Tag: bullying
Seon’s “Bullies Aren’t Cool” Coloring Contest a Huge Success
October 31st marked the final day for submissions to our “Bullies Aren’t Cool” coloring contest. When we launched the contest for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, we were excited to see the results. We received almost 1300 entries from children across the United States and Canada, and support that we had not imagined in our wildest dreams.
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Seon Cheers on Anti-bullying Campaigns: Raising Awareness Together as a National Community against Bullying
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and as Seon blog readers are aware, we have started our “NO BULLIES ON MY BUS” campaign. We are more than half way through the month and have had tremendous support with the “Bullies Aren’t Cool” Coloring Contest. The NAPT Annual Summit is next week, and we are excited to showcase our campaign with anti-bullying buttons to give away, and more! But right now, let’s discuss a very important part of our cause: supporting other anti-bullying campaigns around the globe.
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Seon Supports Anti-bullying and Participates in Pink Shirt Day
“On February 27, 2013 we encourage all of you to wear something pink to symbolize that we as a society will not tolerate bullying anywhere” (pinkshirtday.com)
Today is Pink Shirt Day, and I want to do my part to support the cause. Bullying affects everyone at each stage of life. School-aged children are most at risk with 160,000 students missing school every day due to the fear of attack or intimidation by other children (National Education Association). Bullying on the school bus is a nationwide problem:“outside of the playground, school bus bullying is the most common form of bullying among school-aged children” (www.todaysparent.com).
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