Welcome to the national Bully-Proof Zone Program™
What Is The Bully-Proof Zone Program ?
The Bully-Proof Zone Program™ is a national initiative to develop a network of independent "Bully-Proof Zones" throughout the United States. These "Zones" are are businesses and organizations who provide a safe haven and place of refuge for the victims of bullying and provide education to the general public about free and low-cost resources available in their local area. Bully-Proof Zone Program™ participating members are indicated by a bright yellow Bully-Proof Zone™ traffic sign displayed on their storefront or on a post in front of their organization. Victims of bullying behavior can come into any Bully-Proof Zone™ (during regular business hours) to get immediate help and be safe from any immediate threat. In addition, Bully-Proof Zones™ serve as an information center to the general public, providing tips and education on ALL aspects of the bullying/cyber-bullying issue as well as providing details and information about all of the available free and low-cost "anti-bully" training and counseling available in your local area. Our goal is to have at least one Bully-Proof Zone in every county in the United States within the next 5 years, and to have one in every major city by 2020. Working together, we can increase public awareness about this movement and the problem of bullying/cyber-bullying, address the problem from all angles, and have a lasting impact that will make the world safer for our children and improve their quality of life for generations to come.
Meeting the Problem Head-on
The aim of the Bully-Proof Zone™ is to wage the war against bullying behavior on all fronts. Not only do we want to provide a safe place where victims can go to get help and to stop the immediate threat; we want to provide access to resources and information that addresses every aspect of the bullying problem. The victims of bullying and cyber-bullying are our first priority...but they are only part of the problem. We need to provide assistance and education to the victims of bullies, to the parents of victims, to educators and adults responsible for the well-being of children/teens and we need to educate the general public about the growing epidemic of bullying and cyber-bullying that is facing our young people today. We also have to look at the causes of bullying behavior and provide the education and training or counseling needed for kids who engage in bullying (and for their parents) so that they know that bullying others is wrong and that they will face severe consequences if they engage in the bullying or cyber-bullying of others. We need to provide access to free and low-cost programs that educate adults, and provide counseling and programs that empower victims and that enlighten and change the behavior of perpetrators (and their parents). This is what the Bully-Proof Zone Program™ (and this website) is all about. By getting involved and supporting our movement, or by registering your business or organization as an independent Bully-Proof Zone™, you become part of a national grass-roots campaign to prevent bullying and cyber-bullying by taking action in your local community. Bullying is not some far away problem that has no presence in our lives, nor is it something that should be accepted just because "there has always been a bullying problem". This problem affects YOU and the COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN. By getting involved in the Bully-Proof Zone Program™, you become part of the solution by meeting the problem head-on in your local community. If you want to know how you can help, or how your business, group or organization can become a Bully-Proof Zone™, click on the button below to get started today.