ACT OF HATRED HERE AT HOME SENT SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A WHITE SUPREMACIST OPENED FIRE AT A JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN OVERLAND PARK, KILLING TERRI LAMANNO, DOCTOR WILLIAM CORPORON, AND 14 YEAR OLD REAT UNDERWOOD, ALL NON-JEWISH VICTIMS. REAT WAS AT THE JCC FOR A SINGING COMPETITION THE DAY HE WAS MURDERED. OUT OF THAT, TRAGEDY CAME PURPOSE. A WOMAN WHO LOST HER DAD AND SON THAT DAY MADE IT HER MISSION TO SPREAD KINDNESS, NOT HATE. MINDY CORPORON CO-FOUNDED A GROUP CALLED SEVEN DAYS, FOCUSED ON THE GOOD IN PEOPLE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND FOR YEARS, WE’VE SEEN MINDY AND HER TEAM RALLY OUR COMMUNITY EVERY APRIL IN A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. THE WORLD IS A HORRIBLE PLACE. IT WILL BEAT YOU. IT’S LIKE WHAT ROCKY SAYS. IT WILL BEAT YOU TO YOUR KNEES AND KEEP YOU THERE UNLESS YOU GET BACK UP. SO I DON’T THINK IT’S THAT BAD OF AN IDEA TO WANT TO PUT A LITTLE PIECE OF IT BACK TOGETHER. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING HERE. WE’RE PUTTING A LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORLD BACK TOGETHER. SEVEN DAYS CELEBRATES KINDNESS THROUGH SEVERAL EVENTS LIKE THIS WEEK’S CULTIVATE KINDNESS BREAKFAST. THE GROUP ALSO HAS BROADENED ITS EFFORTS TO REACH KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT PROGRAMS. HERE. TO GET TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER, PLEASE WELCOME BACK SEVEN DAYS CO-FOUNDER MINDY CORPORON AND WELCOME ABBY HILL, A SENIOR AT BARSTOW WHO IS PART OF SEVEN DAYS KINDNESS YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AHEAD OF A VERY BUSY WEEK. MINDY, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED HAS EVOLVED AND CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE CORE MISSION HAS BEEN THE SAME. HOW IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW, IS IT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT MISSION? YES. SO, CODY, THE CORE MISSION HAS BEEN THE SAME. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE CAN ALWAYS SAY WE CAN DOUBLE DOWN. BUT I GET ASKED EVERY YEAR, WHY DO WE HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT KINDNESS? WHY IS KINDNESS IMPORTANT ALL THE TIME? AND I LIKE TO SAY IT’S VERY SIMILAR TO WHEN WE TRAVEL ON AN AIRPLANE. AND IF YOU TRAVEL ON AN AIRPLANE, THEY’LL ASK YOU TO PUT ON YOUR OXYGEN MASK FIRST BEFORE YOU HELP SOMEONE ELSE. AND IT’S SIMILAR TO KINDNESS. PUT ON YOUR OWN KINDNESS FIRST SO THAT YOU CAN HELP SOMEONE ELSE, AND YOU CAN BE A RIPPLE OF KINDNESS. YEAH, IT’S AN IMPORTANT MISSION THERE. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW ABBY. SEVEN DAYS. CERTAINLY FOCUSING ON KIDS THIS YEAR. YOU’RE A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM. TELL US WHAT THAT’S ABOUT. AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK. WELL, SO THE SEVEN DAYS KINDNESS YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM IS COMPRISED OF OVER 40 TEENS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. AND WE FOCUS ON LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW TO COMBAT HATRED. AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS, EVEN THIS WEEK FOR SEVEN DAYS THAT THE TEAMS TAKING PART IN. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A VERY VITAL ROLE IN PLANNING A LOT OF THE EVENTS FOR SEVEN DAYS, AND WE GET TOGETHER MONTHLY, AND WE CALL PEOPLE AND WE WE MAKE A LOT OF ADULT. LIKE DECISIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. AND WE SPEAK AT THE BREAKFAST AND YEAH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN, MINDY, TO HAVE KIDS INVOLVED AND TO SEE THE PASSION IN THEIR EYES WHEN THEY’RE TRYING TO SPREAD KINDNESS? YEAH. SO THE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED ARE, AGAIN, LIKE ABBY SAID, ARE VERY INVOLVED IN WHAT WE DO. SO IT’S ENCOURAGING BECAUSE WE ARE HELPING THEM. LIKE ABBY SAID, ADULTING. SO WE’RE KIND OF PRE ADULTING THEM. THEY LEARN AND WE MENTOR THEM. SO THEY LEARN ABOUT PHILANTHROPY. THEY LEARN ABOUT VOLUNTEERING. THEY LEARN ABOUT EVENT PLANNING. THEY THEY DO CALL OTHER ADULTS AND COORDINATE EITHER THEIR CATERING OR ANY KIND OF DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THEY’RE WORKING TOGETHER AS A GROUP. SO THEY COME FROM ALL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA. ABOUT 17 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INCLUDED. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE HOMESCHOOLED. THEY’RE ALSO OF DIFFERENT GENDERS AND DIFFERENT FAITHS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT CULTURES. SO THEY’RE LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER IN THE PROCESS OF COMING TOGETHER FOR SEVEN DAYS, REACHING KIDS. I KNOW IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. ABBY, WHILE I HAVE YOU, I MIGHT AS WELL ASK YOU. NOWADAYS, IN THIS AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE BULLYING, HOW DO YOU CUT THROUGH THAT NOISE AND TRY TO REACH FELLOW KIDS AND AND TRY TO SPREAD KINDNESS? WELL, ONE THING THAT WE DO TALK ABOUT AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS IS HOW HARD IT IS TO BE A KINDNESS INFLUENCER, AS WE CALL IT. AND THAT IS ONE THING THAT THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE REALLY WORK ON AND WE POST AND REPOST KINDNESS GRAPHICS AND DIFFERENT QUOTES AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO SPREAD KINDNESS SO THAT HOPEFULLY PEERS OUR AGE AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THOSE AND HELP SPREAD THE RIPPLE AND ALSO REPOST THOSE AND JUST HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS DO THAT. THAT’S IMPORTANT. OKAY, I DO WANT TO ASK, TELL US ABOUT SEVEN DAYS THIS YEAR. WE MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE CHANGES AND EVOLUTION. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? YES. SO THERE ARE EVOLUTIONS I THINK THERE SHOULD BE EVOLUTIONS ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. SO SEVEN DAYS THIS YEAR IS OUR CULTIVATE KINDNESS BREAKFAST. SO WE’RE FOCUSED ON CULTIVATING OUR YOUTH. AND SO WE DECIDED THE THEME CULTIVATE KINDNESS WOULD BE A GREAT BREAKFAST THEME. OUR BREAKFAST IS SOLD OUT WHICH I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. AND IN THE MEANTIME, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE TO HELP, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR SILENT AUCTION. AND ALL OF THAT IS FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, ALONG WITH OUR CARRY ON KINDNESS CARDS THAT WE HAVE YEAR ROUND, 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR. JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TO PAY IT FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. CARRY IT ON. CARRY ON THE KINDNESS. THERE YOU GO MINI CORPORATE ABBY HILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WEEK’S EVENTS, TO JOIN THE LIVE AUCTION AND HO