One Bag at a Time - Cole McCook Introduction

Hi! My name is Cole McCook and I want to change the world one paper bag at a time. I'm 16 years old and I go to the Downingtown STEM Academy. I play high school golf and I'm a member of National Honor Society.

When I was a kid, and even still, my mom would write little notes in my lunchbox. I want kids to have the same feeling I did when I got that note and maybe even something special that went with it: a feeling of happiness. Everyone has the right to feel happy and everyone has the ability to give out happiness. Sometimes something that may seem small and insignificant has the ability to make someone's day better and boost their mood, which causes a chain reaction that makes others happy.

Life is too short to not do something extraordinary in your life and in someone else's. Remember: change the world one paper bag and one smile at a time.

Cole McCook
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Ambition to Change - David Rosati Introduction

Trying to change the world as a typical high schooler may be one of the most ambitious things someone can attempt to do. But just because it's ambitious doesn't mean it can't happen. 

Hi, my name is David Rosati and yes, I am a typical 15 year old high schooler with a dream for big things to happen. I go to the Downington STEM Academy and I am a hockey player. 

But this all isn't about me. The point of this project, Lunchbox Notes, is to promote happiness and change in someone's heart. Our objective isn't just to make people feel happy, our objective is to take the time to let people know that they matter to more people than they know. Someone great once said, "Just because people don't understand you, doesn't mean you don't understand you." Take the opportunity to change a life for the better. Lunchbox Notes FOREVER!

David Rosati
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Ideas To Reality: Our Mission on Our First Day

If you were handed the power to single-handedly change the world…would you take it? Would you grasp the opportunity with unmistakable passion, unceasing excitement, and a desire deep in your bones to be an instigator of something great? Today, we were given the power to create something great through Angela Maiers's Choose2Matter campaign and the Quest2Matter project. We couldn't be happier that we get to participate and create something for the greater good of the world. 

Our Cause:

Every day, we wake up and we make a choice. Every day, we are given the power to single-handedly change the world. We walk past people on our way to work, in the halls at school, and around town. Every day you have the power to change the outlook of those people through a single act of kindness. Share a smile, exchange a hello, or let them know that they deserve to be happy. Did you say it? Did you make an effort? You never know what kind of impact it might have. You may not be able to change a person’s situation, but you can change his or her outlook to a positive one.

Friendship is the force that binds us all together. Random acts of kindness work to strengthen that force, for our unity depends on compassion. As human beings, we pass around a torch that lights up each of our hearts as we gain the capacity to pass it to others through our actions and words of kindness. This fire, set alight by the kindness of others, has the ability to spread around the world, expanding across borders that we thought would never be beaten down.

We hand the torch to you. You who has the unshakable potential to set off a spark, create a chain reaction, build a bridge, change a life, and to break the boundaries that have been set before us. You have the power to ignite change. Let your kindness make an impact today. 

Our Mission:

Lunchbox Notes sets forth on a mission to create a world where smiles are genuine and happiness isn’t rare. A world where thoughts count and actions matter. We will ignite the flame, pass the torch, and make a positive change that will spread across the world. By passing out paper bags filled with food, treats, compliments, challenges to spread kindness, and other things, we will alter the outlooks and attitudes of the people we reach for the better.

Above the group poses for a photo with Ms. Maiers (minus Andre and Carrie) after a fantastic first day of planning. Thanks for all the inspiration and for bringing the project to STEM! We are honored!
(Left to Right: Cole McCook, Mitch Brown, Ben Wooten, Livvy Evans, Emily McKain, Abby Savidge, Francesca Coyne, David Rosati, and Angela Maiers. Not pictured: Andre Morris and Carrie Filion)