Woburn Students Take Pledge, Agree To Complete Acts Of Kindness

WOBURN, MA — Students at Woburn's Hurld Wyman Elementary School took The Connor's Kindness Pledge at an assembly last month, the district has announced.

The pledge is part of Connor's Kindness Project (CKP) a local nonprofit dedicated to spreading positivity and helping kids in need. By taking the pledge, students become part of the Kids Kindness Club, which aims to promote kindness and inclusion.

As part of the pledge, students have been challenged to complete 20 acts of kindness by December. Upon completion of the challenge, Hurld Wyman will receive a certificate of membership and will join 10 other schools that are part of the project, according to organizers.

Sharon Marrama, founder of CKP, was a guest at the Sept. 19 assembly, which helped kick off the program. At the event, 422 students and more than 45 staff members sang and danced along to "The Kindness Song," according to event organizers.

CKP began during the COVID-19 pandemic when Connor Wright, a 12-year-old boy from Lynnfield, and his grandmother, Marrama, began delivering COVID care packages to local children who were sick or in isolation.

The organization has since evolved into a nonprofit. In 2023 alone, the Kids Kindness Club has 4,000 participating students, who have completed 80,000 acts of kindness.

"The Connor's Kindness Project does wonderful work helping children in need and spreading kindness and positivity throughout the community," said Matthew Crowley, superintendent of Woburn Public Schools. "It is evident that the students at Hurld Wyman Elementary believe in the organization's mission, and by being a part of the Kindness Club, they can have even more motivation to spread kindness to their peers and members of the Woburn community each day."