MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Some South Florida students are being honored for their acts of kindness.
Each month, staff members at North Beach Elementary nominate students to be recognized for the Jennifer Beth Turken Heart Award. On Tuesday those students were recognized at Fienberg Fisher K-8 Center in Miami Beach.
Turken was a student at the school in 1996 and passed away at just 8 years old due to a brain tumor.
Her parents created the award to recognize students for their kindness and respect towards one another.
“We basically teach children all about kindness, we read stories to them about kindness, and it really works,” said Dana Turken, Jennifer’s mother.
“I try to be kind, and I try to make my other friends feel good and okay about themselves,” said Lidnsay Gonzales, an award recipient.
The winners received certificates and are invited with their classmates to an ice cream party, and at the end of the year, an overall winner from each grade level receives a new bicycle and a helmet.
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