Acacia Woodley
Acacia created the “Friendship Bench” and “Friendship Kits” through her
organization, Tiny Girl Big Dream, Inc. – www.tinygirlbigdream.org. Her
organization’s name came from Acacia’s nickname “Tiny” which is a name
that those who love her have called her for most of her life; and her
big dream is to put “Friendship Kits” in every school across the United
States. Acacia started all of this when she was 10 years old with her
first Friendship Bench being in the lobby of the Palm Bay Elementary
School that she attended last year when she was in sixth grade; but it
really started long before that for her. Near the end of 2013, Acacia
had already placed 16 Friendship Kits in schools throughout the United
States and had 21 more in production hoping to be delivered before the
end of 2013. Her hope in doing that is to build up kindness and
friendship in schools and communities which will result in diminishing
and eliminating bullying and violence.
