BERKELEY, Calif. - A beloved Berkeley physical education teacher is set to be honored this week for his more than 40 years of dedication to the community’s kids.

Donald Arreola-Burl, affectionately known as "Coach Don," is a longtime P.E. teacher at Washington Elementary School located in the heart of Berkeley. He was recently named the winner of a monthly grassroots initiative that was created in 2022 by a UC Berkeley Haas School of Business professor, Alan Ross .

The backstory:

Ross’s idea was a simple one — to promote kindness by putting a spotlight on the kind acts carried out by community members. To that end, the professor created what he called the Chris Kindness Award, which recognizes someone every month for their kindness and awards that person a $1,000 prize.

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