Pink Shirt Day encourages everyone to “Lift Each Other Up” from bullying
February 26 is Pink Shirt Day, a nation-wide event to bring awareness to bullying.
Statistics show one in five kids will be affected by bullying whether that is physical, verbal or cyberbullying.
Gateway Christian School had their students wear pink shirts Wednesday to show that they stand up against bullies.
“I think the biggest thing that it does is it raises awareness, it alerts the kids to the issue that’s going on in our schools and helps make them feel more accountable and shows them how they can help those kids being bullied on a daily basis,” said Chris Rand, a grade six teacher at the school. “It can be large or small, it’s not just on the playground, we have cyberbullying now and other areas. Sometimes it’s visible but other times it is not. With that dichotomy, it’s sometimes hard to always see.”