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<p>NANTICOKE - Kilee Favors thinks bullying is an issue that needs to be addressed.</p><p>The seventh-grader who attended an anti-bullying event at the Greater Nanticoke Area Elementary School sponsored by the United Way of Wyoming Valley, said bullying makes life worse not just for the victim, but for other people, as well.</p><p>&#8220;Bullying can lead to things like suicide,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It has an effect on the person bullied, on their parents and on their friends.&#8221;</p><p>Casandra Cerulli, Miss Luzerne County, addressed those gathered at the event, reminding them that almost everyone has been bullied.</p><p>&#8220;Believe it or not,&#8221; she said, &#8220;I have been bullied.&#8221;</p><p>Cerulli invited Champ, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees mascot, and Tux, the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins mascot, to join her in the front of the auditorium to make a point.</p><p>Although Champ is blue, with a striped shirt and large eyes, and Tux is black, with a team jersey, and a yellow beak, she said, there is no reason for them to not get along.</p><p>Illustrating the importance of respecting other people, the two mascots playfully shared the stage, highlighting their ability to be friends in spite of their differences.</p><p>&#8220;Rocky&#8221; from WKRZ told young people gathered that, although bullying might have been accepted in previous generations, it is not okay to put other people down and make them feel bad about themselves.</p><p>Participants watched a video in which a young person collected negative comments about herself on sticky notes as she made her way through the day. At the end of the video, classmates threw the comments in the garbage and invited her to sit at their table.</p><p>&#8220;Rocky&#8221; told students they could do just that &#8212; help classmates to set aside the negative things said about them and help them work to be their best selves.</p><p>Alan Stout from Catholic Social Services&#8217; Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, said he will visit the school on a weekly basis to reinforce anti-bullying topics, including diversity, empathy and reporting.</p><p>Stout said there are five types of bullying: physical, verbal, cyber, property and exclusion.</p><p>All, he said, have a marked impact on their targets.</p><p>&#8220;For example, in exclusion, when a person is not invited to have lunch with his classmates, that really hurts people,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Stout will work with grade school students in the district through the end of the year.</p><p>Friday also happened to be the school&#8217;s annual &#8220;Pink Out Day&#8221; where students wore pink to show support for those with breast cancer.</p><p>Favors thought both the event and the willingness for her classmates to support a worthy cause underscored the positive attitude of the staff and her classmates.</p><p>She looks forward, she said, to learning how to prevent bullying and to help those around her from understanding that bullying is not alright.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">RailRiders mascot Champ gives Cassidy Hudock a &#8216;High 5&#8217; at the Nanticoke No Bullying program. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_TTL101516nobullying1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>RailRiders mascot Champ gives Cassidy Hudock a &#8216;High 5&#8217; at the Nanticoke No Bullying program. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_TTL101516nobullying3-1.jpg">
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Geri Gibbons</p><p>ggibbons@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Geri Gibbons at 570-991-6117 or on Twitter @TLGGibbons</p></shirttailMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><videoMeta><p><table style="border:none;width:98%;" class="mceItemTable"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoID:</td><td id="videoid" style="width:50em;font-size:90%;"> rBuXepdnpWM</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoType:</td><td id="videotype" style="font-size:90%;"> YOUTUBE</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">URL:</td><td id="url" style="font-size:90%;"> www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBuXepdnpWM</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Embed String:</td><td id="videoembedstring" style="font-size:90%;"> &lt;iframe width=&#8221;560&#8221; height=&#8221;315&#8221; src=&#8221;https://www.youtube.com/embed/rBuXepdnpWM&#8221; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8221; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Caption:</td><td id="videocaption" style="font-size:90%;"> Anti Bullying initiative at Nanticoke.</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Credit:</td><td id="videocredit" style="font-size:90%;"> Aimee Dilger</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Position:</td><td id="videoposition" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="margin-top:10px;font-size:70%;color:#555;">(use the &#8220;for files&#8230;&#8221; link above to associate attached files with this source)</p></videoMeta></div>

Tux and Champ show students how to get along with each other, despite differences