STONEBORO, Pa. - Kindergartner Hope Philson signed her name inside of a book on Monday.  

She's donating it to her school's library.  The five-year-old also shared cookies and pencils with her classmates.  

The random acts of kindness were inspired by her family, who has been performing them all month in honor of their newest member of the family, Emma.

"We just hope that the community is aware of Down syndrome because there aren't very many kids in our community with Down syndrome," said Jessica Anderson of Stoneboro.

Jessica and her husband Greg welcomed Emma into this world three months ago.  They learned at her 19th week anatomy scan, she had fluid in her lungs. Later testing revealed, she had Down Syndrome, a condition 6000 babies are born with each year.

"I definitely grieved for probably three weeks.  I cried like probably every night to my husband and he, he was upset, but he was like she's ours," said Anderson.  "It was probably about a month and then I was like, 'She's my baby.  It doesn't matter what she has.  I am going to love her no matter what."

Emma is certainly loved by many people, especially her big sister Hope, whose school has also embraced the family.  Teachers at Oakview Elementary School dressed down on Monday for World Down Syndrome Day and students sported blue and yellow ribbons to spread awareness.

"I can probably guarantee that a lot of my students will go home and share this information with someone at home who doesn't have the knowledge that they do at five and six years-old," said Oakview kindergarten teacher Jenna Flaim. "They want to know.  They are, especially at this age, they are so easy to encourage to be friends with one another, no matter their differences.  So, if I teach them now, I hope that goes with them for many years to come."

It's a life lesson that makes the Anderson's down right happy.