128 6th Grade Thoughts Can Change The World: Mill Mustang Edition (My Thoughts Can Change The World)

This book is the first for the My Thoughts Can Change The World Project: a traveling project with author and illustrator Rachel DiNunzio. In December, 2014 Rachel visited Mill Middle School to kick-start the project. A message from Rachel: What we do and what we internally think, impacts others. The My Thoughts Can Change The World project’s goal is to make a positive impact for people, animals, plants, and our environment, through the sharing of thoughts and ideas.  The Mill Middle 6th Grade class was given this question: An idea, a thought, a hope, however big or small, can start a ripple. No matter if it is to help your family or neighborhood, school or community, nation or world: it starts with you. What will you do? What could we all do?  This project was completely voluntary. Each student was given the opportunity to write and illustrate their idea. An amazing 128 Mill Mustangs chose to contribute. Our collective goal is to create as many positive ‘thought ripples’ as possible through the sharing of these ideas. To do this, the students illustration may be featured as the SRP: Thought of the Day on the Studio RADish Press website, on the social media feeds, and through the spreading of this book. My personal goal is to empower each student, show that they matter and are important, and to demonstrate how positively aiming their thoughts can create a really big impact. Aside from the costs necessary to produce and print the books, any proceeds will go towards impacting someone’s life close to home through a local charity. The book itself becomes the ripple. Beginning with each student’s thought, then combining these thoughts into a collaborative work, distributing the the final collection to family, friends, and members of the community, will ultimately lead to the donation of the funds raised from this project.