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Making Middlesex County Bully-Free:<br />
The Campaign for Bully-Free Communities<br />
The numbers are staggering: One in seven school-school age<br />
children is either a bully or a victim of bullying. An estimated<br />
160,000 children miss school each day for fear of intimidation<br />
or attack.<br />
But our community is taking action.<br />
Since 2009, the Community Foundation of Middlesex County<br />
and its Council of Business Partners have worked to put an<br />
end to bullying. The No-Bully Zone program, developed by<br />
the Council and Rushford, a Hartford Healthcare partner,<br />
has delivered to close to 7,500 students, educators, school bus<br />
drivers and parents. This peer-to-peer program emphasizes<br />
empowerment and gives practical tools to help everyone stand<br />
up to bullying.<br />
In 2014, the Council launched the Campaign for Bully-Free<br />
Communities. This campaign provides information and<br />
training for local businesses, schools and other organizations<br />
interested in ending mean-spirited behavior.<br />
On October 21 (Unity Day), the Council hosted its second<br />
annual Rally for Bully-Free Communities. Two hundred<br />
students, teachers and interested adults from across Middlesex<br />
County attended the event, including 35 students from Region<br />
4 (Chester / Deep River / Essex). The morning began at 9 am<br />
with team building activities led by expert staff from Empower,<br />
The First Tee of Connecticut, and Rushford. Donny Marshall,<br />
Campaign Spokesman, encouraged everyone to be an UP-stander,<br />
not a bystander.<br />
The campaign website provides other free resources including<br />
ideas to host your own rally and a simple pledge that anyone can<br />
sign.<br />
For more information about the campaign, the No Bully<br />
Zone program, or to sign the pledge, visit BullyFree.<br />
MiddlesexCountyCF.org or call 860-347-0025.<br />
Members of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County<br />
(CFMC) Council of Business Partners are: John J. Sullivan, A&A<br />
Office Systems; Laura M. Pedersen, A. R. Mazzotta Employment<br />
Specialists; Owen Flannery, Belltown Motors; William J. McCann,<br />
Susan B. McCann, and Shawn McCann, BEST Cleaners; Mauricio<br />
Salgar, The Black Seal; Colin E. Burr, Brown & Brown of CT,<br />
Inc.; David Director, Connecticut Lighting Centers, Inc.; David<br />
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24 Essex Events • Quarter 4 • 2015 www.<strong>events</strong>magazines.com
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