012419 LCJ MLK Kindness (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Lauren Hilty, team services librarian, talks with Gillian Agnew, 16, both of Grayslake as she knits a blanket for a shelter pet at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ashley Kissam and her children, Raiden, 5, and Brooklynn, 3, talk with Lauren Hilty, team services librarian, all of Grayslake as they paint kindness rocks during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. The kindness rocks will be distributed around their community for others to find. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Volunteers Ainsley Dean, of Grayslake and Maddie Kosobucki, of Libertyville, both 16, make blankets for kittens at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Enzo Ivanov, 7, of Round Lake is all smiles as he makes a blanket for a shelter animal at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. Enzo was making blankets at the event with his brothers, Andrei and Viktor, and mother, Stephanie Stefanov. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sara Donisch, of Grayslake watches her daughter, Tess, 6, put her handmade get well card into a box for a child who is hospitalized during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. Sara's son, Reid, 9, was also at the library helping to make cards. The get well cards will go to an organization called, Cards for Hospitalized Kids.(1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Mason Whitmore, 6, and his grandmother, Mary Robinson, both of Grayslake show the blanket they made together for a shelter pet at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Charlie Vergin, 8, of Grayslake sends kind wishes as he makes a handmade get well card for a child who is hospitalized during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. Charlie was at the library with his mother, Liz, and sister, Aubrey, 6.The cards made at the library went to the organization called, Cards for Hospitalized Kids.(1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Gio Dow, 5, of Grayslake and his brother, Vinny, 7, work with their mother, Rosie, on adding to the symbolic paper chain as they write kind thoughts on paper during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Beth Taylor, of Grayslake helps her daughter, Sophia, 6, make an encouraging butterfly bookmark to put into a library book during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Sloane Sprague, 5, gets a high-five from Lilia Begin, 17, a volunteer, both of Grayslake as they work together to make blankets for shelter pets at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Volunteer Lilia Begin, 17, of Grayslake works on making blankets for shelter pets at Save-A-Pet during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. (1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Reid Donisch, 9, makes handmade get well cards for hospitalized kids with his sister, Tess, 6, and mother, Sara, as they work beside the Vergin family, all of Grayslake during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. The cards were given to an organization called, Cards for Hospitalized Kids.(1/21/19)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Encouraging bookmarks sit in a bin to be put in library books made during Kindness Crafts-MLK Day ON, Not a Day Off at the Grayslake Area Public Library. The dogs on a butterfly bookmark was made by Sophia Taylor, 6, of Grayslake and her mother, Beth. (1/21/19)