BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220917T170000Z DTEND:20220917T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Pride Bell Making with Ben’s Bells DESCRIPTION:Join the Chamber and Ben's Bells to create Pride bells! \n\n\n\nIMPORTANT! There are two sessions available for bell making: morning from 10 - noon or afternoon from 1 - 3. When you register\, use the drop-down menu to choose which session you would like to attend. Space is limited in each session. \n\n\n\nAbout Ben's Bells\n\nThe mission of Ben's Bells is to teach individuals and communities about the positive impacts of intentional kindness and to inspire people to practice kindness as a way of life.\n\n\n\nIn 2002\, Jeannette Mar 's life changed forever when her son\, Ben\, died suddenly just before his third birthday. In the months following his death\, Jeannette and her friends and family began making ceramic wind chimes the first Ben's Bells in her backyard studio. Being surrounded by supportive people and working with clay toward a common goal was therapeutic for her family and their healing.\n\n\n\nDuring this time\, Jeannette learned how a small act of kindness could make such a difference in a person's life\, no matter their background. She wanted to find a way to teach others about the impact of intentional acts of kindness\, and so the idea for the Bell came to life. Jeannette and her friends made four hundred Bells and randomly distributed them in the Tucson community on the first anniversary of Ben's death. Through these Bells\, she had found a way to pay forward the kindnesses that had been shown to her.\n\n\n\nThis started a powerful ripple effect. People who found the Bells shared their own stories of grief and healing and hope. The local newspaper printed the story on the front page. School groups and businesses and individuals started calling to see how they could get involved and soon\, thousands of Tucsonans were helping to craft Ben's Bells.\n\n\n\nSince 2003\, Ben's Bells has been operating as a nonprofit\, growing kindness education programs and continuing to distribute thousands of Bells every year. Today Bells are found all over the world and our free kindness education programming has reached over 1.6 million students. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the Chamber and \;Ben'\;s Bells \;to create Pride bells! \;
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\nIMPORTANT! There are two sessions available for bell making: morning from 10 - noon or afternoon from 1 - 3. When you register\, use the drop-down menu to choose which session you would like to attend. Space is limited in each session. \;
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\nAbout Ben'\;s Bells
\nThe mission of Ben&rsquo\;s Bells is to teach individuals and communities about the positive impacts of intentional kindness and to inspire people to practice kindness as a way of life.
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\nIn 2002\, Jeannette Maré\;&rsquo\;s life changed forever when her son\, Ben\, died suddenly just before his third birthday. In the months following his death\, Jeannette and her friends and family began making ceramic wind chimes &ndash\; the first Ben&rsquo\;s Bells &ndash\; in her backyard studio. Being surrounded by supportive people and working with clay toward a common goal was therapeutic for her family and their healing.
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\nDuring this time\, Jeannette learned how a small act of kindness could make such a difference in a person&rsquo\;s life\, no matter their background. She wanted to find a way to teach others about the impact of intentional acts of kindness\, and so the idea for the Bell came to life. Jeannette and her friends made four hundred Bells and randomly distributed them in the Tucson community on the first anniversary of Ben&rsquo\;s death. Through these Bells\, she had found a way to pay forward the kindnesses that had been shown to her.
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\nThis started a powerful ripple effect. People who found the Bells shared their own stories of grief and healing and hope. The local newspaper printed the story on the front page. School groups and businesses and individuals started calling to see how they could get involved and soon\, thousands of Tucsonans were helping to craft Ben&rsquo\;s Bells.
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\nSince 2003\, Ben&rsquo\;s Bells has been operating as a nonprofit\, growing kindness education programs and continuing to distribute thousands of Bells every year. Today Bells are found all over the world and our free kindness education programming has reached \;over 1.6 million \;students. LOCATION:Ben's Bells UID:e.2682.7590 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260702T142800Z URL:https://members.tucsonlgbtchamber.com/events/details/pride-bell-making-with-ben-s-bells-7590 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR