Question from Chris in Kelowna who is new...

This question is from last week.

Chris was asked a couple of times what the money is used for locally and how the schools were to be involved. Chris is in the Okaganan.

The answer is that all monies raised locally are used locally to the best of our ability. Since this is a new area, our mission for the first year is to "just" create a presence and awareness which may be limited to just a trailer and our own events or as a "bonus" only could stretch to include offering the schools our popular reporting tool in the fall - all this hinges on the amount of money raised between now and then - please stay on the cautious side and say the reporting tool "could" be offered and that would be the limit of any kind of school involvement for this year in this area or Saskatchewan and the Lower Mainland. Remind them that Awareness has to me more than a wearing a pink shirt once a year. We will be getting out bookmarks to the schools at some point during the year.

Always stress to the potential sponsor when asked this type of common question that the program is now more "community focused" and not so much "school focused" as was the case in the past - Bullies and Bullying is a social issue not a school issue and that ultimately gets back to a community and parenting effort to make a difference. Focus should be on the Bully themselves as if they were helped there would be less Bullying and thus less victims.

Remember Bullies don't go away they just grow up.

Corey - Acting Field Manager
Igor - Operations Manager