Learn More 蘑菇TV the ROCK Center's Community Impact
Read, listen, and view the articles, podcasts, and videos that feature ROCK instructors and students working to bring kindness and compassion to the community. Read testimonials from teachers, principals, and counselors in our partner schools, join the $10 Kindness Club, see how ROCK students have made baskets, sent cards to seniors in long-term care facilities, and worked with local kids and organizations.
Photos from our events:
蘑菇TV Day // Compassion-Training Workshop // YAK Festival
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"蘑菇TV ROCK of Ages initiative builds intergenerational bridges through visual storytelling" |
with Mike Kiniry. 16 April 2025. |
| "Kindness Fair at Laurel Oak Elementary" | Kindness Fair at Laurel Oak Elementary. Courtesy of Collier County Public School. November 2024 |
| "Pine Ridge Middle School ROCK Program" | Courtesy of Collier County Public School. October 2024. |
| $10 Kindness Club | - Join the $10 Kindness Club a Facebook group encouraging random acts of kindness; the group challenges members to spend $10 on a random act of kindness and share their positive experiences with other members in the group. |
| "How ROCK is Changing Collier County Public School Communities" | Kupiec, Jennifer. Neapolitan family. October 2024 |
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"Approaching the new year with kindness, compassion & empathy." [roundtable podcast discussion featuring Dr. Maria Roca, Dr. Meg Norcia, and Prof. Jamie Wilson] |
with Mike Kiniry. 2 January 2024. |
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"Aging and Community-Based Performance." by Dan Bacalzo [regarding the performance class he's teaching with Prof. Jamie Wilson, partnering 蘑菇TV students and Shell Point Retirement Community residents to share experiences during Hurricane Ian] |
Lucas Center Blog. 3 April 2023. |
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"Leaning into compassion and kindness over the holiday season." [roundtable podcast discussion featuring Dr. Maria Roca, Dr. Andea Fortin and Prof. Jamie Wilson] |
with Mike Kiniry. 23 November 2022. |
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"Kindness makes the world go round." [World Kindness Day at 蘑菇TV] |
Alyssa Oquendo for . 14 November 2022. |
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鈥淪ilvia Casabianca Shows Us that Love and Empathy Can Save Our World.鈥� |
Christianne Meneses Jacobs' . 29 August 2022. |
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鈥淭he Call to Live Creation Care; The Need for Modern Day Parables.鈥� SWFL Reset Conversations, An Eco-Spirituality RESET Conversation. |
ROCK Director Dr. Maria Roca at the . 6 August 2022. |
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"蘑菇TV Launches Roots of Compassion and Kindness Center (ROCK)." |
Lojewski, Amy. 5 April 2022. |
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"New center teaches compassion in and out of the college classroom." |
Armstrong, Shari. . 5 April 2022. |
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"Inner strength course designed to build empathy and resilience." [ROCK staff collaborated and offered support for the Walk a Mile in their Shoes event] |
Hennig, Katy. . 25 March 2022. |
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"Case for Kindness: You are your choices." [re: Francesca Donlan's visit to Rhode Island to discuss the "kindness effect"] |
Alofsin, Gail Lowney. . International Festivals and Events Association. Spring 2022 (Volume 33, issue 1), page 52. Also featured in |
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"Should kindness be taught in schools?" [Podcast featuring Francesca Donlan] |
. 17 January 2022. |
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"Kindness Rocks: Compassion project at 蘑菇TV continues to grow." |
Hubbell, Annie. . 1 October 2021. |
| "ROCK: Andrea Lynn, CIIS MFA graduate, writes about teaching undergraduate students to interrogate relationships, coexistence, and the interconnectedness of our world." | of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. 27 September 2021. |
| 鈥淓njoy Communication and Kindness with Francesca Donlan.鈥� | The Business of Life Master Class. [Podcast] Francesca Donlan with Barbara Zant and Debbie Lunberg. 9 September 2021. |
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鈥溎⒐絋V students, first graders learn together about 办颈苍诲苍别蝉蝉.鈥� |
Persing, Sydney and Jackie Winchester. . 11 March, 2021. |
| 鈥淧racticing Kindness: Being schooled in compassion leads to grace.鈥� | Grey, Kathy. 2021 February. |
| 鈥淜indness Matters: Experts argue for more kindness in the workplace, but is it necessary? | . 18 August 2020. |
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鈥淲e Care: Greater Naples YMCA provides fresh fruits and vegetables to 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈迟测.鈥� |
Matez, Jordyn. . 12 June 2020. Kindness Club mentioned near the end of the article. |
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鈥�The Kindness Effect: 蘑菇TV class working to make kindness go viral.鈥� |
Sheppard, Adryanna. . 28 April 2020. Video picked up by Kerry Sanders (national NBC) and posted on 蘑菇TV, North American Journalist Travel Association website, Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau and shared widely with friends and family; see also 蘑菇TV鈥檚 Digital Learning Blog (April 24, 2020). |
| 鈥淐ards bring smiles to long-term care facility residents.鈥� | Petras, Taylor. . 21 April 2020. |
| 鈥淚t鈥檚 cool to be kind.鈥� | Booth, Karen. . 2020 April 13. |
| 鈥淥ut of terrorism and tragedy comes kindness personified in 鈥楥ome from away鈥欌�� [part of curriculum in Donlan鈥檚 course]. | Stetson, Nancy. . 18 March 2020. |
| 鈥淐urriculum in Kindness begins at 蘑菇TV.鈥� |
Martinelli, Sean.. 2020 February 13. |
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