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Media Coverage

September 20, 2026

LifeStory: "Teacher Turns Sister’s Money Into a Kindness Challenge!"

July 2, 2026

Bloomfilms: "Teacher Spreads Kindness After Loss."

July 1, 2026

StoriesbyUs.org: "Turning Loss into Kindness, $20 at a Time."

June 8, 2026

Judge Frank Caprio: "A teacher whose sister died turned $20 bills into over 350 acts of kindness in her honor."

June 2, 2026

Majically News: "She kept her sister‘s last $80 in a cabinet for 4 years"

May 2, 2026

Two Chicks and a Hoe Podcast: "The $20 That Kept Giving"

April 21, 2026

Foundation for a Better Life's Pass It On: "Teacher Honors Her Late Sister with Student Kindness Challenge"

April 17, 2026

6ABC Action News: "'$20 Challenge' expands mission of kindness after Action News story"

March 26, 2026

NowThis Impact: "$20 Classroom Project Sparks Real-World Impact #GoodNewsOnly"

March 13, 2026

Entrepreneur: "After Her Sister’s Tragic Death, This Teacher Turned Tip Money Into a $20 Kindness Challenge — Now It’s a Nonprofit Reaching 425 Kids"

March 11, 2026

ABC News: "Teacher's $20 kindness challenge spreads"

March 9, 2026

People: "Teacher Keeps Younger Sister's Memory Alive After Car Crash by Giving Her Students $20 and a Challenge: Do Something Kind"

February 6, 2026

John & Hank Green's We're Here Newsletter: "Ice Cream and Otter Naps"

February 3, 2026

Do Good: "Heroes of the Deep Freeze"

February 2, 2026

CBS Mornings: Beg-Knows America: "Teacher inspires kindness among students after personal tragedy: "They're gonna save the world"

January 16, 2026

Majically News: "This Teacher Gives Her Students $20 Each, With One Rule"

December 25, 2025

Good Good Good: "This teacher gives her students $20 each year, with one requirement on how they spend it"

December 19, 2025

The Keystone: "Ordinary Pennsylvanians who performed extraordinary acts of kindness in 2025"

October 6, 2025

Humankindness at Work Podcast: "The $20 Kindness Challenge with Kristina Ulmer"

September 3, 2025

SPIRIT 105.3's Mornings with Erica Parkerson: "The $20 Kindness Challenge with Kristina Ulmer: How a Single $20 Bill Sparked a Wave of Teen Kindness"

August 27, 2025

David Begnaud: "Teacher gives $20 to each of her students & tells them they have to use it to do good!"

August 2, 2025

Scoop Upworthy: "Pennsylvania teacher honors sister's memory by giving students $20 but it came with one surprising condition"

July 16, 2025

Glen Eagle Advisor's Women's Wealth: The Middle Way®: "Honoring Through Kindness with Kristina Ulmer"

July/August 2025

Reader's Digest: "Glad to Hear It: Paying it Forward"

April 26, 2025

Good News Network: "How Much Goodness Can $20 Buy? Teacher Gives Cash to Students in Annual ‘Kindness Challenge’ to Honor Sister"

April 14, 2025

Salisbury Post: "Tom Campbell: In search of kindness and civility"

April 14, 2025

The Janice Dean Podcast: "The $20 Kindness Challenge"

April 1, 2025

93.3 WMMR's Preston & Steve: "Kristina Ulmer 20 Dollar Challenge in Studio"

March 28, 2025

Encourage Mint: "$20 Kindness Challenge"

March 24, 2025

640 Toronto Radio: Toronto Today with Kevin Frankish

March 24, 2025

92.5 XTU's Andie Summer's Show: "Cup O'Joy: Teacher Changes Lives With $20 Challenge"

March 23, 2025

Scoop Upworthy: "Pennsylvania teacher honors sister's memory by giving students $20 but it came with one surprising condition"

March 22, 2025

CNN's 5 Good Things: "A Sports Bar Where Barriers (and Brackets) Are Broken"

March 21, 2025

BBC: BBC News Radio

March 21, 2025

Toby Knapp: "How One Teacher Turned Personal Loss into Hundreds of Acts of Kindness"

March 21, 2025

KOST 103.5: "Teacher Gives Students $20 Kindness Challenge"

March 21, 2025

Moneywise: "‘These kids have big hearts’: This Pennsylvania teacher gave her students $20 to spend on good deeds — here's what they did"

March 20, 2025

101.3 KFDI's The JJ Haye's Morning Show: JJ’s That’s Awesome: For $20 A Teacher Makes An Impact With Greater Value

March 19, 2025

ABC News: "Teacher turns tragedy into good deeds with $20 kindness challenge"

March 18, 2025

Sunny Skyz: "Fearing Her Students Were Glued To Screens, She Gave Each $20 With One Request"

March 18, 2025

MSNBC's The 11th Hour: The Last Thing Before We Go: The $20 Kindness Challenge

March 18, 2025

Philip DeFranco Show: Teacher’s Annual Tradition Inspires Students to Spend $20 For Kindness

March 18, 2025

CBC Radio's As It Happens: "This teacher gives each of her students $20 to spend on an act of kindness"

March 17, 2025

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM's The Gee Scott & Ursula Reutin Show: Hour 2: The $20 Kindness Challenge

March 15, 2025

The Washington Post: "Teacher gives $20 to her students with one rule: Use it for kindness"

March 5, 2025

Love Button: "The $20 Kindness Challenge: How One Teacher is Creating a Legacy of Giving"

March 4, 2025

Good Morning America: "Teacher starts $20 kindness challenge with students in honor of late sister"

February 28, 2025

Horsham Now: "Hatboro-Horsham teacher's $20 Kindness Challenge featured on ABC 6 News"

February 27, 2025

6ABC Action News: "Pa. teacher creates $20 kindness challenge in memory of her sister"

February 19, 2025

Montco.Today: "Hatboro-Horsham Students Honor Teacher’s Late Sister Through Acts of Kindness"

Feburary 18, 2025

The Reporter: "The $20 Challenge: How a sister’s legacy sparked a movement of kindness"

February 14, 2025

Patch: "$20 Challenge Honors Hatboro-Horsham Teacher's Sister"

December 14, 2020

Tamron Hall Show: We’re Kicking Off Our Week Of “Tamron Hall” Giveaways by Surprising Teachers!

February 12, 2020

Montco Happening: "Montco Teacher’s $20 Challenge Continues to Spread Kindness"

October 7, 2019

Woman's World: "Kristina and her students are making the world a better place - $20 at a time"

July 7, 2019

Kindness Crusaders: "Teacher Gives Each Students $20 To Use In Kindness 'Challenge"

July 2, 2019

WBUR's Kind World: "Teacher Gives Each Student $20 To Use In Kindness 'Challenge"

June 12, 2019

The Philadelphia Inquirer: "How $20 helped a grieving sister, an unsuspecting waitress, and students with library fees"

May 15, 2019

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show: Feel Goods Segment: "Students Amaze Teacher With $20"

May 11, 2019

6ABC's Action News: "Montgomery County teacher starts $20 Pay it Forward Project with students"

May 8, 2019

Montco Happening: "Montco Teacher Challenges Students in $20 Pay It Forward Project"

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