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October 2nd 2019

Building the "Do Good" Buzz BY HELENE HUYNH

Y o u ’ r e p r o b a b l y f a m i l i a r w i t h B l a c k F r i d a y , S m a l l B u s i n e s sS a t u r d a y a n d C y b e r M o n d a y . D o y o u k n o w t h e r e ’ s a a n o t h e rh o l i d a y t h a t b u i l d s t h e “ D o G o o d ” b u z z ? I t ’ s a n o t h e r d a y t o s p e n d ,b u t t h e p r e f e r r e d c u r r e n c y i s y o u r t i m e a n d i m p a c t f u l e n e r g y .C o n t i n u e r e a d i n g t o l e a r n m o r e a b o u t a d i f f e r e n t s o r t o f h o l i d a ys p i r i t .

December 4th 2019

IN THIS ISSUE:

Community's PreferredCurrency

A Different Kind ofChristmas

2019 Accomplishmentsand Highlights

Y o u ’ r e p r o b a b l y f a m i l i a r w i t h B l a c k F r i d a y , S m a l l B u s i n e s s S a t u r d a y a n dC y b e r M o n d a y . D o y o u k n o w t h e r e ’ s a a n o t h e r h o l i d a y t h a t b u i l d s t h e “ D oG o o d ” b u z z ? I t ’ s a n o t h e r d a y t o s p e n d , b u t t h e p r e f e r r e d c u r r e n c y i s y o u rt i m e a n d i m p a c t f u l e n e r g y . G i v i n g T u e s d a y t h i s y e a r f e l l o n D e c e m b e r 3 , 2 0 1 9 . I t g e n e r a l l y k i c k e d o f f t h ec h a r i t a b l e s e a s o n a n d t h e e n d - o f - y e a r g i v i n g . I t w a s a n d s t i l l a g l o b a lg e n e r o s i t y m o v e m e n t t h a t u n l e a s h e s t h e p o w e r o f p e o p l e a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n st o t r a n s f o r m t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s a n d t h e i r w o r l d . G i v i n g T u e s d a y i s c e l e b r a t e d o n t h e T u e s d a y f o l l o w i n g T h a n k s g i v i n g ( i n t h eU . S . ) a n d t h e w i d e l y r e c o g n i z e d s h o p p i n g e v e n t s B l a c k F r i d a y a n d C y b e rM o n d a y . I t w a s c r e a t e d i n 2 0 1 2 a s a s i m p l e i d e a : a d a y t h a t e n c o u r a g e sp e o p l e t o d o g o o d . O v e r t h e p a s t s e v e n y e a r s , t h i s i d e a h a s g r o w n i n t o a g l o b a l m o v e m e n t t h a ti n s p i r e s h u n d r e d s o f m i l l i o n s o f p e o p l e t o g i v e , c o l l a b o r a t e , a n d c e l e b r a t eg e n e r o s i t y . O n G i v i n g T u e s d a y , p l e a s e c o n s i d e r a l o c a l n o n p r o f i t w h e n y o um a k e y o u r c h a r i t a b l e d o n a t i o n s .

Community's Preferred Currency

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I n t e r e s t e d i n p a r t i c i p a t i n g ? P e o p l e d o p a r t i c i p a t e i n G i v i n g T u e s d a y i n l o t so f d i f f e r e n t w a y s a n d m o s t p e o p l e d o m o r e t h a n o n e t h i n g . 1. Donate to your favorite nonprofitMost of us are famil iar with a nonprof i t or two that does work that 's in l inewith our values. Whether i t ’s an organizat ion that supports immigrantfamil ies , the LGBTQ community, or domest ic v iolence survivors in yourhometown, there are plenty of nonprof i ts doing great work that re ly ondonations in order to survive.I f no speci f ic organizat ion comes to mind, you can check out the#GivingTuesday s i te to f ind nonprof i ts in your neighborhood, or browse athird-party databases, l ike MightyCause, to search for nonprof i ts by locat ionand type. 2. Volunteer your t imeI f you’re able to, consider volunteer ing your t ime on any day. Rol l ing yoursleeves up can be part icular ly ful f i l l ing way to g ive back. 3. Start your own fundraiserI f you have a Facebook account, one great way to e levate your ef forts onGiving Tuesday is to start a fundraiser for your favor ite nonprof i t .Al l you have to do is head over to Facebook and c l ick ‘Fundraisers ’ on theleft -hand s ide of the screen under the Explore tab. From there, see opt ionsto start a fundraiser for #GivingTuesday. 4. Share your experience on social mediaI f you're not f inancial ly able to g ive as much as you’d l ike this year , onething that ’s f ree and can be helpful is boost ing #GivingTuesday posts onyour social media.U s e t h e # G i v i n g T u e s d a y h a s h t a g t o w r i t e a b o u t w h a t y o u ’ r e d o i n g , r e t w e e ta n d r e p o s t s o c i a l m e d i a p o s t s f r o m n o n p r o f i t s a n d c h a r i t i e s — w h e t h e rt h e y ’ r e t h e o n e s y o u ’ r e f i n a n c i a l l y s u p p o r t i n g o r n o t . W h e n e v e r p o s s i b l e ,u s e y o u r p l a t f o r m t o g i v e n o n p r o f i t s s o m e e x t r a l o v e .

