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Choose Love Movement’s Giving Tuesday Virtual Fundraiser 

Nov 24, 2020 | Announcements, Fundraisers, News, Past Events, Press Releases

Choose Love Movement’s Giving Tuesday Virtual Fundraiser 

NEWTOWN, CT, USA (November 19, 2020) — The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement™, www.ChooseLoveMovement.org, announced today a Giving Tuesday virtual fundraising event on December 1, 2020, a culminating event after the 30 days of Gratitude Campaign. This is set to be a special night of self-care, tips to overcome trauma and ideas for ultimate rejuvenation hosted by Choose Love Movement Founder, Scarlett Lewis.

Registration is free but donations are encouraged. Donations will be matched up to $10,000 by Choose Love partner the Tapping Solution Foundation.

This event will allow participants to practice being present and learn how to Choose Love even when it seems impossible. Hear from trauma expert Katie Walker on how to be resilient and grow through the tough times and practice EFT Tapping with Jessica Ortner for stress and anxiety relief.

The fundraiser will benefit Choose Love For Schools, the first SEL program to fully incorporate state of the art Character Social Emotional Development (CSED) model standards, while incorporating neuroscience and positive psychology to teach mindfulness, character, and emotional intelligence.  Through donations Choose Love is available at no cost to educators.

Donations help the Choose Love Movement continue providing social and emotional learning at no cost and provide much needed resources for well-being, resilience and trauma to more schools throughout the world.

Text ChooseGratitude to 41444 to donate.

Jessica Ortner is a stress-reduction expert and one of the leading voices teaching EFT Tapping, a revolutionary self-soothing technique that combines ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. Learn how you can choose love and use the powerful tool known as tapping to work your way through anxiety and overwhelming feelings.

Katie Walker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist and founded Grow and Guide Kids which provides parents and teachers with practical solutions they can use in their homes and classrooms. Walker helps kids better understand the root cause of their emotions to help them feel more in control of them.

“We need your help, now more than ever. We continue to work on Version 2 of our programming that includes new standards from Character.org. It is trauma-informed and incorporates the needs of educators, families and students. We have the capacity to get this life saving and life transforming information into schools, homes and communities but we need your help!” stated Scarlett Lewis, Chief Movement Officer of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement.

About The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement

Jesse Lewis, a six-year-old first grader, was a victim of the Sandy Hook tragedy whose action saved the lives of nine classmates. Jesse left behind a message on a household chalkboard, “Nurture, Healing, Love” that became the inspiration for his mother, Scarlett, to found the Choose Love Movement.

The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a commitment to reach students, educators and individuals, nationally and internationally, and provide them with a simple, yet profound formula for choosing love. Its signature program, the Choose Love Enrichment Program, is a no-cost infant/toddler through 12th grade curriculum that contains the simple universal teachings of courage, gratitude, forgiveness and compassion in action – the foundational concepts of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Choose Love For Home, Choose Love For Communities, Choose Love For Athletes and Choose Love For the Workplace are also available.

For more information, please visit www.ChooseLoveMovement.org.

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