Event Details
Date(s) & Time(s)::
October 24, 2012 at 6:30 PM until 7:30 PM
Location: Mercy Center Auditorium, 625 Abbott Road, Buffalo NY 14220
Phone: 7168258796
Email: cnewman@mtmercy.org
Event Description
The popular educational program RACHEL’s CHALLENGE (www.rachelschallenge.org) will arrive in South Buffalo with a series of presentations at Mount Mercy Academy on October 24, 2012. The educational program has gained widespread national notoriety -- as well as praise from educators and parents alike -- on the strength of its message: Kindness, compassion and "positive chain reactions." The program is named in honor of Rachel Scott, a junior at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo., who was the first of 15 students killed in the school's tragic April 20, 1999 shooting massacre.
Started in 2000 by Rachel's father, Darrell Scott, Rachel's Challenge is an anti-violence, anti-bullying program that strives to spread kindness instead of physicality and understanding in lieu of intimidation. The program was founded on the basis of Rachel Scott's enduring positive outlook throughout her brief life, as well as the many diary entries she left behind.
A community wide event featuring the Rachel’s Challenge program will take place at 6:30 pm on that same day in the Mercy Center Auditorium at 625 Abbott Road. Mount Mercy Academy invites all of the students from the morning session, along with their families, to attend this moving and inspiring seminar.
The program hopes to encourage students, school faculty, parents and other community members to adopt Rachel's Five Challenges as everyday facets of their lives. Rachel's five challenges include eliminating prejudice, setting goals and following dreams, choosing one's own influences, offering small acts of kindness every day, and finally, starting a chain reaction of such positive ideals with family and friends.
The entire community and the media are invited to the Rachel’s Challenge Community Event on October 24, 2012 at 6:30pm in the Mercy Center Auditorium at 625 Abbott Road. Please contact Christine Newman, Director of Marketing & Communications at cnewman@mtmercy.org or call 825-8796 ext. 308.
