Hello,
my name is Colton Tobias and I will be a freshman at Point Park University
in the fall.
I am speaking with you today
because I started a new campaign called live like Fred.
You may have already seen our videos or posts on youtube, Facebook,
Twitter or Instagram.
The goal of this campaign
is to share Mr Rogers philosophy of kindness and love to the generation
that didn't have the chance to grow up with his wisdom.
But before I get ahead of myself,
let's talk about Mr Fred mcfeely Rogers.
He was born on March 20th, 1928
in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
and will grow up to inspire generations of Children and adults through his TV. Show
Mr Rogers neighborhood.
He was a true American icon
who inspired so many to live by loving your neighbor
as much as you love yourself. His message was simple and classic.
He had the empathy and compassion
to reach across differences.
He taught us all to appreciate our own unique virtues.
Mr Rogers has been back in the public eye recently
because of the fantastic new documentary about him called Won't You be my neighbor.
I'm speaking here today
because many people have said and felt we need Mr Rogers now more than ever.
And I like to make sure that his legacy continues now and forever.
It is time to share his kindness and love in ever widening circles
so that others can be inspired as well.
So let me explain some of the ideas we have
and what the content will be on our social media sites
to start live. Like Fred will be interviewing amazing people
who we call inspiring neighbors.
These segments will feature positive people
doing positive things in their communities,
teaching us that no matter how big or small the jest are
spreading kindness is important.
Just as Mr Rogers taught us,
we most recently parted with local blogger, Tiffany
Schmoyer of the tag breakfast at Tiffany Marie's
and had a surprise pop up Kindness Day where we drop kindness
items in random neighborhoods and we look forward to doing more.
Additionally, Mr Rogers believed in the power of television
and using it as a powerful tool to educate Children.
In 2018, we believe social media is a powerful communication tool
as well. But unfortunately,
we see more and more negativity on social media.
So trolls beagle
live like Fred plays to have positive post days
where we have a kindness blast as we
encourage you to saturate your social media sites
with complimentary comments, posts or tweets
to a social media friend or two.
This would be the perfect opportunity
to reach out to someone to let them know
that you care much about them.
We will also have our snappy new day segments
long before Snapchat.
Mr Rogers encouraged us to make it a snappy new day in
his honor. We will be featuring our snappy new day segments
where we ask people to share their idea of a snappy new Day.
We plan to use our social media platforms to post our vulgar will segments.
We hope you will join us on this kind of journey.
And let us know
if you have any ideas on how to spread happiness to our neighbors.
Let's make Mr Rogers prep.
As he once said,
there are three ways to ultimate success.
The first way to be kind,
the second way is to be kind.
The third way is to be kind.
Thank you.