We will be posting songs here that are written about Pay it Forward or that relate to the concept.  Send your suggestions to payitforwardday@gmail.com with a link to the music.

• Pay it Forward by www.brianasselinmusic.com
• Hands by Jewel
• Reach Out and Touch (Someone’s Hand) by Diana Ross
• Send It On by Disney’s Friends For Change

Columbus, Ohio (USA) – Pay it Forward community project at Horizon Science Academy

For the past four years my 10th Grade social studies classes completed an assignment called “Project: Imagine: A social experiment.” The guidelines to the project are for groups of students to go out into the community and complete three Pay it Forward plans. The students develop the plan, implement it, and present their information and experiences in our school’s annual Social Studies Fair. The groups then compete for top prizes as their projects are judged by members of the community. Some of the projects completed throughout the years have been:

• Developing a basketball clinic for youth at a local YMCA
• Preparing a baby shower for a homeless woman
• Reading to kids at a local library
• Cleaning a neighborhood house

I was excited to come across the pay it forward website and see how so many people around the world are doing similar things. Our project will be concluding near the pay it forward day on April 26th.

(Clay Sherrod, Social Studies Teacher, Horizon Science Academy)

Check out these Pay It Forward Day articles:

• How to Celebrate Pay it Forward Day 2012 – Weedend Notes (2012_04_26)

San Diego, California (USA) – SURFice Dog Ricochet will be in a shopping mall giving out fortune cookies that say “unleash good fortune… paw it forward”. She’ll also be giving out Pay It Forward wristbands and Paw It Forward wristbands.

Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) – UNLV students, faculty, and staff will be planting 40-50 tress on-campus (11am-1pm).  UNLV students will be leaving a Free Hugs Campaign on the Las Vegas Strip.  If you would like to join, show up at 5pm in front of the Bellagio fountains.  Don’t forget to bring your Free Hugs sign. Click here to learn more about Free Hugs Campaigns.

Check out these Pay It Forward Day articles:

• Pay It Forward Day April 28th 2011 – Positive Impact Magazine (2011_04_25)
• Discussing the principles of ‘Paying it Forward’ – The Brazil Times (2011_04_24)
• Generation G – the new wave of Australians making a difference (2011_04_02)
• Every Day Will Be “Pay It Forward” Day at Embryo Donation International (2011_04_02)

Tools ‹ Pay It Forward Day — WordPress.

Here are some  Pay it Forward Posts – enjoy!

Columnist: Pay it Forward to Bank on True Fulfilment

ULM Ulum PAys it Forward

Wedding Gifts Pay it Forward

Random Acts of Kindness: A Metro Teacher is inspiring others to pay it forward

School Friends Pay it Forward

Letters: Readers pay it forward in word and deed

Heart hits the Jackpot if you Pay it Forward

Holland’s Pay it Forward Program Begins to Spread

On the Road to Making a Difference

It is very exciting that we have now 28 countries involved on international Pay it Forward Day. They are as follows – it is all very exciting 🙂

Countries Involved:
1. Australia
2. United States of America (USA)
3. Canada
4. New Zealand
5. South Africa
6. England
7. Singapore
8. Mexico
9. Scotland
10. Ireland
11. Italy
12. France
13. Fiji
14. Russia
15. India
16. Netherlands
17. Belgium
18. Norway
19. Argentina
20. Spain
21. Turkey
22. Syria
23. Croatia
24. Bosnia
25. Herzegovina
26. Korea
27. Puerto Rico
28. Sweden

Let us know if we have missed your country….

Proclamations (USA States)
– Georgia
– Illinois
– Indiana
– Nevada
– New Hampshire

Proclamations (Counties)
– Brevard County, Florida, USA

Proclamations (Cities)
– Cocoa, Florida, USA
– Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
– Denver, Colorado, USA
– Elkhart, Indiana, USA
– Henderson, Nevada, USA
– Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
– Perrysburg, Ohio, USA
– Reno, Nevada, USA
– Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
– San Diego, California, USA
– Westminster, Colorado, USA
– Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada