In 2019 we offered more than 30 individual classes, each serving an average of 8-12 children, including a free 6-week
Grow Greater Happiness
series in space generously donated by
Railyard Apothecary
in Burlington, Vermont.
We also offered three consecutive 6-week programs for young people in the Essex/Westford School District. 50% of the young people in the first round of programming signed up for the second round, and the results of our post-program parental feedback surveys have exceeded anything we could have hoped for.
Of the 80% of parents responding:
• 100% of parents said their children shared two or more mindfulness or self-care tools they'd learned with them
• 100% said they'd observed their children using two or more mindfulness or self-care tools on their own (often different tools than the ones they'd shared with their parents)
• 100% of parents said they saw their children sharing the mindfulness & self-care tools they learned in the program with friends or siblings
• 80% of parents said they’d noticed an improvement in behavior and/or a reduction in disciplinary issues
• 80% said they noticed positive improvements in mood and/or behavior in the days immediately following the program
• 100% said their children enjoyed the program, that they would recommend the program, and that they would sign their children up to do it again.
In short, our programs are doing exactly what we hoped they would. They’re giving young people the tools to grow greater happiness and inspiring them to share those tools with others…
That is the dream behind Seeds of Light...
The more seeds that are sprinkled, the more seeds will sprout, and so on and so on.