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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, March 20, 2023 Page 5 About a year ago, I was going through the hallways of John F. Kennedy High School. They had implemented Kindland. A young man saw me wearing my hat. He stopped me and said, I'm so proud, we are doing acts of kindness here in the school and I was on my way to my job at Amazon the other day and I saw a big billboard on the highway that said Together We Are Kindland. We are all in it together. That's what Kindland represents. We can give you a digital sign to put on the marquee. It's one way to get the message out. Research shows that just by building the awareness of Kindness sparks Kindness activities. We hope Mayfield Village will be a community of Kindland. We know Mayfield Village is a community of kindness. We felt it since we relocated our headquarters from Lyndhurst to Beta and SOM. It showed tonight with the recognition Mayor that you bestowed upon the people who saved lives. We can track by #KindlandMayfield all the acts of kindness reported in Mayfield Village. It is all anonymous. We get a lot of those. For example, we've seen kids in school post "I sat down with a stranger at lunch". It puts hope in your mind and you want to do an act of kindness. I would be glad to entertain any questions. By the way, the Mayors and Managers Association is a Kindland partner. The Police Chiefs Association is also a Kindland partner. At Christmas two years ago, we gave to many of the police departments erasable magnets. Several police officers using an erasable marker wrote, you are speeding a little bit, have a great day, pass this on to someone else. Channel 5 did a news report on it. It's just the little things that tip the scales away from negativity. What better way than to have this started by a municipal government? I thank you for the opportunity to present. Any questions? There were none. By the way, I presented Council President with a gratitude board which I hope you post. We initiated it around Christmas time. It went to 700 schools in the State of Ohio. One life makes a difference in every community and if we recognize those little differences as acts of kindness, we will have a different kind of society. Thank you. Council President Schutt stated, thank you for the information Mr. Muszynski and the poster you provided. Also, thank you Councilman Williams for bringing this to my attention so we can bring it forward to all of you as well. Thank you. Comments from Mayor Bodnar Mayor Bodnar stated, thank you Council President. I would also like to thank Mr. Muszynski for your presentation on Kindland this evening. Also, a shout out to Lenny Tierney and our Service team for digging us out of the March Madness we experienced over this weekend. Another shoutout to Shane and our Team Rec for their successful and fun Leprechaun Trail as well as the very informative Senior Connection brochure that was in our packets. The older I get the more I read that very carefully. Thank you.