W e m a in t a i n a c a t a lo g u e o f c h i ldre n’s a nd young adult b ook s that te l l s to r i e s and add r e ssb u l ly in g s i tu at i o n s .   T h e r e s o u rc e b oo ks a nd per iodic als are f o r e d u cato r s and f am i l i e s toi m p r o v e u n d e r s t a n d i n g , c o m m u nic at ion a nd prevent b ul ly i ng be h av i o r s . B y u s in g c h i ld r e n ’ s b o o k s th a t d i sc u ss heavy top i c s , c hi ld ren can r e late and bo nd w i th thec h a r a c te r s . N o t o n ly d o e s r e la t in g to th e c h a rac ter c reate a po s it ive ex per i e nce f o r th e ch i ld , but a lsoc h i ld r e n c an u s e t h e s e c h a r a c t er ’ s s i tua t ion s and apply tho se so lu t io ns to th e i r o w n l i fe .  U s in g l i te r atu r e t o a d d r e s s b u l ly ing makes the t opic a b out a ch ar acte r i nste ad o f s i ngl ing outo n e c h i ld .   In a c la s s o r h o m e , chi ldren c an “ identi fy w i th f ic t io nal ch ar acte r s and bul ly ings i t u a t i o n s b o t h a t a c o g n it iv e a nd e mo t ion al leve l and gain in s i gh t m or e e as i ly than talk i ngd i r e c t ly ab o u t t h e ir o w n e x p e r i e n c e . I n s u m m ar y , c h i l d r e n w i l l h a v e a b ette r ov eral l understanding o f th e f e e l i ngs o f e ve r yonei n v o lv e d in a b u l l y in g s i tu a t io n .   C h i l dre n who are v ic t ims c an u s e the s e s to r i e s to bui ld th e i ro w n s o lu t i o n t o t h e i r p r o b le m s .  B o o k s a r e p r o v i d e d a t n o c o s t t o u n d e r - s e r v e d y o u t h , f a m i l i e s a n d e d u c a t o r s w h i l e s u p p l i e sl a s t . T o d a t e , w e ’ v e d i s t r i b u t e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 1 0 b o o k s f r o m 1 1 t i t l e s , i e , P r i n c e s sD i v e r s i t y a n d t h e G o l d e n R u l e b y G u l m a k a i P . S a l e h ; T r u d y M a c k i n t o w e r & T h e O r i g i n a l s  B o o k : 1 ( F i r s t D a y o f S c h o o l ) b y D . D . M y r i c k a n d I t ’ s C o o l T o B e K i n d b y L i n n e a M c F a d d e n . I na d d i t i o n t o r e s o u r c e a n d c h a p t e r b o o k s , w e p r o v i d e t h o u s a n d s o f B u l l y i n g P r e v e n t i o nR e s o u r c e M a t e r i a l s a d d r e s s i n g C y b e r , P h y s i c a l a n d V e r b a l b u l l y i n g a t n o c o s t t o s c h o o l s a n di n d i v i d u a l s t h r o u g h o u r C o m m u n i t y O u t r e a c h i n i t i a t i v e s .

2019 Accomplishments and Highlights

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FSPAB Members marched in our f i rst Pr ide Parade joining over 100 marchinggroups in f ront of more that 250,000 spectators and mil l ions of te levis ionviewers!   To our amazement and del ight we won the category for ‘Best Smal lGroup’ in the Parade! W e p a r t i c i p a t e d i n S u b a r u o f A m e r i c a ’ s f i r s t O U T + A L L Y E v e n t f o r t h e i r m o r et h a n 8 0 0 e m p l o y e e s a t t h e i r C a m d e n N e w J e r s e y H e a d q u a r t e r s . T h a t e v e n t w a sw i l d l y s u c c e s s f u l a n d l e a d t o a c o m m i t m e n t f o r v o l u n t e e r s u p p o r t f r o mM a n a g e m e n t a n d E m p l o y e e s . W e c o - p a r t n e r e d w i t h P h i l a d e l p h i a F a m i l y P r i d e w h o s e m i s s i o n i s t o b u i l dc o m m u n i t y f o r L G B T Q + p a r e n t s , p r o s p e c t i v e p a r e n t s , g r a n d p a r e n t s a n d o u rk i d s o f a l l a g e s – i n c l u d i n g a d u l t s , y o u t h , k i d s , t o d d l e r s a n d i n f a n t s . T h e ys u p p o r t f a m i l i e s i n t h e g r e a t e r P h i l a d e l p h i a r e g i o n t h r o u g h a d v o c a c y ,e d u c a t i o n a n d f a m i l y - c e n t e r e d e v e n t s . F S P A B ’ s o u t r e a c h a t c o m m u n i t y h e a l t ha n d w e l l n e s s f a i r s a l o n g s i d e P F P w a s p i v o t a l f o r m a n y w h o g a i n e d a c c e s s t ob u l l y i n g p r e v e n t i o n r e s o u r c e s .

