1. Caring Character Counts Pillar #5

2. To Be Caring…. To be caring is to show CConcern EEmpathy KKindness CCharity LLove

3. The Caring lesson Read the handout “To Be Caring” together. Answer the question “Are you a Caring Person” by proving it! Give examples of how you demonstrate caring. Take the Caring Quiz.

4. Caring and Current Events On January 12 th, 2010, a devastating Earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti. Estimates of the death toll are 100-200 thousand people, with injuries over 600 thousand. Relief efforts began immediately, but have been hampered by the physical damage to the country. What efforts have you heard about that demonstrate how the world shows it cares?

5. Caring Quotes “It is when we forget ourselves that we do things that are most likely to be remembered” ~anonymous. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give” ~ Winston Churchill “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless….~Mother Theresa “If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path” ~Mary Webb “Kindness gives birth to kindness” ~Sophocles