Ambassador Meet and Mingle Event

August 2025

This August, State of Kindness scholarship recipients met in person for the annual meet-and-greet lunch at Earls Restaurant in North York. New first-year Ambassadors Naomi Marcellino, Solomun Beyene, and Jane Obiyan were introduced to returning State of Kindness Ambassadors for an afternoon of getting to know one another, laughs, sharing, and gratitude.

During their time together, students had the opportunity to share tips for success for the upcoming year. Advice flowed from State of Kindness program graduates, now mentors, to fourth-year, third-year, and second-year students.

In addition to learning about the State of Kindness organization and our goals for students for the year ahead, Ambassadors also participated in a gratitude exchange exercise. Working together with the backpack giving program of Southern Niagara, Ambassadors wrote personal notes of encouragement for younger students and placed them in backpacks to be distributed to students from elementary through high school.