Inspiring the Next Generation of Volunteers

Shannon Valko is Chief Operationg Officer of the Kindness Connection.  Their mission is to provide youth with fun service opportunities to nurture kindness, empathy, compassion, social responsibility and a giving spirit.

The Kindness Connection started as a vision of a small group of parents who wanted to find meaningful age-appropriate volunteer projects to do with their children. Armed with the belief that young children have as much to give and learn from community service as older children, The Kindness Connection was born. Since 2006, The Kindness Connection has reached over 50,000 youth volunteers through 75 schools and organizations, and delivered over 60,000 handmade projects to 40 nonprofits around the world.

 Shannon has a BA from Indiana University and an MBA from Loyola University Chicago.