Welcome To Ben's Bells
Our mission is to inspire, educate and motivate each other to realize the impact of intentional kindness and to empower individuals to act according to that awareness, thereby changing our world.
Upcoming Events
- Beginning May 18th, 2012: During the summer, our Studios will close at 5pm on Fridays. Please visit us during open Studio hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am-5pm.
- Tuesday June 26th, Wednesday June 27th, and Thursday June 28th from 11am-12pm: Summer Kids Events at Bookmans! Ben's Bells Project hosts a week of Summer Kids Events. Come to Bookmans on Ina on June 26th, Bookmans on Speedway on June 27th, or Bookmans on Grant on June 28th to help Ben's Bells spread kindness! There will be clay bead sculpting and signing of Commit to Kindness contracts! For more information click here.
What's New?
- This Week’s Bellee is Aidan Frye! Read more here.
- Ben’s Bells Newsletter: May & June 2012
- New Jersey Herald: "Ben’s Bells spreads 500 messages of kindness in Sussex County (5/5/12)"
- The News-Gazette: "Wind chimes symbolize kindness (5/5/12)"
- kiviTV: "Kindness on a string: Ben’s Bells celebrates 10th anniversary of boy’s death with 500 chimes in Idaho (5/2/12)"
- Green Valley News and Sun: "Ben’s impact: Young boy’s influence reaches Sahuarita (4/28/12)"
- Nightly News with Brian Williams "Making a Difference".
For Closed Captioning, click here (then click on CC button at their site).
Want to Volunteer?
It's Easy! Just come by either of our Studios during Open Studio Hours to help with the creation of Ben’s Bells! Our projects vary day to day, but typically include painting or working with clay - No artistic ability needed!
For more information click here.
For groups of 10 or more, please fill out a group request form at least one week prior to the date you would like to volunteer.
What's The Deal?
- Ben's Bells are beautiful, ceramic wind chimes.
- The pieces that come together to form a Ben's Bell are crafted by hand by people all over Tucson and beyond.
- The process of making the pieces of Ben's Bells is therapeutic and FUN - and no artisitc ability is necessary!
- By the time a Ben's Bell is assembled, at least ten people have worked on it making it a TRUE COMMUNITY EFFORT!
- Ben's Bells are not for sale... Several times a year, hundreds and hundreds of Ben's Bells are hung randomly in public places around Tucson and beyond. The only way to get a Ben's Bell is to find one or to be "Belled" (see "Bellings" for more information).
- To date, over 26,859 Ben's Bells have been released!
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And the point?? KINDNESS! We want people to remember how much power they have each day to make the world a better place simply by being kind.
Join us in making Ben's Bells!