Pink is the color of the day throughout the Cariboo and the Country.
For the 19th year, communities, schools, businesses, and youth organizations will be recognizing Pink Shirt Day, a movement that has continued to grow since it began back in 2007 in Nova Scotia when a new student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
One youth group in Williams Lake, Boys Girls Club (BGC), has planned a couple of events to observe it.
Director Krista Harvey said in their after school program, children 5 to 12 will be cutting out pink shirts and decorating them with positive and anti-bullying messages.
Harvey added that their youth program will be hosting an art night where 12 to 19 year old’s will be creating anti-bullying posters.
Harvey said BGC is quite involved in anti-bullying and not just on Pink Shirt Day.
“Our mission is to make safe spaces, be inclusive, and be open to any and all youth and meet them where they’re at.”
Harvey added that it’s so important that the public recognize Pink Shirt Day and get involved with it as well.
“I just think it also gets youth thinking about kindness and being open to being inclusive. I think for us as an organization it’s really important to be a place where all kids can be themselves.”
The last Wednesday each February is Canada’s officially recognized national Pink Shirt/anti-bullying day.
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