Arizona Governor’s Office Celebrates Random Acts of Kindness Week With UOWHO

UOWHO Creator, Lloyd DeShane and our National Sales Director, Jamie Field, were honored to be asked to present 250 UOWHO ‘kindness’ bracelets to employees at the Division for Children, Youth and Families at the Arizona State Governor’s Office this week.

In preparation for Random Act of Kindness week (15th – 21st Feb), Youth Program Administrator, Amanda Scott-Thomas, contacted UOWHO to have her department join in on the fun!  We were heartened to see that our own Arizona Governor’s office would be initiating a potential 2,500 random acts of kindness using UOWHO’s pay-it-forward, ‘kindness’ bracelets.

Meeting Ms. Scott-Thomas and Children, Arizona Division for Youth and Families Director- Cassandra Larsen as well as the rest of the department staff was pure joy!  As Jamie explained how to use UOWHO’s ‘kindness’ bracelets and shared some of our bracelet wearer’s stories, staff were given multiple bracelets and excitedly discussed ‘kindness’ ideas as they put them on.

“As Arizona state employees, we have a vested interest in the health, wealth
 and betterment of our state. Our livelihoods, families and quality of 
life depend upon it,” Amanda told us.

As news of their initiative spread via their internal newsletter, other State departments decided to participate too- the Arizona Division of Emergency Management, Arizona Commission of Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Arizona Department of Corrections! Way to go Arizona!

Once again, we would like to extend our appreciation to all of our new friends at the Governor’s office that were so welcoming to our staff at UOWHO, and for all of the hard and sincere work they do for the communities of Arizona.  We look forward to hearing about their ‘kindness’ experiences and, if you were the recipient of a UOWHO ‘kindness’ bracelet courtesy of an act of kindness from the Governor’s Office, then we would love to hear from you!

If any Government Departments from other States would like to create some kindness, either for next year’s Random Acts of Kindness Week, or for a different initiative, we would be delighted to hear from you – and, don’t forget, our ‘kindness’ bracelets can be ‘branded’ with your message or logo!