Wednesday, Feb. 25th is Pink Shirt Day!

On Wednesday, February 25th, all students and staff at Nellie McClung P.S. are encouraged to wear something pink to show that we are all working together to prevent bullying in our school, in our community and online.  (If you don't have something pink, wear something red or purple.)  

Pink Shirt Day started with two Nova Scotia high school students who decided to take a stand against bullying in their own school.

From erasebullying.ca:

How it Began

Here is a snippet of the Globe & Mail article that describes how Pink Shirt Day began:

"David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied [for wearing a pink shirt]...[They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school.

'I learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,' says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone stood up for a weaker kid.’

So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.

As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. 'It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,' Mr. Price recalled.

The bullies were never heard from again."