Story contest submissions from Maple Valley. Covington residents now accepted for the ‘Compassion Games’

Published 3:59 pm Monday, September 10, 2012

A new project asks residents of the Seattle area to tell the positive stories that are meaningful to them and that will inspire others to become involved in our community.

It’s a story contest that is part of Compassion Games, sponsored by Compassionate Seattle and United Way of King County, with support from the City of Seattle and King County.

Winners will be named in six different categories, including youth, those working to provide basic needs, faith communities, education, and business.

These stories can involve past experiences of compassion or experiences of compassion that occur during the Games.

Submission starts Sept. 21 and ends Nov. 1.

All stories will be displayed on the Compassion Games website as well as on the Voices in Education website, becoming online galleries of acts of kindness and compassion.

The stories can be text, video, MP3 or photography.

Submission information is available on the web site.

The Compassion Games also includes community service projects and other activities designed to involve people in doing good works in the community, starting with United Way of King County’s Day of Caring on Sept. 21.

Find out more on the website compassiongames.org.