Teach Anti-Bullying & Philadelphia 76ers Team Up for First Teach Anti-Bullying Fun Walk at the Sixers, Saturday, April 5th at 4 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 12, 2014 – Teach
Anti-Bullying,
the Philadelphia-based national non-profit foundation dedicated
to working with educators and parents on the bullying crisis in the classroom
and our communities, has joined forces with the Philadelphia 76ers to
organize the first Teach Anti-Bullying
Fun Walk at the Sixers, Saturday, April 5th at the Wells Fargo
Center.
Both a
fund-raiser and an awareness builder, the Teach
Anti-Bullying Fun Walk at the Sixers will be held, rain or shine, in the
Wells Fargo Center parking lot, beginning at 4 p.m., followed by the Philadelphia
76ers versus the Brooklyn Nets game at 7:30 p.m. in the Wells Fargo
Center.
Registration
for students, parents, and others is available by contacting Teach Anti-Bullying’s Director of
Programs and Operations, Daniela Redpath, by e-mail at dredpath@teachantibullying.net or by phone at 484-431-9711.
Student walker registration is $35, and includes two tickets to the
Sixers vs. Nets game. All registrations are due by March 20th.
Teach Anti-Bullying, Inc. is a 501 ( C ) ( 3 ) non-profit organization, and was
launched in November 2011 out of growing concern for the issue of bullying both
in the classroom and in the community. Serving children and families who have
been, or are being affected by, bullying, Teach
Anti-Bullying works to raise anti bullying awareness and support, while
encouraging the collaboration of all stakeholders – children, educators,
parents, community leaders, law enforcement, and local, state and federal
legislators – in the pro-active intervention against bullying as well as the
prevention of bullying.
Teach Anti-Bullying services include
school assemblies, teacher workshops, conferences and speaking engagements;
advocacy; program development and implementation; policy development and
implementation; victimization support services; bullying in the workplace
programs; online support for children and families. Additional information
about Teach Anti-Bullying is
available at http://www.TeachAntiBullying.com.