Event Details
Date(s) & Time(s)::
January 7, 2013 at 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM
Location: Lorraine Elementary #72 71 Lorraine Avenue, Buffalo NY, 14220
Phone: 716-816-4809
Email: jose.correa@ccwny.org
Link: http://www.rachelschallenge.org
Event Description
The popular educational program RACHEL’S CHALLENGE (www.rachelschallenge.org) will arrive at Lorraine Elementary #72 on January 07, 2013. 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 6:00 pm on that same day in Lorraine Elementary School Auditorium at 71 Lorraine Avenue, Buffalo NY, 14220. Lorraine Elementary invites all of the parents, families and community, 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 January07, 2013 in the Lorraine Elementary School Auditorium at 71 Lorraine Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14220. Please contact Jose Correa , Closing the Gap Site Facilitator at jose.correa@ccwny.org or call 816-4809.
