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Cornerstone Foundation “Race For Change”

Cornerstone Foundation “Race For Change”

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Time to lace up your running shoes and get your iPod stocked up with tunes because Cornerstone Foundation’s Race for Change is now scheduled for April 17th, 2016! Get ready to walk/ride/run the 5km route for adults, 1km route for kids, and enjoy the excercise and beautiful scenery in St. Davids. This is a family event... Read more of this article

Christmas Store Brings Joy To Families In Need

Christmas Store Brings Joy To Families In Need

[Written by written by Kristen Taylor] Lights are twinkling, carols are playing and happy volunteers are spreading good cheer–it’s time for the Cornerstone Foundation’s Christmas Store 2015! The store is decked out with gifts and toys for 90% off, 2 boxes of cereal for $1, bags of fruit for $1, Family Membership cards for the Aquarium... Read more of this article

Students Hear From Columbine Victim’s Brother

Students Hear From Columbine Victim’s Brother

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Chain Reaction’s first week of assemblies began with excited students and a riveting guest speaker. Craig Scott, brother of Rachel Scott and a member of the family that started Rachel’s Challenge, spoke to the students about his personal fears and struggle with anger after two students from his own school shot... Read more of this article

Cornerstone Foundation To Host Golf Challenge

Cornerstone Foundation To Host Golf Challenge

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Cornerstone Foundation Golf Challenge Registration is open! The Cornerstone Foundation Golf Challenge 2015 is happening on November 21st, 2015 at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club. Register as an individual golfer for $175 or as a group of four golfers for $700. Corporate sponsorship packages start at just $650. Cornerstone... Read more of this article

Annual Cornerstone Foundation Golf Challenge

Annual Cornerstone Foundation Golf Challenge

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Cornerstone Foundation is looking forward to hosting its 3rd Annual Golf Challenge at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club on November 21st 2015. Last year approximately $15,000 was raised during the 2014 Golf Challenge through corporate donors as well as individual donors. It was an exciting day at Port Royal Golf Course... Read more of this article

Berkeley Students Raise Money And Awareness

Berkeley Students Raise Money And Awareness

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Students from The Berkeley Institute were working over-time the whole month of May to raise awareness and money for their school’s Chain Reaction Movement. Berkeley students and teachers participated in their school’s Race for Kindness by raising pledges and then running the Appleby Bermuda Day Half Marathon on May 25th,... Read more of this article

Dellwood Students Enter Race & Raise $3,000

Dellwood Students Enter Race & Raise $3,000

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Dellwood Middle School students entered the Appleby Bermuda Day Half Marathon to compete and raise money for their school’s Chain Reaction Movement Program through Race For Kindness sponsored by Lindo’s Group of Companies. Two relay teams consisting of four boys and four girls each raced hard, with the boys team placing... Read more of this article

Poet Ali Discusses Chain Reaction Movement

Poet Ali Discusses Chain Reaction Movement

[Written by Kristen Taylor] On Thursday, April 23, 2015, I got to sit down with Poet Ali and ask him some questions about what made him take on motivational speaking and how it has affected his own life. After experiencing for myself, the energetic stage presence of Poet Ali and the magnetism of his performance at the last assembly of the school year... Read more of this article

Chain Reaction Movement Closing Assemblies

Chain Reaction Movement Closing Assemblies

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Chain Reaction Movement has wrapped up their school year with a dynamic set of assemblies. CedarBridge Academy, The Berkeley Institute, Sandys Secondary, Clearwater Middle School and Dellwood Middle School all welcomed one of their favourite performers, Poet Ali, and his friend Flip Rodriguez, one of the top competitors on... Read more of this article

Chain Reaction Movement: Race For Kindness

Chain Reaction Movement: Race For Kindness

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Chain Reaction Movement is calling all teachers and students at CedarBridge Academy, The Berkeley Institute, Sandys Secondary Middle School, Dellwood Middle School and Clearwater Middle School [12 years or older] to join us in supporting Chain Reaction through the “Race for Kindness” in the Appleby Bermuda Day Half-Marathon! Students... Read more of this article

Cornerstone Christmas Store Helps 120 Families

Cornerstone Christmas Store Helps 120 Families

[Written by Kristen Taylor] “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” [Mahatma Gandhi]. Over 40 volunteers knew this to be true on December 12th and 13th as they gave their time, support and muscles to hardworking families at the Cornerstone Foundation’s Christmas Store. Over 40 volunteers went out and purchased... Read more of this article

Offering A Hand-Up This Christmas Season

Offering A Hand-Up This Christmas Season

[Written by Kristen Taylor] An individual’s understanding of what Christmas means varies from person to person but one general theme remains the same: the joy of giving at Christmas time. Every Christmas movie ends with it, every store promotes it, and every Christmas song entrances you with this notion. Parent’s look forward to seeing their children’s... Read more of this article

Get Involved In “Chain Reaction Movement”

Get Involved In “Chain Reaction Movement”

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Students across Bermuda are being inspired to be themselves and make a difference through the pro-kindness program Chain Reaction. There are exciting assemblies once a month with incredible guest speakers like Poet Ali, a music producer and artist who spoke earlier this year; and Dez Duran from Season 3 of The Voice who is... Read more of this article

Chain Reaction Bermuda To Feature Dez Duron

Chain Reaction Bermuda To Feature Dez Duron

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Chain Reaction Bermuda, an exciting pro-kindness program geared towards middle and high school students, has been making an impact on the island by empowering students to promote and exercise kindness and respect towards their peers. With monthly club meetings, assemblies and large gathering called the “Chain Reaction Movement”,... Read more of this article

Gift Of Dignity At Cornerstone Christmas Store

Gift Of Dignity At Cornerstone Christmas Store

[Written by Kristen Taylor] Christmas is so busy for most of us. We rush around frantically picking out the “perfect gift” for our loved one, grabbing the Christmas dinner ingredients at the grocery store; patiently [or not] waiting in long lines to purchase everything we feel we need to have a perfect Christmas. But not all families can afford... Read more of this article