make a
promise.
Walk4Good needs 2,180
dedications. One for each mile
Christine and Jessie walk.
These dedications are free. Anyone
may make a dedication in honor of
a loved one (living or deceased).
In return for making a free
dedication, PAY-IT-FORWARD!

13. Some dedications
 MILE 204 – DEIRDRE LYDON: I dedicate a mile to my grandpa.
How will you Pay-It-Forward? I will be supportive of others in
their time of need.
 MILE 101 – AMY D’AMICO: I would like to make a dedication to
our military who are away from their families right now. How will
you Pay-It-Forward? I have collected Halloween candy from
neighbors and students and will be putting packages together to
send overseas to our troops so they can truly enjoy a Halloween as
well.

14. The Power
Let’s do the math: 2,180 miles
= 2,180 dedications and
2,180 good deeds that touch
thousands of people, who in
turn will go out and help
others.
That’s the power of
Walk4Good.

15. The North Rockland HS
Challenge
15
Days
of
Kindness

16. North Rockland HS Challenge
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDvh24k0rDQ

17. The North Rockland HS
Challenge
15 Days of Kindness.
Your mission is to do 500 acts of kindness in 15 days.
Share your stories and photos of your kindness acts.
If your school reaches 500, you’ll get a special gift!
That’s the power of Walk4Good.

18. Online Community
 Website- Dedications may be made, ideas shared and
inspiration provided. www.walk4good.org

19. Online Community
 Facebook - Community sharing ideas and experiences.
@walk4good

20. Online Community
 Twitter – Great way to get the word out and share stories
and tweets from the road. @thewalk4good

21. Online Community
 Tumblr – Jessie the dog will be blogging! @walk4good

22. Online Community
 YouTube – Videos will be uploaded regularly and throughout
the hike and people’s pay-it-forward experiences shared.
@walk4good

23. “Changing the World One Step at a Time.”
Email:
info@walk4good.org