2.7 million Students were bullied last year and over 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying! It’s time for it to stop!
Stand UP Speak OUT of Catawba Valley is hosting its inaugural Stand Up to Bullying concert. We are excited to announce that the popular Teen Nation Anti-Bullying tour will be in town to perform and share their powerful message through music. The Tour will be performing and participating in community events from October 2nd through October 4th leading up to the big concert on October 4th at 2pm to kick off National Bullying Prevention Month!
The Teen Nation Tour is like no other anti-bullying effort!
The tour features emerging, young artists from around the county who perform music-fueled (Top 40 pop, rock and country hits) programs and concerts in addition to sharing personal bullying experiences and talking about types of bullying and prevention options. Students learn about bullying types, prevention, where to turn when it occurs, and more. The campaign is effective because the artists approach this important topic by relating to youth on their own level, sharing personal experiences and offering tips on how together they can stand and defend against bullying through music, and to spread the message about the importance of ending bullying and replacing it with kindness and compassion.
The "Stand UP to Bullying" concert is only one of many exciting events presented by Stand UP Speak OUT in partnership with Lenoir Rhyne University Lineberger Center for Cultural and Educational Renewal and sponsored by corporate and community organizations.
Thursday, October 2nd and Friday, October 3rd, the Teen Nation Tour will present four in-school programs at schools in the Catawba Valley, sharing their message and music with over 2000 students and educators.
- Thursday October 2nd, at 6 PM the Hickory Youth Council and Stand UP Speak OUT will host a Rally Against Bullying at the Sails on the Square in downtown Hickory. People are encouraged to wear red to show their support for preventing bullying in our communities.
- Friday, October 3rd at 7 PM the Teen Nation Tour will be at Barnes and Noble in Hickory.
- Saturday, October 4th, TNT will perform the “Stand UP to Bullying" concert at Belk Centrum at Lenoir Rhyne University from 2-4 P.M. with a "meet and greet" after their performance.
For more information about Stand UP Speak OUT contact Mary Ann Dore at 828-781-3583 or email info@standupspeakoutcv.org. For information about the Teen Nation Tour, visit http://www.teennationtour.org/.
Win one of TWO pairs of tickets to the concert! Click HERE to complete the entry form! Earn bonus entries for sharing/liking/commenting on posts about this giveaway on our Facebook page, but remember, you must complete the entry form for your bonuses to be awarded. Contest ended Wednesday, September 24th at 11:59pm. Congratulations to our winners, Shantel Crowder and Karen Icard!
Contest Rules:
One entry per email address; email address provided must be a subscriber to our wonderful newsletter to be entered to win, otherwise it will be added. Duplicate entries via the entry form will be deleted. Bonus entries will be awarded for commenting/liking/sharing on Facebook any posts about this giveaway. Winners will be chosen randomly from all eligible entries/bonus entries by random.org on the morning of Thursday, Sept 25, 2014 and will be notified by email to the address provided on the form or via phone. Winners will be announced on Facebook and/or on our website; by entering contest, entrants give permission to have their name used in such announcements. Winners will have 24hrs to claim their prize; failure to respond within the 24hr timeframe may result in another winner being chosen. Odds of winning depend on total number of entries. No purchase necessary; you must be 18 or older and a Macaroni Kid Hickory/Western Piedmont newsletter subscriber to enter. Click HERE for complete sweepstakes rules.
