Welcome to Compassion Week 2025 - Celebrating 10 years!
This year marks a special milestone—our 10th anniversary of coming together for a full week of inspiration, knowledge-sharing, dialogue, collaborations, and hands-on activities. What began as a simple idea has grown into a vibrant tradition, connecting hearts across Greater Houston by showcasing and sharing tangible examples of Houston’s compassionate culture through various partner and network offerings.
Compassion Week 2025 NOVEMBER 10-16
Save the date for Compassion Week 2025 and it’s core message of SMALL ACTS. BIG CHANGE, highlighting the aspiration that each of us can be a force for good. Our small actions rooted in care and love ripple outward to transform the world, starting right where and how we are. Our theme invites us to explore how everyday gestures—rooted in care, courage, and connection—can spark powerful transformation, rippling outward to create lasting change. And it begins with us, right here, right now.
Whether through learning, practice, service, storytelling, or other types of shared moments, Compassion Week 2025 celebrates the tools we each carry to build a more compassionate world, one act at a time.
PURPOSE OF WORLD KINDNESS DAY
Compassion Week coincides regularly with the week in which World Kindness Day falls, a global day, introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.
The purpose of this day, celebrated on November 13 of each year, is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together.
Program Schedule - Details and Registration
Each partner-led program is a puzzle piece in a larger picture—offering practical tools, meaningful experiences, and opportunities to explore, engage, grow & connect. Together, they form a rich toolkit for compassionate living. As our partners prepare their unique offerings, we’ll continue updating the pact schedule as new events unfold. Take a peek, find the pieces that speak to you, and register to join us. We can’t wait to celebrate with you in November!
Community Kindness Spotlight
Compassion takes many forms—some shared in gatherings, others offered quietly through acts of care. We’re highlighting a partner-led initiative that embodies the spirit of Compassion Week in a different way.
Small Feet, Big Steps Shoe Drive
One pair of new shoes. One child in need. One generous heart. Big impact.
Vulnerable children often wear shoes that are worn out or ill-fitting—affecting their health, confidence, and ability to attend school. This drive offers a simple yet powerful way to help: donate a new pair of shoes from the wishlist below.
These shoes provide protection, dignity, and a sense of belonging, and your donation goes directly to a child in need.
Powered by Church World Services, Sole Mission, JustServe, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
During Compassion Week, we’re kindly asking you to take part in this act of care. A well-fit pair of shoes can be a step out of poverty and toward a better quality of life.
““She kept showing me her new shoes—just a regular red canvas pair—but she was so happy. I take too much for granted.” ”
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Behind the Steps - A short background on how your donated shoes reach a child in need.