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Roaring into the Campaign!
UWAC Campaign Kick-off Co-Chair Baby Face John Burleson and his bevy of beauties
2009 UWAC Campaign got off to a roaring start Saturday evening, Sept 12th at the Double Tree Hotel with a Roaring 20's / Vaudeville themed Gala. "Yes, these are troubling times," remarked Campaign Chair Leigha Edwards. "And our campaign will focus on what we can do - together!" UWAC was one of only three United Way campaigns in Tennessee to surpass its goal last year, Edwards continued. And this year's campaign will build on that momentum, emphasizing the success that comes about when a community practices Living United.
The nearly 200 guests came attired in gangster, flapper and era costumes. The audience roared with laughter to such antics as the "History of Pie" and was delighted by the song and dance routine of Roxie, Velma and the Chicago Dancers. MC Hallerin Hilton Hill kept the evening flowing and the audience laughing with his own one liner's and gags.
"The Oak Ridge Playhouse deserves huge Kudos'" said Kick-off Co-Chair Leslie England. "The Living Statues, Walking Tables, the costumes and set design - they were all wonderful and a big thanks goes to the Playhouse for all their hard work this year".
Even the Double Tree staff got in the act as the entire wait staff all dressed in era regalia as well. "I am forever impressed by our community," Edwards said. "The things we can accomplish together are amazing!"
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Safe Haven Center brings solutions to classrooms where bullying occurs
Schools face a difficult task in dealing with children's bullying behavior. Safe Haven Center school-based education program includes a curriculum that teaches students about bullying and its effect on their lives.
The curriculum designed in response to one elementary school's request for help with one 5th grade class that was having particularly high rates of bullying and harassment. (The traditional strategies of time outs, visits to the principal's office and even suspension had not stopped the behavior.)
Safe Haven Center's education coordinator met with the class once a week over a three week period. Students learned about the differences between passive, aggressive and assertive communication. Since concrete examples are central to learning, " power boxes" with stones inside were used to demonstrate "the loss of one's power."
The class discussed power and control and did role plays that involved different bullying and harassment scenarios. Each time a student gave in to the aggressive behavior of a bully, they lost a stone. The students quickly learned how they were letting the class bullies control their classroom.
Feedback from the teacher and the guidance counselor was very positive. There were no further incidences of bullying within the classroom.
When Safe Haven Center presents its curriculum in the classroom, there are often disclosures from children about painful experiences that they need to share with an adult. Safe Haven Center's school-based education program's goal is to open the lines of communication between adults and youth to protect our community's children from sexual abuse.
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