At The Nest Schools, KINDNESS is more than our most important core value. It is our way of life and our greatest lesson for our children. It is at the heart of everything we do, what we promise, and who we are. We proudly support our local communities through various #KindNEST giving initiatives throughout the year. Together, we can make a difference!
KindNEST Charitable Giving
At The Nest Schools, we believe in giving back to each of our local communities. Through our KindNEST Charitable Giving program, our schools have donated to the organizations listed below to help further support the wonderful work they do!
The KindNEST Charitable Giving Fund is made possible by Co-CEOs Gerry Pastor and Jane Porterfield. After the sale of their schools in Connecticut in 2019, they set up a trust devoted to charitable giving.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle
Junior Diabetes Research Foundation – Mountain West Chapter
On our Sleeves
BEAR
Lincoln County Coalition Against Domestic Violence
United Way of Greater High Point
Access
Kids in Flight
Neighborhood Alliance
SerCo Club of Archdale- Trinity
Lorian County Safe Harbor Corp
Heart of Revere
Beck Center for the Arts
Community Services of Bromfield INC – FISH
Starlight Children’s Foundation
Sunshine Thru The Rain
Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine
Youth Focus
Healing Horses “One Child at a Time”
Dave Thomas Foundation
Loaves and Fishes
Cy-Hope
The Sunshine Kids Foundation
Partnership for Children Johnston City
Hilliard Food Pantry
McHenry County Police Charities
Transformations by Austin Angels
Gigi’s Playhouse
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver
Paws for Friendship
Children’s Hospital Foundation
Blessings in the Skies
Providence House
Adoption Network Cleveland
Bloom Our Youth
Habitat for Humanity
Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation
For Love of Children
My Very Own Blanket Project
Ohio Children’s Alliance
Central Flordia Diaper Bank
Joe Joe Bear Foundation
Girls on the Run – Central Florida
Cleveland Ronald McDonald House
Fisher Outreach Group Inc.
Cover The City Project
Charity Newsies
Spring Giving Project Benefiting Local Animal Shelters
The Nest Schools partnered with local animal shelters and humane societies to help get food and supplies to animals in need.
At The Nest, we strongly believe that pets are a vital part of the family, and we aimed to spread kindness to our local communities by donating items to these local shelters.
Each of our schools collected food, toys, leashes/collars, bedding, towels, cat litter, and cleaning supplies!
Buddy’s Book Drive benefiting Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read is the only organization that works directly in pediatric practices to share the many benefits of families reading aloud to their children every day. The organization aims to create a world in which family income, race, and geography are no longer predictors of a child’s readiness, school, or life success. A partnership between Reach Out and Read and The Nest Schools benefits communities across the country as the two organizations share a common mission: helping young children develop a lifelong love of learning during the most critical developmental years.
Across our schools, we collected 2,081 books for Reach Out and Read!
Choose Kindness Cards
Kindness is contagious! And here at the Nest Schools, we want to make sure we spread it to as many people as possible. Through our Random Acts of Kindness initiative, we asked our families and staff to spread kindness by sending a greeting card to someone they know. Our cards traveled around the world, bringing a small amount of kindness into the mailboxes of young and old!
Our kindness cards made their way into over 20 states and two different countries!