North Idaho Kindness Project focuses on 100% proactive work creating positive community connections.  We maintain five key programs, the Kindness Campaign (our kindness declaration), our Kindness Art Contest, Kindness Cards, Kindness Tokens and our Kindness Quarterly newsletter. Additional programming that facilitates community connections varies from year to year. We are deeply non-partisan.

The North Idaho Kindness Project (formerly Love Lives Here CDA) was started in 2018 in response to incidents of bigotry in our community with the intention of reminding and recommitting our community of the goodness and kindness that exsits here.  We partnered with Western States Center, the Human Rights Education Institute and North Idaho Pride Alliance in getting our kindness campaign written and helping facilitate sign-ons to our kindness campaign.

We are committed to preserving strong neighborhoods through actions that promote kindness. In thriving communities, both local and national, it requires that people recognize and support their shared interests. Aligning with that premise, we believe that kind acts nurture those neighborly bonds, protect our communities, and preserve shared common goals. The best first step to creating kind interactions is welcoming others into your space, regardless of differences or perceived differences.

The North Idaho Kindness Project emphasizes positive values such as kindness, respect, community engagement and connection. The organization provides opportunities to individuals and businesses to embody these principles in their daily lives, fostering a more welcoming community. 

We value efficiency and fiscal responsibility. Through our initiatives, we promote small actions and projects that have low costs but that make large impacts. We also place high emphasis on making volunteer hours productive and efficient.We focus on proactive work and do not put energy into reactive work.