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Connect with police officers and change the lives of children in your community today.

Inspired by the extraordinary acts of heroism displayed by both individual community members and first responders during 9/11, EcoSchool co-founder, John Verdi, wanted to build a platform that could bring police officers and communities together with a shared purpose.

Connection- driven projects like Preschool Storytime and Selfies For Change are just the start of a larger movement designed to create an awareness of our shared humanity.

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HEY, BLUE! STORY TIME LIBRARY

*$250 PER CLASSROOM
*Schools in Brevard County, FL
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Your classroom sponsorship will bring a Hey, Blue! library of approximately 10-15 books that focus on connection, love, empathy and that celebrate diversity.

You can choose a particular classroom anywhere in the United States or make a general donation for a classroom of our choice.

Library of Books that your sponsored classroom will receive:

I Am Love: Susan Verde

Say Something: Peter Reynolds

I Am Enough: Grace Byers

I Will Be Fierce! Bea Birdsong

Keeping You Safe: Ann Owen

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrae

I like Myself: Karen Beaumont

It's Ok To Be Different: Todd Parr

The Colors of US: Karen Katz

I Believe I Can: Grace Byers

The Day You Begin: Jacqueline Woodson

Red: Michael Hall

Mommy’s Khimar: Jamila Thomkins-Bigelow

Marisol MacDonald Doesn’t Match: Monica Brown

Julian Is A Mermaid: Jessica Love

The Skin You Live In: Michael Tyler

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HEY, BLUE! STORY TIME LIBRARY

Your classroom sponsorship will bring a Hey, Blue! library of approximately 15-20 books that focus on building confidence, connection, love, empathy and that celebrate diversity.

Designate a specific classroom anywhere in the United States or make a general donation for a classroom of our choice.

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Positive Connections For A Positive Impact

Selfies for change

The proof of concept towards a greater movement of positivity, Selfies for Change brings community members together to work towards a common goal: Helping a local family in need.

How Does It Work?

Community members actively seek out police officers at special events to have a positive interactions (Selfies)

Local businesses pledge $1 per selfie uploaded to social media and the proceeds go to a local family in need.

To date: 4 events in 2 states (FL, IN) facilitated over 1000 positive interactions and raised over $3000 for local families.

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UnBundle Policing Challenge: Reimagine Public Safety
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In partnership with MIT Solve, Stand Together Ventures Lab is launching the Unbundle Policing: Reimagine Public Safety Challenge – an Incubator and Accelerator for social ventures focused on decreasing unnecessary law enforcement encounters and resulting adverse outcomes. By launching this Challenge, Stand Together Ventures Lab aims to accelerate a range of better alternatives for point of crisis situations otherwise likely to result in an unwarranted police encounter, emergency room visit, incarceration, injury, or death.