Say "Hello" to All the World - A 2010 Challenge
Here are a few fun ways you can help inspire your family and community to live with character and good manners, as well as to welcome the world for the 2010 Olympics!
1. Take The 2010 Challenge "Say Hello to All the World!" (see below for list of languages)
2. "Meet Your Neighbour Contest!" - a great way to fight crime and build community!
4. "Celebrate National Manners Month" - October (see "Ideas for Celebrating) link above.)
Kids Celebrate National Manners Month
on ice with the Langley Chiefs!
Congrats to Waverley Elementary School for Celebrating National Manners Month with Judi The Manners Lady as they learned the 3 Keys of an Ambassdor: Respectful Attitude -- Words -- & Actions
Vancouver School Board Chair, Patti Bacchus, reads the Mayor's Proclamation for National Manners Month
Read Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's
Proclamation of October as National Manners Month!
1. Take The 2010 Challenge: Say "Hello" to all the World!:
Manners, civility, kindness and customer service! These are all vital character qualities and skills as Vancouver prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Yes the world has come for the Olympics! But the world was really already here! But the Olympics give us a great reminder to reach out and show kindness and hospitality to the wonderful multicultural community that has come to live in Vancouver.
Get to know your neighbours. Invite them over for coffee or dinner! They work at your company and go to your school and play on your soccer teams!
Getting to know someone starts by smiling and saying "Hello!" It's even more special if you can learn to say "hi!" in their language. Of course they speak English or are trying to learn, but their first language is the language of their heart!
TAKE THE 2010 Challenge!
Take the Olympic challenge by learning to say "Hi!" in the language of everyone at your school, church, temple, mosque, team, etc. It can be our way of being an Ambassador for 2010.
See links below to:
- Download the lyrics to The Manners Lady's award-winning song, "Let's Say Hello to All the World"-a song teaching how to say "hi!" in 12 Languages!" (hear the song for free at www.cdbaby.com/cd/mannerslady)
- Download an easy-to-pronounce Guide to saying "Hello" in many languages
For more info on the 2010 Challenge, call 604.530.4346 or info@NationalMannersMonth.com
2. Become a 2010 Ambassador with Judi The Manners Lady.
Learn Respectful Attitude, Respectful Words and Respectful Actions! Host a Training Session/Concert with Judi The Manners Lady or other Manners Coaches.
3. Build "Team Canada" as your school adopts and Olympic Athlete!
2010 –an exciting opportunity to get to know and cheer our Canadian athletes on to victory!
And what a wonderful opportunity for the children of
Schools– preschools, elementary and high schools across the province and the country are invited to choose a Canadian Olympic athlete that they would like to get to know, write letters to, learn about their sport, and encourage him or her to win and do well.
4. Be Courteous. Thank you all for entering the MOST POLITE Courtesy Awards Contest!
Watch for the winners, to be announced soon at National Character Awards Ceremony
Start thinking about the new MOST POLITE Courtesy Awards Contest coming in October 2008 for National Manners Month! Do you know someone who consistently lives with great manners, kindness, and character? Someone who has served you respectfully at a local business? A child? A teenager? A professional or amateur athlete who is a good role model for kids? Even a politician with character, integrity and manners?
In 100 words or less, nominate a person who has great manners, and who lives with kindness, courtesy and good character. For more details or inquiries, please contact us or call 1-886-ASK-JUDI.
5. Every community in the country is invited to host their own "Meet Your Neighbor" Contest as a way of building community and fighting crime. (A new twist on the Neighbourhood watch!)
6. Celebrate National Manners Month... with your businesses, schools, sports teams, family, churches, temples, mosques, etc.
- Congratulations to Langley, B.C. for their celebration of National Manners Month - October , co-sponsored with the Langley Chiefs and Langley International Festival! Thank you to the Langley Rotary Club for donating the School Pledge and The Manners Lady CD to every school in Langley.
- Congrats to St. Margaret Catholic School in Toronto and St. Cyril Catholic School for taking the 2010 Challenge "Say Hello to All the World!"
- Congrats to Langley's Douglas Park Elementary School in B.C. and Abbotsford's King Traditional School, Auguston Traditional School and South Poplar Traditional School for celebrating National Manners Month with Manners Day with the Manners Lady
- Congrats to George Vanier Elementary School in Surrey, B.C. for accepting The Manners Lady 2010 Challenge -- to learn to say "Hi! How are you?" in all the languages of every student who attends their school! Way to go!
- Congrats to Ecole Sandy Hill Elementary School in Abbotsford for hosting "Manners Day" to focus on character and manners -- for the whole year and also to their athletes as they commit to living by the "Sports Pledge" for athletes!
A Note from The Director of National Manners Month
Dear Friends,
Can you imagine what our country could look like if for one month each year, everyone in our nation focused on good manners—
- Respect
- Kindness
- The Golden Rule
- and an attitude of gratitude?
People would be polite: no road rage, no school yard bullying, no harassment or dishonesty in the office, Families would be strengthened as children learned the value of honouring and respecting their parents and elders and of each of us being kind to each other.
Everyone—from the President, Governors, Mayors and City Councilors to schools, businesses, parents and grandparents, children and teenagers, service clubs, churches and sports teams, would focus on politeness. Our law enforcement officials agree that focusing on manners and respect is a positive and proactive way of dealing with crime. If people are respecting each other and their property, they won't be stealing, speeding, or breaking the law!
As a nation, let's remind our nation of the values and virtues that made us a strong country, and join together to celebrate National Manners Month this October.. and all year long!
It's all about our character. Manners are an outward expression of our inward character. As a nation-and as communities across the country, let's keep our families strong by becoming "Character Communities" and by joining together to celebrate National Manners Month... all year long!
Let us know how you would like to help your family, business, school and community celebrate National Manners Month this October!
If you share this vision to impact our community with these foundational principles, join the National Manners Month Team! Help support the project by making a tax deductible donation! Call us at 1-866-275-5834!
Respectfully yours,
Judi VankevichDirector, The International Project for Manners & Civility
604-530-4346
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