CNHS Students Lead the Race Against Bullying
The “Striding Toward Confidence 5K Race” is one of the Colts Neck High School Law & Public Service Learning Center’s service learning projects for the 2011-12 school year.
Colts Neck High School students are rallying for the race against bullying on April 22, raising awareness about the negative impacts of bullying and encouraging confidence.
“Our goals are to raise awareness of bullying in the community, educate fellow students about the anti-bullying laws and to instill confidence in those that have suffered from bullying,” said Student Coordinator, Juliana Wittmann.
The “Striding Toward Confidence 5K Race” is one of the Colts Neck High School Law & Public Service Learning Center’s service learning projects for the 2011-12 school year.
All proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Monmouth County Advocacy Center, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that raises funds to support the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center. The Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center works to diminish trauma to children and families who are victims of abuse.
The race will commence Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 10 a.m. at CNHS located at 59 Five Points Road, Colts Neck. Registration is scheduled for 9 a.m.
For more information, the public can contact them at 732-761-0190 ext. 1143 or email coltsneck5k@gmail.com.
Drew
8:47 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
no where in this part of NJ is it acceptable for kids to be openly gay, especially by their parents, so gay bullying will continue.
Kaitlyn Anness
8:48 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
Drew, I disagree, and I think these teens and their parents are proving it.
Drew
11:14 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
I lived in Monmouth County for 31 years, and you cannot tell me that the snobs and racists here are not against gays. Kids as well as adults are against anything that is openly gay. I have to be closeted in order to not be ridiculed by everyone. NO ONE is openly gay in the towns of Monmouth County, save for Asbury Park, the only town where it is okay to be gay in the open. If I were to walk in Wegman's of Manalapan or Freehold Raceway mall with my partner, we would be relentlessly harassed by kids and adults. What is your age? How long have you lived in this county?
Drew
Drew
11:17 am on Sunday, April 15, 2012
In Manalapan, parents consider anyone who is gay to be child molesters and perverts. They are insulated in their little "educated" bubble, free from other races such as blacks and asians, and free from gays and anyone who is different than them.
Nowhere in this article does it state that "the race against anti bullying" includes gay people.
Kaitlyn Anness
5:17 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012
Drew, I understand your frustration, I truly do. But to your point, nowhere in the article does it state that the anti-bullying message is not for people that are gay.