Kindness Duck Project

A Fort Worth mom lost her daughter to gun violence — but found a supportive sisterhood A Memory Grows is a Fort Worth-based nonprofit that offers retreats for parents who have lost children, so they don't have to grieve alone.

Support KDP today! It’s NTX Giving Day!

Support Kindness Duck Project on NTX Giving Day Our mission is simple:Plant Kindness, Grow Kindness, Share Kindness!Through our focus on the three pillars of the Kindness Duck Project, our aim is to spread kindness in as many ways and to as many people as possible!PLANT KINDNESS - Plant the seeds of kindness by...

In the City of Fort Worth, we lift our hearts and our lights to the City of Uvalde and the families of those lost and affected by the May 24, 2022 tragedy.



🌹 Makenna Lee Elrod
🏃🏽‍♀️ Layla Salazar
🌻 Maranda Mathis
😇 Nevaeh Bravo
🤍 Jose Manuel Flores Jr.
🏀 Xavier Lopez
💜 Tess Marie Mata
❤️ Rojelio Torres
💃🏽 Eliahna “Ellie” Amyah Garcia
4️⃣ Eliahna A. Torres
📚 Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez
✝️ Jacklyn Cazares
🏈 Uziyah Garcia
☕️ Jayce Carmelo Luevanos
🐋 Maite Yuleana Rodriguez
🪴 Jailah Nicole Silguero
👩🏻‍🏫 Irma Garcia
🏋🏽‍♀️ Eva Mireles
👑 Amerie Jo Garza
👩🏽‍💼 Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio
🎨 Alithia Ramirez




Thank you, Mayor Mattie Parker and Will Rogers Memorial Center & Facilities

A Memory Grows invites you to a candlelight vigil on the one year anniversary of the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

This vigil is open to the public and will begin at 7pm on May 24th in the courtyard of First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, 800 W. 5th Street.

Additional details will be shared soon.

Our hearts and thoughts are with Nashville today

10 months

Remember their names, hearts, characteristics, hobbies and goals forever

🌹 Makenna Lee Elrod
🏃🏽‍♀️ Layla Salazar
🌻 Maranda Mathis
😇 Nevaeh Bravo
🤍 Jose Manuel Flores Jr.
🏀 Xavier Lopez
💜 Tess Marie Mata
❤️ Rojelio Torres
💃🏽 Eliahna “Ellie” Amyah Garcia
4️⃣ Eliahna A. Torres
📚 Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez
✝️ Jacklyn Cazares
🏈 Uziyah Garcia
☕️ Jayce Carmelo Luevanos
🐋 Maite Yuleana Rodriguez
🪴 Jailah Nicole Silguero
👩🏻‍🏫 Irma Garcia
🏋🏽‍♀️ Eva Mireles
👑 Amerie Jo Garza
👩🏽‍💼 Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio
🎨 Alithia Ramirez

Sponsors are needed for our A Memory Grows 2023 Legacy 5K on March 25th! Individuals, families, teams, businesses, restaurants, etc. can be sponsors!
Please think of anyone who you know would like to give back to their community. The sponsorship levels are in the comment section of this post. We can provide you with the sponsorship form for you to fill out or for you to give to those who you ask! There is no such thing as a small gift! Thank you in advance!

10 years. It’s been 10 years since the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Remember their faces, their smiles, their names:

Noah
Ana Grace
Dawn
Vicki
Charlotte
Jack
Olivia
Mary
Dylan
Catherine
Avielle
Jessica
Rachel
James
Josephine
Caroline
Lauren
Ben
Madeleine
Jesse
Allison
Chase
Daniel
Anne Marie
Grace
Emilie

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It’s impossible to say Happy Thanksgiving today knowing there are 22 empty seats at the table. Today marks 6 months since the world stopped turning and shattered. Hug your families close, and say a prayer for the ones who are gone. Remember their faces, say their names today.

