Share Your Strength Project

04/13/2020

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10/16/2015

This is one of our readers that would like to share her story, please read and feel to ask her any questions and go check out her site :)

Hi Everyone my name is Elayna Hasty. I am 14 years old, I enjoy cheerleading, youth group at church, tennis and hanging out with my friends. My family has always been big on volunteer work. I have volunteered over 2,000 hours since 2006. I also love going to the Humane Society and the Nursing homes. I want to show others when you volunteer, you’re not just helping others. It’s also fun to give back to your community. You meet so many new people and make new friends. I love volunteering and helping others. I have my own non-profit organization called G.A.B. Girls (Girls Against Bullying Girls). . Bullying can be so harmful and so hurtful. It is a huge problem today. We now have computers, phones, social media and other ways people can harm each other. The main reason anti- bullying is so close to my heart is because my friend was being bullied not just at school but on line to the point where she left school to be home schooled. She was being bullied at the age of 12 and pre-teens are the most likely age group to be bullied.
I was first bullied in first grade along with being bullied by an adult that was close to the family.. . I knew then that I had to do something about this problem. In 2009 I started G.A.B. Girls and ever since I’ve noticed how much bullying really dose accrue.. I was only 9, so I knew I needed help; to not only help my friend and myself but other children. After a week of name calling and comments I finally went to my parents. Together my mom and I brained stormed on a name and what we wanted our support group to stand for. We came up with G.A.B. Girls (Girls Against Bullying Girls). Mom had me research and read about bullying, as well as abusive behavior, so I could learn to help others and help me understand why some people could be cruel. My parents set up a Facebook and website. Mom ordered bracelets and t-shirts. I answer all my own email from girls asking for advice or moms wanting to help their kids. We just started doing workshops two years ago. I really enjoy doing them and know that I am making a difference. My website is gabgirls.wix.com/gabgirls and my FaceBook is https://www.facebook.com/ #!/Girls.Against.Bullying.Girls If anyone would like to chat you can email me at [email protected] My workshops help teach others about anti bullying, building self-confidence, and working together to make a difference. In my workshops I use my 5 step plan B.R.A.V.E. I also teach them to tell the bully to stop and use the word “stop”, walk away from the bully, tell an adult that they trust, and never fight back with the bully. Last year I went to Atlanta, Georgia to speak about G.A.B at Kids are Heroes. http://www.kidsareheroes.org/heroes.htm?SD=483 I really enjoyed it because I was able to meet kids from all over the world who have their own passion to make a positive difference. I also had so many people come to me and tell me their story about when they were being picked on by another. I have been blessed with being interview on several radio interviews and blogs done on G.A.B. Girls. I hope to be on Good Morning America and The Ellen Show someday.
We all need to all stand up if we see bullying going on and we need to take a stand to do what is right, to make a positive difference in our community. Here is my advice,” don’t be a bystander on anything”. If you see someone being mean or doing something wrong. SAY SOMETHING. Think how you would feel if you were in that victim’s shoes and were all by yourself. Get involved in your community and school. Find trusted adults and ask for their support. Start a support group or just volunteer to a cause that is important to you. It can just being something simple as offering to help pick up sticks in an older person’s yard.
In every workshop I do I tell kids: If you are being bullied:
Tell an adult. Many kids fear telling an adult because they don’t want to look like a snitch or seem weak. Telling a trusted adult can help end the bullying. Also, it may make you feel better to tell an adult.
Stand up for yourself. Believe it or not, this will help you gain respect from others. Practice what you might say to a bully with a friend, your mirror, or an adult. Role playing can really help increase your confidence. Practice saying it in a firm, confident voice. You may even encourage others .
Tell the Bully to stop. Calmly walk away. Believe in yourself and tell others how you feel and what you think. You will gain respect from others. Also, by leading the way and showing others that you can’t be bullied, you can help prevent bullying in the future. You can also encourage others to protect themselves from bullying.
Do not fight back! It’s hard to do, but walk away from a bully and ignore them. If you give in to a bully and fight back, you could end up getting in trouble instead of the bully! If someone is hurting you physically, try to call for help or get away fast and get help from an adult.
Lighten the air! Make a joke to lighten up the mood. Say something funny to distract the people involved.
Make new friends and get involved. Making friends, and having interests and extracurricular activities, will make you feel better about yourself and the bullying situation. It will introduce you to people who share similar interests. When making friends, make sure you have positive friendships that are fun and free of bullying.
Don’t blame yourself. It’s important for you to know that it’s not your fault. No one deserves to be treated this way. If you’re being bullied, try to stop it either by yourself or with help from an adult. Be strong! Bullies like to upset people, particularly those who can’t stand up for themselves. Be in control so that the bully won’t feel in control. It’s important to feel confident and have good self-esteem. Even if you don’t feel it at the moment, acting like you do will help. Role play with your parents or a friend, that’s what I did. My parents role played with me and it really helped me You may even find that you are pretty good at handling a bully after all. One of my favorite things to say to myself and believe is Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
See Something, Say Something Staying silent does nothing to end bullying. We need more people to stand up and say something when they see or suspect bullying. We can call 911 if we see bullying causing an emergency situation. We have parents, teachers,pastors, and other adults that can get involved. Telling a friend to stop when he or she is the bully is one thing, but sometimes we need a little more help from people with a little more authority to step in.


