Our Goal: To raise $150,000 by December 31, 2011 to increase programs to keep America's children safe and to create a 24-hour hotline.
We've raised $100,000 this year! With your help we can reach our goal. Please help us raise $50,000 by December 31, 2011.
Please help us reach our goal!
STOMP Out Bullying™- A national anti-bullying and cyberbullying program for kids and teens is a signature program of Love Our Children USA. Created in 2005, it focuses on reducing and preventing bullying, cyberbullying and other digital abuse, educating against homophobia, racism and hatred, decreasing school absenteeism, and deterring violence in schools, online and in communities across the country.
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Every year over 3 million children are victims of violence and those are only the ones that are reported. The actual number is 3 times greater. Almost 1.8 million are abducted. Nearly 600,000 children live in foster care.
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Every day 1 out of 7 kids and teens are approached online by predators. 1 out of 4 kids are bullied and 43% of teens, 97% of middle schoolers and 47% of older teens 18-24 are cyberbullied. 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school & online. As many as 160,000 students across the country stay home on any given day because they're afraid of being bullied.
On Love Our Children USA™ and STOMP Out Bullying™ you can walk, race, run, bike, give birthday presents – or just raise money to help children and teens in need.
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Donations go towards: Assisting kids, teens and families with solutions, information and resources, Public Education, Community Outreach, Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention, Internet Safety, Positive Parenting Education, National Love Our Children Day, the Darko Rapotez Memorial College Scholarship Fund For Aged Out Foster Youth, and creating a 24 Hour Toll - Free Hotline and Advocacy. Funds enable us to produce and distribute over 35 guides for parents and children, maintain and enhance our extensive web resources, conduct the necessary research to help us focus on the trends of violence against children and produce effective anti-violence messages.
To thank you for your fundraising efforts: For everyone who raises $2,500 or more, we will send you a "Break The Cycle and STOMP Out Bullying Wristband and a Blue Ribbon Pin.
NOTE: We are grateful for your personal fundraising efforts. Pages created can ONLY be created for Love Our Children USA™ and STOMP Out Bullying™ and no other charities.
Help us to keep children safe at home, at school, online and in our communities!