Jayce Luevanos
Uziyah Garcia
Lexi Rubio
Jackie Cazares
Amerie Jo Garza
Tess Mata
Maite Rodriguez
Ellie Garcia
Rojelio Torres
Xavier Lopez
Makenna Elrod
Layla Salazar
Miranda Mathis
Nevaeh Bravo
Jose Flores Jr.
Eliahna Torres
Annabell Rodriguez
Jailah Silguero
Alithia Ramirez
Eva Mireles
Irma and Joe Garcia

We are humbled by the opportunity to serve the families of the Robb tragedy and the City of Uvalde. We would sincerely appreciate your support as we help build the bridge to a brighter tomorrow in Uvalde. If you are a nonprofit, corporation, or larger group that wants to find unique ways to support the Uvalde Memorial Park Project, please message us here or email [email protected]. If you are someone who is ready to give NOW, see the Giving Button below!

www.uvaldememorialpark.com

Fort Worth, TX -
Both the Kindness Duck Project (KDP) and Building Wishes are excited to announce the approval of first steps in the Uvalde Memorial Park Project by City of Uvalde’s City Council Tuesday evening. Operating out of the Fort Worth/North Texas area, both organizations continue to expand their scope of building a better future for others through kindness.

Raised in Uvalde, Kyle Wagner, Executor Director of KDP, has seen the Uvalde community persevere through thick and thin. However, the May 24, 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School “...was and still is a different level,” says Wagner. “This is a pain no one should endure, and many families' lives have been changed forever.” KDP started a fundraiser the evening of May 24th to raise money to send to hospitals directly to help pay for Robb-related medical bills. When the opportunity to team up with Building Wishes arose, KDP jumped at the opportunity to create a project that would simultaneously honor the victims and their families, while giving the entire community a shining light in darker times. “What the people, community, and families need right now is love. Love. Care. Kindness. Anything. Everything,” says Wagner. Tuesday evening, the City Council granted Building Wishes and KDP the opportunity to move forward with surveying and preliminary engineering work so that they can work toward providing those very things.

Originally known as ‘The Grove,’ Uvalde Memorial Park sits on roughly ten acres of city property. Officially renamed and dedicated on November 11, 1927, Uvalde Memorial Park has seen numerous additions and alterations, though the greater park area’s significance and usage in downtown Uvalde simultaneously has waned over time. Building Wishes and KDP hope to uniquely honor the victims of the Robb tragedy as ‘pillars of the community’ while creating a bridge to a path forward for Uvalde by providing a large, diverse, and inclusive area for the community to gather, play, celebrate, and remember.

“Building Wishes is beyond honored and excited to be a part of the Uvalde Memorial Park redesign and construction,” says Brian Grossman, Executive Director of Building Wishes. “We truly believe this park will be a light in the community and a place that families, citizens, and visitors can build memories for decades to come.” Building Wishes and KDP hope that Uvalde Memorial Park will be a place to promote light and life through play and gathering, learning and art, in the past, present, and future. “Kindness is the agenda. Nothing else,” says Wagner. “We have teamed up with strategic nonprofit partners, such as A Memory Grows, to help us carry out this expansive, yet delicate, vision. Now, we are asking others – foundations, nonprofits, corporations, groups, families, even individuals – to join us in giving Uvalde something to bridge the past, present, and future together.”

Tomorrow is the day!!!

Consider giving to the 🐥Kindness Duck Project🐥 tomorrow! Better yet - jump on now and GIVE!

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Kindness-Duck-Project

While you’re getting ready for your day today, take a moment to consider wearing Maroon & White in support of the Uvalde students & faculty returning to school.

Early Giving for NTX Giving Day has started - support the Kindness Duck Project and all of the amazing projects that are in the queue!

We have a goal of $5,000, and you can help us get there!

Support Kindness Duck Project on NTX Giving Day Our mission is simple:Plant Kindness, Grow Kindness, Share Kindness!Through our focus on the three pillars of the Kindness Duck Project, our aim is to spread kindness in as many ways and to as many people as possible!PLANT KINDNESS - Plant the seeds of kindness by...

