2019 Campaign For Bully Free Communities

Here is Renee's special podcast panel with the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (and friends), to preview the upcoming 6th Annual Bully-Free Rally in Middletown. This panel chats about bullying in the digital age and how we put an end to negative behavior by empowering individuals to choose kindness, respect and positive change.

The panel members involved in this discussion are:

David Director, owner of CT Lighting Centers & Chairman of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County’s Council of Business Partners
Patricia Rehmer, Senior VP, Hartford Healthcare & President, Behavioral Health Network
Scott Driscoll, Founder of Internet Safety Concepts, South Windsor, CT
Kelley Edwards, Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Town of Clinton, CT and parent of a child who experienced bullying
Colleen Edwards, a student at Morgan High School in Clinton, CT who experienced bullying
Kasey Edwards, a student at Morgan High School in Clinton, CT who experienced bullying

David Director, owner of CT Lighting Centers & Chairman of the Community Foundation of Middlesex County’s Council of Business Partners

Patricia Rehmer, Senior VP, Hartford Healthcare & President, Behavioral Health Network

Scott Driscoll, Founder of Internet Safety Concepts, South Windsor, CT

Kelley Edwards, Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Town of Clinton, CT and parent of a child who experienced bullying

Kasey and Colleen Edwards, students at Morgan High School in Clinton, CT who experienced bullying

2019 Campaign for Bully-Free Communities Rally

When:

Thursday, October 3rd

Where:

EMPOWER Leadership Sports & Adventure Center

2011 S Main St, Middletown, CT 06457

About:

The Campaign for Bully-Free Communities was started by the Community Foundation of Middlesex County’s Council of Business Partners, a philanthropic group of local business people who pool their resources to support positive youth development. Ten years ago they partnered with Rushford mental health professionals and developed school-based programs that have now helped over 10,000 educators, students, and school bus drivers recognize and prevent negative social behaviors.

A few years ago the partnership expanded to include the Connecticut Association of Schools, Empower Leadership Sports, The First Tee of Connecticut, former NBA/UCONN basketball star Donny Marshall; and iHeart Radio’s Renee DiNino as the campaign’s Chief Ambassador.

Each October, during National Bullying Prevention Month, the group hosts a few hundred students at the Rally For Bully-Free Communities. This year the rally will take place on October 3 at Empower Leadership Sports in Middletown.

For more information, visit:

https://bullyfreemiddlesexcountycf.org/