Our Roots
What started as a community project to help children during the Covid-19 pandemic evolved into an effort to improve the well-being of children dealing with a serious medical issue, mental health condition, unfortunate family crisis, or a homeless or poverty situation with its Kindness Kit distribution program. The organization also has a Kindness Club program, which focuses on encouraging kindness amongst elementary school-age children as a way to promote community and inclusiveness.
Our Roots
What started as a community project to help children during the Covid-19 pandemic evolved into an effort to improve the well-being of children dealing with a serious medical issue, mental health condition, unfortunate family crisis, or a homeless or poverty situation with its Kindness Kit distribution program. The organization also has a Kindness Club program, which focuses on encouraging kindness amongst elementary school-age children as a way to promote community and inclusiveness.
In 2021, Connor, along with his nana, Sharon Marrama, started creating Covid Care Packages filled with activities and comfort items and delivered them to children in their community that were sick or in isolation from Covid.
From there, Connor and Sharon worked on a few other projects, including compiling self-care baskets for the healthcare workers at Boston area hospitals, holding a clothing and essentials drive to benefit another nonprofit, Catie’s Closet, and collaborating with Birthday Wishes to build and delivering 42 “birthday-in-a-box” for children in shelters.
These experiences morphed into ideas about how CKP could execute their own mission, and the Kindness Kit was born, becoming CKP’s initial signature initiative. It was shortly thereafter that CKP became a MA nonprofit business and a 501 (c)(3).