No 'ducking' way: Stars, Blue Jackets mascots stage best fanbase battle FRISCO, Texas -- What better way to determine which team has a better fanbase than with thousands of rubber duckies?

https://twitter.com/VictorEGreen/status/1554213489257971719

Way to go, Victor E. Green and Dallas Stars!
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Victor E. Green on Twitter “The moment we've all been waiting for... Dallas Stars fans are OFFICIALLY the best fan base. You all came through HUGE sending in over 12,000 rubber ducks! More than 4k ducks came in on Friday to give us the late victory!”

Join the 🐥Kindness Duck Project🐥 in helping Fort Worth ISD and KABOOM! in completing a brand-new playground for S.S. Dillow Elementary!

Tomorrow is the last day, and an official ribbon-cutting ceremony will follow the completion of the playground. Water and lunch will be provided. Volunteers MUST BE 15 YEARS OLD OR OLDER!

Let's help push this project over the top 🐥🐥🐥 Sign up below!

ssdillowplayground.eventbrite.com

A Memory Grows is honored to be a recipient, for the second year in a row, of the money raised by children at First United Methodist Church - Fort Worth, Texas during VBS!

The Super Sixers pictured in this photo received a list of Tarrant County Charities who are a part of the Kindness Duck Project. After learning about and talking about each organization the students voted by secret ballot and chose 3 organizations that they resonated with.

Every penny is a gift to A Memory Grows. Gifts from children whose hearts and minds are not afraid to talk about issues surrounding grief and who ask eagerly how old they have to be to volunteer with our non-profit are especially celebrated. So far they have raised close to $5,000 and the grand total will be calculated tomorrow.

When you provide a safe space for children to explore, talk, ask questions and find their place in the community amazing things happen. Their enthusiasm, vulnerability, courage and love are an inspiration. They will change the lives of families who come to A Memory Grows.

To the parents and caregivers of the 509 children who raised this money, to the Super Sixers who voted for us, to the Children's Minister of FUMC FW, Mister Mark Burrows whose calling is creating that safe space for ALL children, to the Kindness Duck Project for believing in our mission and vision.... Sometimes thank you just isn't enough.

🐥Good morning, everyone!🐥

After physically receiving all of the funds from our various fundraising platforms (PayPal Charity, Facebook, Instagram, GoFundMe, etc), the Kindness Duck Project is very happy to be able to distribute $37,199.77!

We completed four separate transactions (3x $10,000 and 1x $7,199.77) to the Uvalde Victims Relief Fund at University Health Hospital in San Antonio, TX. The staff at University Health has provided amazing services to many victims of the Robb tragedy and is still currently treating one 10-year-old patient, who is in good condition!

Per the fund's requirements:
"The Uvalde Victims Relief Fund will be used to support the families while their loved ones are at University Hospital following the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022. These donations will be used to cover any unpaid medical expenses, lodging, food and other needs identified by our social workers. Any unspent funds after they are discharged from the hospital will be donated to Uvalde charities involved in the ongoing relief efforts."

We cannot thank everyone enough for the generosity and kindness to the victims, families, and Uvalde community. We are humbled to be able to help in any way, shape, form, and fashion.

With that in mind, the 🐥🐥Kindness Duck Project🐥🐥 isn't finished helping in Uvalde. Stay tuned for more information on our next BIG project!

Registration is open for the October A Memory Grows Infant Loss Retreat! We hope you will join us to remember and celebrate your baby as we gather in Granbury, Texas October 20-24
Please see the link below for registration and more information. Scholarship assistance is available upon request. Spaces are limited so we hope you will make plans to join us!

https://amemorygrows.org/event/october-infant-loss-retreat/

Do you enjoy spending time contributing to a good cause? LVTRise is looking for a select number of volunteers to come serve and hang out with us on Monday, June 13th at the Tournament for Change! If interested, please contact via direct message or Schavion Graham at [email protected]. We hope to see you there 😉