Be a Role Model We need to be role models and show how to properly treat others. We can show examples of how to be respectful and kind. We need to stand up for those that can't stand up for themselves..
Get Involved When we're talking about preventing bullying, we can do so much more. There are anti-bullying groups at a lot of schools that help bring awareness to others about bullying and what it means.
Use Your Talents to Speak Up We all have specific talents. Find a way to use your talent to bring awareness to preventing bullying.
I really think it’s important for all girls to have healthy self-esteems and in doing so they can become strong leaders. There will always be people that will try and pull you down, are jealous or just don’t like you or for what you stand for. My mom loves to tell me and my friends “Don’t be a cookie cutter”. If you focus on being your own unique beautiful self than you will be stronger when it comes to peer pressure, won’t be comparing your abilities to others, and if you take every obstacle to learn you will become stronger, you will grow in confidence and demonstrate the qualities of a true leader.
I hope to have G.A.B. Girls help others. I want every girl to know that they not only have a support system but they have the ability to LEAD, ENCOURAGE and most important EMPOWER others to make a positive difference in their community and our world After I graduate from college, I am going to be a Pediatric Psychologist. I will be able to not only help children deal with hurt from other issues but I will continue to work and expand G.A.B. Girls
Hugs ~ Elayna

GAB Girls Anti Bullying Girls Against Bullying Girls

08/29/2015

Wow, I wish all kids were like this.

12/30/2014

Please read please share :(

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/12/transgender-teen-struck-and-killed-on-ohio-interstate-in-apparent-su***de/

12/17/2014

Its been awhile and im sorry. Tonight i stumbled on this and i really love it! I hope u will watch it and share it! Love to all

Bobbie

There's a lot more going on in this school than just bullying. 

10/03/2014

Been so long since I shared anything I forgot how! This Monday is the annual world wide bullying prevention day, where blue shirts to show ur support to end bullying!

Tell everyone you know to wear a BLUE Shirt on Monday, 10-6-14, for Blue Shirt Day® World Day Of Bullying Prevention. Let’s put an end to bullying, cyberbullying, other digital abuse, hatred, racism and homophobia and STOMP Out Bullying everywhere! In schools, communities, at work, & on social media pages.

07/25/2014

07/25/2014

So I have been gone awhile, just got busy and let things slide. Currently I'm sitting at the drag strip in Topeka looking through my news feed and this story popped up...so heartbreaking! Then I remembered that's y this site, this page and all if us need to be here!

07/23/2014

Every struggling kid/teen/adult needs to read this story and share it! Inspiration!!!

Surviving The Streets | Lindsay

I don't have a drug problem or mental illness and I've never gambled. I believe that the word "homeless" can be understood in many different ways. The first, and the most obvious, is "the lack of a house". The second, in my case, is "the lack of a home in a house". I believe I was homeless long before I was on the streets.

I was born on July 30, 1990 in Newark, DE and grew up in Wilmington. My dad was a business owner and my mom is a pharmacist. Due to their work schedules, I rarely saw them when I was growing up. It was up to my older brother and I to find a ride to and from school. I had the drive to learn, so I never played hooky. My brother was another story. By the time I was in first grade, I was dressing myself and packing our lunches for school. I didn't think that the way I was living was abnormal because it was all that I knew.

One spring night when I was 13, I found myself in a bad situation. I couldn't find a ride home, my parents were forwarding my calls, and I was with a bad crowd that wouldn't let me leave. They pulled me by my hair and tied me down. That night I was r***d. For years, I struggled with the thought that it was my fault. That's what everyone in my school was saying, so that's what I started to believe: It was MY fault I didn't yell louder. It was MY fault I didn't kick harder. Maybe I really DID "ask for it"... I decided to tell my parents in the spring when I was 16. Their judgment matched everyone else's: they blamed me for putting myself in that situation. They wouldn't even look me in the eye. I wasn't their little girl anymore. I was a slt and they were very insistent in making sure I knew that.

