Westport kids search for signs of kindness around town

Jackson Yang, 17, back left, and Ethan Bradeen, 17, back right, are two of the Staples High School students in Kool to be Kind who work with local third-graders to promote anti-bullying and tolerance. The young students are, from left: Blake Allen, 8; Abbie Goldstein, 8; Leni Lemcke, 9, and Jason Schwartz, 8. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 2/7/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Grace Bergonzi, 17, a senior at Staples High School, and Abbie Goldstein, 8, a third-grader at Greens Farms Elementary, have a mentor relationship through the Kool to be Kind program. They were on Main Street on Thursday evening to promote the activity, "Westport's Hunt for Kindness," a scavenger hunt. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 2/7/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Three of the four co-founders of the Kool to be Kind program, which has organized a scavenger hunt for kids downtown called "Westport's Hunt for Kindness," at the event's kick off Thursday are, from left, Lynne Goldstein, Cindy Eigen, and Sarah Green. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 2/7/13 Photo: Jarret Liotta

Staples High School students and local third-graders celebrate the kick off of the Westport Hunt for Kindness scavenger hunt Thursday evening on Main Street. WESTPORT NEWS, CT 2/7/13

Photo: Jarret Liotta