SixDegrees.org is proud to announce the launch of Ruth’s Room, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to creating purpose-driven spaces that foster connection, creativity and healing. Named in honor of Ruth Bacon, a passionate advocate for education and justice and mother of SixDegrees.org founder, Kevin Bacon, this initiative transforms underutilized spaces into vibrant hubs for change.

On Sunday, October 13, 2024, SixDegrees.org activated its Building Kits initiative in partnership with the Washington West Film Festival. The festival hosted an anniversary screening of “Footloose” and empowered SixDegrees to create and distribute resource kits for young people impacted by foster care across the state of Virginia. Virginia’s Kids Belong was the sole recipient of kits through this activation, receiving 1,500 kits containing 19,696 items of care valued at $22,571.

On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, SixDegrees.org facilitated a kit building event in Big Sky, Mont. Through our BKxKB project, Spanish Peaks members and residents joined us in their clubhouse to create 1,000 essential resource kits full of items for winter and summer for the full time residents that are largely living with government subsidies. The kits, containing a total of 67,568 items of care valued at $37,954, were distributed to Big Sky Community Food Bank.

On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, SixDegrees.org took part in Paramount’s Community Day. Through our BKxKB project, Paramount employees joined us to create 1,250 essential resource kits full of items of need and comfort. The kits were distributed to Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center, a local community arts program in Los Angeles that serves under-resourced youth in out-of-school time through inspiring arts instruction.

On April 20, 2024, Kevin Bacon, SixDegrees.org, Payson High School, and the greater Payson community banded together to assemble and distribute 5,000 essential resource kits to young people in need of resources throughout Utah, Colorado, and Nevada. They also teamed up with the Utah Film Commission in celebration of 100 years of film and television in Utah. This is part of SixDegrees.org’s initiative launched on Giving Tuesday to distribute 40,000 kits through their Building Kits by Kevin Bacon (BKxKB) program to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of “Footloose.” 

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, SixDegrees.org created a powerful BKxKB activation in tandem with Artists for Actions’s summit at SXSW. Students from Just Keep Livin’ Foundation joined concert goers to create 2,000 essential resource kits for distribution to K-5th grade students at Title I schools in Austin, Texas.