I decided to leave home. I ran away. I rode my bike to my deceased grandmother’s house. The house had been vacant for 6 months. I used a rock to break the window and crawl through. There were no utilities but I was grateful to be somewhere absent judgment. Most of the furniture, kitchen supplies, and clothes had already been removed. I continued to take the bus to school and I made it a point to keep my grades up and stay involved in sports. It kept my mind off of things and gave me an excuse to shower at school. I made money by taking office supplies from Staples dumpsters and selling them at school. I actually made enough money to pay for AP books and tests, college applications, and laundry. Most of my clothes came from the lost & found. I stole most of my food from the cafeteria and bakery dumpsters.

One night when I got back to the house after a volleyball game, I saw that the front door was wide open. I hid in the bushes while I watched a group of guys take everything that wasn't nailed down, including my textbooks. Someone called the cops and I ran. I never went back to the house because I knew my parents would press charges for me squatting there. From then on, I started sleeping in class and during lunch so that I didn't have to sleep outside at night. I got a friend of mine to front me some w**d and pills, so I spent most of my nights running around the city making money. I cut my hair, dressed like a boy and wore lots of layers, even in the summer, so I would look bigger. I was only 5'2" 115lbs so I wasn't intimidating. I got my ass kicked and robbed many times. But I still made my way to school (almost) every morning. It's amazing how much teachers will overlook as long as you don't make a commotion in class. My senior year, I spent many nights sleeping in the woods by my school. I felt a lot safer there than in the city, I just had to watch out for people walking their dogs early in the morning. Also the money wasn't that good in the suburbs. People that have ‘a lot’ won't give, and those that have ’little’ give everything.

During the winter of my senior year, I got really sick. I had pneumonia, mononucleosis, and (what was much later diagnosed as) interstitial cystitis. Just when I was going to give up, stop fighting to breathe, stop fighting to get good grades, stop fighting to stay alive, my teacher pulled me aside. I had been using her address for my college applications. Not only was I accepted into 5 out of the 6 colleges that I applied to, but I got two scholarships to the University of Delaware! The rest of the year flew by because my spirits were high and I started dating a guy that had his own place. I kept positive because I knew that I would get healthy and I would be living in a DORM next fall!

I continued selling drugs through college because that was all I knew. I graduated from UD with a Bachelors in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and Animal Bioscience. I became a vet technician soon after, but got very frustrated at how poorly the shelter animals were being treated. Just because an animal, or a person, doesn't have a family, it doesn't make them any less of a being. I quit and started painting. I sell my hats under "Puff Puff Hats" and I travel all over the east coast during the summer selling them at different festivals. I guess I kind of "fell" into modeling. The pay is good and it gives me a reason to travel and meet new people.

I stopped selling drugs when I moved in with my fiancé in Wilmington. He is a paid firefighter/EMT so he runs into a lot of my old friends from the street. Not much has changed since then except that I have a roof over my head, my fiancés loving family, and the confidence to know that I can get through anything.

- Lindsay in Delaware

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05/27/2014

Attention to all my young adults: I have several of u now on my personal page who have found ur way here via Shahdi's memorial page, playing with fire, playing with things that glow, homeless teens and my own page Share your strength project. In the last year we (as a community) have lost 2 to su***de, 2 to gun violence a cpl to assaults and several now to overdose. In my 30 plus years I have not seen the amount of death then I have in the last year among you young adults. Most of you are connected through friends and about all of you have been effected through these deaths. Your generation is dying and it's time for that to change. If you or someone you know is struggling reach out to them and get them help, don't assume there will be a tomorrow, don't think someone else will reach out and don't believe they have a handle on their addiction. I have said it a million times someone is always staffing all the share your strength project pages (Facebook, tumblr and .com) if you can't say something to them send us a message so we can! I cannot Stand to watch you guys bury another friend. Our thoughts are with all of Tyler's friends an family and we r here if you need to talk. 💜

05/20/2014

Hey here is the photo and story behind the guy writing the book about BACA, he was in Omaha for the 100 mile ride and wants to travel to all the main chapters meeting the ppl! It's really cool so read it, share it and help support it if u can!!

A photographic book project documenting the amazing men and women bikers that put their lives on the line to protect abused children.

05/13/2014

When will schools take this seriously! Maybe it's time everyone videotapes their upset children and uploads it tagging the schools and the bullies!!

A Minnesota mother, fed up with bullying at her daughter's school, turned to Facebook looking for change.