At Scenic Hills Elementary School in Springfield, no child plays alone at recess or sits alone, writes Ukee Washington for Philadelphia.cbslocal.com.

“We get assigned like a day to go either to lunch or recess to make sure no one’s alone, and we wear these pins anytime we’re on duty to do it,” 10-year-old Zoey Mears said.

Mears is a volunteer with the school’s Kindness Club, a Scenic Kindness Ambassador.

Lori Sclarow, a fifth-grade special education teacher, said recess and lunch can be a time of high anxiety for some students who worry about who to play with or sit with at lunch.

The Kindness Club watches out for them so no one feels left out.

The club of 40 fifth graders meets every three weeks, giving up recess to spread kindness in their schools. Besides keeping other students company, they also do projects like writing compliment cards to kids in class to make their day better. They keep individual kindness logs, keeping track of their good deeds.

Scarlow started the club three years ago to empower the kids to include everyone.

Today, there are a lot fewer students sitting alone at recess.

Read more about the Kindness Club here.

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