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TodayKindness ChallengeDec 14 to 20, 2026

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Coming up: Dec 14 to 20, 2026.

Draw a bright picture of your school or your street and put it where your family can see it.

Artists in Missoula finished the city's tallest mural in 22 days so people could look up and see it. A bright drawing on the fridge shares something cheerful with the people you live with.

Three easy ways

At school

Students draw the school and hang the pictures where the people who work there can see them.

At home

Tape the drawing on the fridge or a bedroom door at home.

In the neighborhood

With a grown-up you live with, notice one colorful thing on a walk and add it to the drawing when you get home. Stay together.

The story that inspired it

Missoula's tallest mural went up in 22 days

Missoula, Montana · Oct 28, 2026

Ernest Doty and AJ Tiam finished a mural of more than 6,000 square feet on the Clark Fork Riverside building, now the tallest in Missoula.

Teacher note

The drawings stay cheerful. Skip anything scary. Read the linked story aloud before the class starts. Do not send children off alone. Do not collect a child's name, age, school, or email.

This page is for an adult to lead. The classroom section has more stories to read aloud.

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This week's kindness challenge is a bright drawing of your school or street for the people you live with.