Gordon Clay here. Yesterday was Unity with Community day to encourage everyone to understand that "The End of Bullying Begins with You". Special thanks goes out to the following community members: Fred Meyer for orange wrist bands, Dairy Queen for gift certificates, Wayne Taylor Insurance Agency for bookmarks, and Curry Healthy Communities, Brookings City Council, Brookings Police Department, Les Schwab, U.S. Bank, Kerr's Ace Hardware, Curry Coastal Pilot, KURY Radio and TheCitizensWhoCare.org for their participation in this month long program to get the community involved in Bullying Prevention Month.

In spite of the significant impact that bullying can have on a target, it often continues to be viewed as acceptable behavior. There are many misperceptions that adults and administrators may have about bullying, all of which can lead to minimizing the behavior. Learn more about responses such as “boys will be boys” or “it’s only teasing” at.http://bit.ly/Pd2gxR

Are you a parent looking for ways to help your child? You can prepare yourself to talk with your children by considering how you are going to handle your child’s questions and emotions. You can also decide what information you would like to give your child about bullying

If you agree that all of our children should feel safe, secure and accepted at school, regardless of their differences, wear ORANGE every day this month. Our students need to know that there are members in our community who want to see an end to bullying at school, at home and in our community.

Go to TheCitizensWhoCare.org to find out more. And don't forget, on October 18th at 6:30pm in the Azalea Middle School Gym, there will be a powerful presentation called Rachel's Challenge about the things we can do everyday to make our world a better place. Join us, won't you?