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More than 15 million kids live in extreme poverty in the U.S.and arrive on the first day of school without the supplies theyneed to learn. FSP Against Bullying 'Back to School NOT Back to Cruel'initiatives provides FREE book bags, school supplies, andinformation packages to keep kids safe! Dozens of youth volunteers gathered to stuff books bags withschool supplies and anti-bullying information for kids! FSP Against Bullying 2019 'Back to School' initiativessupported more than 500 under-served students throughoutPennsylvania!

Program Expansion toNew Jersey Schools

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Program Expansion toNew Jersey Schools

FSP Against Bul ly ingwelcomed Deandrea Myrick,Educat ional Faci l i tator whoadministers the T.H. I .N.K.Bul ly ing Prevention Program! M s . M y r i c k i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o ra d m i n i s t e r i n g t h e T . H . I . N . K .p r o g r a m t o 3 r d & 4 t h g r a d e r sa t t h e W o o d b u r y S c h o o lD i s t r i c t – W e s t E n d M e m o r i a lE l e m e n t a r y S c h o o l .

This t ime of year , the commercial izat ion of the hol idays can be enough to make your head spin.

Endless sales and the sometimes overwhelming pressure to buy gi f ts for everyone in your l i fe

can turn giv ing into a less-than-pleasant exper ience.

Slow down and let go of expectations.As Christmas approaches we become harr ied and frazzled.   There’s a plethora of g i f ts to buy,

events to go to and pressure to get everything “ just r ight” .   By the t ime Christmas arr ives we’re

left feel ing drained and s ick. Last year I made the decis ion to s low down during December by

committ ing to fewer events and lett ing go of certain expectat ions l ike Christmas baking. Making

this decis ion was f reeing and i t gave our family t ime to truly enjoy Advent and Christmas

together.

 

Buy fewer gifts.I t takes courage to step away from the commercial ism that surrounds Christmas. Start ing in

November we’re bombarded with constant pressure to buy more, that more stuf f wi l l make

everyone happier . I t is a lovely thing to g ive a wel l thought-out g i f t , especial ly when there is a

need, but there are other ways to show kindness, love and generosity without having to buy a

plethora of presents.

·   Give the g i f t of adventure (ski lessons, a ski pass, rock c l imbing lessons) .

·   G ive the g i f t of t ime (a mom-daughter night out , a special date night) .

·   G i v e t h e g i f t o f s e r v i c e ( c h i l d c a r e , h o m e m a d e m e a l s , m a s s a g e ) .

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One of the most di f f icult parts of Chr istmas can be try ing to think of fun, unique ideas for your k ids. I f you need a l i t t le help s impl i fy ing your l ist this year , I ’ve got a great way for you to do just that . I cal l i t Want,Wear, Need and Read. Instead of loading up on a shopping cart ful l of toys, hal f of which your k id wi l l forget about by New Year ’s Day,try replacing them with a few other things.Let ’s start with the want.This is where the one toy, game or gadget your k id has been dying to have f i ts in . This is the Mal ibu Barbie, theElmo dol l , the Death Star Legos set and so on. I t ’s probably the “biggie” on their l ist , so i f i t works in yourbudget, then start there. Next , buy something your chi ld wi l l wear.I t ’s wintert ime, so you might go for a new winter jacket or vest . Or i t might be t ime to replace your k id’s shoes. After that , buy something your chi ld needs.Maybe i t ’s t ime to upgrade the old Ninja Turt le backpack or something else they use at school . This might not bethe most g lamorous gi f t , but i t wi l l be pract ical and useful . F inal ly , buy a book your chi ld can read.I t ’s a lways a great idea to encourage a love for reading, so use Christmas as another opportunity to do that .Write the date in the book so they’ l l a lways know when they received i t .This short four-part l ist is a great way to keep you focused on what to g ive without going overboard. Plus, youcan f ind inexpensive stuf f (or as expensive as you l ike) in a l l four categories.G i v e t h e W a n t , W e a r , N e e d a n d R e a d l i s t a t r y t h i s C h r i s t m a s a n d s e e h o w i t w o r k s f o r y o u r f a m i l y !

Instead of buying them, why not make them?

Handmade gifts are often much less expensive thanstore bought gifts and children really enjoy making

them.

These days there are many wonderful ideas forhandmade gifts on the internet and in books.

Choose something simple that you can do with your

children.

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ANNUAL EVENTS

Families Against Bullying (FAB) – Our National Community Outreachinitiative host hundreds of youth and families each year for a day ofcommunity activities, peer support and entertainment!  This year's eventwas held Saturday, May 4th Noon-2pm for our 'Be a Hero' initiative at TheDeptford Mall, Deptford, NJ included character appearances fromSuperman and Wonder Woman!  Arts Against Bullying (AAB) - Evening of Elegance Our annual Charityevent on May 19th raises awareness about the bullying epidemic andfunds to accomplish our most important goals.  This year we partneredwith Smith Hansen Company raised awareness and funds to support ourongoing Bullying Prevention Programs.