Frequently Asked Questions

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Through the Nominate-an-Educator program, any individual can nominate a teacher (including themselves!), humane educator, youth group leader, after-school program leader, or other educational group leader to receive Kind News. Visit KindNews.org/nominate to add your name, or that of another person, to our Nominate-an-Educator list.

If you have not received your Kind News print issue by the last day of the posted delivery date range, please contact us at KindNews@RedRover.org. We are so sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. Delivery dates may vary slightly depending on your location relative to our distribution hub.

Kind News™ magazine is a publication that inspires kids to be kind to animals and people. The magazine encourages empathy and critical thinking in children by celebrating the human-animal bond and helps motivate children to take action to improve the lives of animals.

Kind News uses engaging articles to emphasize issues affecting animals and provide tips for understanding animal behavior and caring for pets. Its appealing design and interactive content help enhance children’s enjoyment of reading.

Kind News is aligned with national teaching standards and can be easily integrated into school curriculum. The magazine can be sponsored for a classroom, youth group, after-school program, summer camp, or other group educational setting. There are five issues throughout the school year.

The magazine is available in two versions: Kind News™, Jr., geared towards grades K-2, and Kind News™, geared towards grades 3-6.

Kind News is produced and sent out every two months September through May. Please refer to this page for updated sponsorship deadlines and delivery schedules.

Please refer to this page for updated sponsorship deadlines and delivery schedules.

A bundle of one level (28 copies and a teacher’s guide) of each issue of Kind News, which arrives every two months five times throughout the school year beginning with the September/October issue.

Sponsor a classroom here.

Your designated classroom or other recipient, such as a library or after-school club, receives a bundle of one reading version (28 copies and a teachers guide), arriving every two months five times during the school year.

Each bundle contains 28 copies and a teacher's guide. Please refer to our donation chart here.

We are not able to customize the number of issues each recipient receives. If your recipient needs more copies, you will need to sponsor another set of magazines for them. Some recipients share extras with another teacher or school librarian.

Please call 916-241-3513 or email kindnews@redrover.org.

Please visit KindNews.org/nominate and nominate your classroom or group to receive Kind News.

Kind News is consistently praised by educators as an excellent supplementary resource that requires little or no prep. Most educators need a few minutes to a maximum of an hour to incorporate the magazine into their lessons.

Kind News is aligned with national education standards and can be integrated smoothly into subjects like math, science and language arts. The teacher’s guide included with each issue of the magazine contains suggested standard-aligned activities that can easily be expanded or adapted to meet the needs of your classroom.

Yes! If you begin sponsoring a recipient after the school year begins, the magazine issues will be carried over into the next school year. Please visit KindNews.org/schedules for issue deadlines.

Please fill out this form or contact KindNews@RedRover.org or (916) 241-3513. 

RedRover will furnish replacement issues when there is a shipping or printing error, but we reserve the right to deny replacement requests if requests have exceeded a reasonable number within the year(s).

Please keep in mind that we are not responsible for damage to magazines from the weather. In all cases, we will work with our recipients to provide the highest level of care.

Please contact KindNews@RedRover.org or (916) 241-3513 for assistance.