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How do you do the blue ribbon ceremony?

It takes about a minute. You tell the person exactly how they make a difference and place the ribbon above their heart. Then you hand them two more ribbons to give to people who matter to them.

How Can Young People Make a Difference in Their Community?

A young person can make a real difference in about a minute, simply by telling one person why they matter. In our film, an 83-year-old Helice "Grandma Sparky" Bridges built a movement on that act. Jack Canfield tell the story of how one father used it on his teenage son the night the boy had planned to end his life, so in a matter of one minute and those words reached his son and saved his life.

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