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Barry K. Weinhold, Ph.D. founded the Kindness Campaign in 1994 during his tenure at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs where he directed the Counseling and Human Services Program in the School of Education. Here you see Barry with Leo the Kindhearted Lion, the mascot of the Campaign. Barry and Leo visited with many children in schools along the Front Range of Colorado that adopted the Campaign.

The Campaign, a component of his community service work at the University, began as an experiment in his classes and over the space of seven years, grew into a community, regional and national program that eventually was adopted by 12 different communities and more than 600 schools.

Barry began by creating program curriculum materials for preschool, elementary and middle schools and then, with the help local CBS television affiliate, expanded it into churches, businesses and governmental agencies and the larger community. Initially the Kindness Campaign curriculum materials were sold in large three-ring binders that were mailed out to customers. In 2006 they were all converted to downloadable e-book format that are now posted on our website, making them instantly available to teachers, school administrators, parents and community organizers.