Thursday, May 23 2013 11:48 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:48:54 GMT
St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, an Oklahoma native, is raising money for disaster relief in his home state.
St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, an Oklahoma native, is raising money for disaster relief in his home state.
MAKANDA, IL (KFVS) -
MAKANDA, IL (KFVS) - One of the first things elementary school students learn are their ABCs. Kids at Unity Point School learned a whole new set of ABCs on Monday.
They learned about the ABCs of Bullying Prevention, from one of the superstars on the hardwoods.
None other then Anthony "Buckets" Blakes with the Harlem Globetrotters.
Who delivered a fun, but serious message to the kids about bullying. It was a message that school leaders say their kids needed to hear.
"It's something we have to continue to develop an awareness about especially with things in our society changing like social media," said Unity Point School Principal April Haar. "Many of our kids are aware of physical bullying. But they aren't necessarily aware of the psychological bullying or social cyber bullying."
The new lesson for the kids about their ABCs was simple.
"A" stands for action. "B"stands for Bravery and "C" stands for Compassion.
And for Buckets he wants to plant a seed in the young kids minds to grow up without bullying.
"If I've only touched the lives of three or four kids instead of all the kids, I've done my job for the day," said Blakes. "Because those three or four kids are going to be my little messengers when I leave here."
But, before Buckets left the kids at Unity Point School he gave them a sampling of his ball handling skills, that they're not going to forget about for a long time to come.
Which Blakes says is why he and his fellow Harlem Globetrotters teamed up with the National Campaign to Stop Violence by taking their ABCs of Bullying Prevention to schools across the nation.
"We are a community here in our building," said Principal Haar. "And we want to be sure we grow responsible and respectable kids. So they're never too young to talk to them about bullying."
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:50:49 GMT
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:56:01 GMT
(RNN) – Of the 24 killed in the EF-5 tornado that decimated Moore, OK, 10 are children - two of which are infants according to a release by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. All the children
The last of the missing from Monday's massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, OK, have been accounted for.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:23 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:23:09 GMT
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This recall involves the side rails on 34 different Lea children's bed collections, including loft, bunk and panel styles in twin, full and queen sizes.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:58 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:58:57 GMT
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
A Jackson County family was stunned after learning their dog was shot and killed by police.Authorities aren’t talking, but the family is.“I was just thinking how could somebody do that to me and just leave him in my yard for me to come home and find,” Tilley said.Brittney Tilley and her dad never expected they would bury their two-year-old dog Boots so soon.The beagle and lab mix was found shot in the head on Sunday. Days later, they still don’t know what drove someone to kill the dog.“A deci...
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