Teacher Gives Students $20 Each in Annual Kindness Challenge to Honor Her Late Sister
A Pennsylvania teacher gives each student $20 from money saved from her late sister's purse, challenging them to do something kind and document it.
CommunityGNGV Editorial Team4 min readLast reviewed September 28, 2026
A Hatboro-Horsham District teacher in Pennsylvania created an annual tradition that turns grief into goodness. After losing her sister, she took the $100 she'd been saving from her sister's purse, added more to it, and gave each student $20 with a mission: go out into the world, do something kind, and make a video about it.
The results have been extraordinary. Students have used the money to buy meals for strangers, create care packages for the homeless, tip service workers generously, and fund small acts of kindness that ripple through their communities.
The challenge has become an annual tradition that teaches students the power of intentional kindness while honoring a loved one's memory. 'It's not about the money,' the teacher explained. 'It's about showing kids that small acts of generosity can change someone's entire day.'
