Get Involved! Be Inspired!
Anyone who works with Children and Families can join our movement!
Become a partner to spread the message of our Award-Winning Education Program that is in
all 50 States and 28 Foreign Countries!
Our Purple Hands Pledge® is in:
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- Homes
- Schools (All Grade Levels)
- Daycare Facilities
- Birthing Centers
- Government Agencies
- Batterer Treatment Programs
- Child Abuse Assessment /Treatment Centers
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- Battered Women’s Shelters
- Businesses
- Service & Youth Organizations
- Places of Worship
- Workplaces
- Homeless Shelters
- Mental Health Counseling Services
- Healthcare Facilities/Hospitals
The Power of Individuals and Community Members Coming Together Caring about Our Children and Families are Making a Difference! Be the Power of One!
♥ You can be the voice for those who have none ♥
♥ You can be the voice for valuable, irreplaceable lives lost ♥
♥ You can be the voice for those who are suffering in silence, afraid to ask for help, silenced by fear ♥
We look forward to joining Hands & Hearts with community activists & volunteers who give their time and energy with such great Courage, Compassion, and Commitment working for Human Rights around the World!
Are you a Parent? A Grandparent? A Foster Parent?
“Home Is Where Our Life Story Begins” – Anonymous
♥ Take the Purple Hands Pledge® today & often with your Family
♥ Print the Family Pledge Promise in English, Spanish, or Russian on Purple Paper
♥ Purchase a Magnet to put on your Refrigerator
♥ Our Purple Hands Pledge® Bears are a cute and cuddly reminder for children of all ages!
♥ Be A Billboard! Our Hoodies and T-Shirts are a perfect way to spread our message!
♥ Display your family’s Purple Hands Pledges to reinforce your promise to yourself, your family, and others.
♥ Share the Purple Hands Pledge® with your child/grandchild’s School or Daycare Facility
♥ Encourage parent involvement in Purple Hands Pledge® events
Are you a Teacher/Counselor/Educator?
♥ The Purple Hands Pledge® (school-wide) helps students build skills to reduce their impulsivity and increase their empathy as a “universal” school-based program with minimal distraction from class instruction time.
♥ The Purple Hands Pledge® teaches…Empathy…Self Control…Accountability…for our words and actions that either help or hurt ourselves or others.
♥ The Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project® is designed to work in partnership with all bully prevention, conflict resolution, and character-building skills programs.
♥ Simple to Implement & Inexpensive compared to other programs
♥ Purchase K-12 School Implementation Kit
♥ Provide a Staff Training (Contact Us for Instructions)
♥ Effective and Sustainable – With Verbal & Visual Repetition
♥ The Purple Hands Pledges posted together with the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Project® official support materials (banners, posters, magnets, window decals, etc.) are the visual reminders that reinforce a personal commitment to nonviolence.
♥ Our Purple Hands Pledge® is in schools at all grade levels.
♥ Visit our various Award-Winning “School” pages for Inspiration
Possible Funding Resources:
♥ Grant Opportunities
♥ Reach out to your School’s Parent Club
♥ Does your School have a Business Partner?
♥ Local Service Organizations: Rotary, Kiwanis, Soroptimist, etc.
♥ Set up Fundraisers
Are you a Community Volunteer?
♥ Do you volunteer at :
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- Schools
- Homeless Shelter
- Domestic Violence / Battered Women’s Shelter
- Child Abuse Assessment Center
- Literacy Education Program
- Service Organizations
- Youth Organizations
- Rehabilitation Center
- Mental Health Counseling Service
- Place of Worship
♥ You can implement the Purple Hands Pledge® in your volunteer work no matter where it may be!