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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Out of Danger
National Anti-Bullying Media Campaign
Out of Danger - is the nation's most visible and proactive anti-bullying campaign. This campaign is targeted directly at the prevention of bullying and harassment of school age children through age appropriate personal safety training.
Washington, D.C., New York, NY and Miami, FL (November 11, 2010) – Warrior Personal Safety, Inc., Vets-Help.org, Not Me! and Client by Design, LLC join forces to deliver proven safety training programs nationwide for children, the disabled, schools and communities.
People of every age are vulnerable to the risk of bullies. Experts tell us at least 1 in 2 children and teens will be bullied at school, on the walk home or on-line. Statistics indicate more than 160,000 American youth miss school every day due to fear of physical harm. With an alarming number of recent teen suicides attributed to acts of bullying, twelve states and D.C. have now passed measures that explicitly prohibit harassment and acts of violence involving school age children. Three additional states have safe school laws designed to protect students based upon their perceived sexual orientation.
The New York State Assembly's version, called the Dignity for All Students Act, presents a national leadership initiative by going beyond the legislation to mandate specific bully defense training programs in all New York State public and private schools by the beginning of the school year 2012. Even the global Internet, with its potential for positive and friendly social interaction, has been used as a tool for what is now called “cyber-bullying.” The on-line social media world has created bullying opportunities and, the creation of specific laws to address this latest form of bullying behavior.
It is painfully obvious that even with laws in place, educators and parents are in dire need of a preemptive solution to this growing problem of violent and sometimes tragic harassment that can damage and even end young lives.
From Need To Action - Campaign Resources and Sponsors Sought
The Out of Danger National Youth and Family Safety Program (ODYSP) is led by a coalition of private sector businesses, not-for-profit organizations and celebrities dedicated to child and community personal safety.
Critical to the success of this initiative, and the improved safety of America's schools and communities, is a grass roots implementation of proven safety training programs. These programs, developed by Warrior Personal Safety, Vets-Help and Not Me! are a specific response to the legislative mandates being initiated across America.
Corporate, celebrity, media and government sponsors are being actively sought to support and endorse this critically important safety training initiative and these program resources:
Out of Danger Campaign Web Site
This web site will reflect what children, teens and parents across America have told us is going on in their lives, and will provide prospective on what influences bullying and harassment behaviors as well as specific resources to improve the safety of school and community environments.
The Anti-Bully
The Anti-Bully web site will be for parents, teachers and community leaders and provides bullying and personal safety facts, prevention strategies and information. The Anti-Bully website will provide access, through Warrior Personal Safety and Not Me!, to networks of trained and background checked safety instructors available nationwide. These instructors will make themselves available for free safety seminars in schools and community centers that have received the Out Of Danger safety training programs and library tools provided through corporate sponsorship.
Fuera de Piligro
This Spanish-language site, will include anti-bullying information, expert advice on how to handle youth harassment, bullying and endangerment scenarios, and an interactive feature through which parents and teachers can submit questions to a personal safety expert and have them answered on-line. The Fuera de Piligro will also offer access to safety training instructors and access to the Out Of Danger safety training programs provided through corporate and celebrity sponsors.
Safety Trainer Locator
An interactive map and locator service providing contact information and sources for certified and background checked safety trainers and program advisors in communities across America and around the world.
Community Resource Packages
A comprehensive compilation of print materials, school bulletin board and web content, fact sheets, Parent-Teacher Guides and activities to assist schools and community groups in addressing the Anti-Bully topic. Print materials include:
- The Deal With Bullies - Bridging the Parent-Child Communication Gap
- Teaching Children Safety Awareness and Bully Defense
- Bringing Effective Safety Training To The Disabled Community
- Implementing A Community Or School Bully Defense Program
- Teaching Child Cyber-Bullying Prevention
- Teaching Child Abduction Prevention To Parents
- Federal and State Resources
Provides information for youth, parents, teachers, medical & health professionals and researchers on available resources and contact points for further information and resources.
Founders and Ambassadors Invite Others To Join The Initiative
Kyoshi Steve LaVallee, Founder of The Martial Arts University International and LaVallee's USA Black Belt Champions comments, "the bullying issue is of extreme importance to parents and families involved in our safety training programs. This program is content rich, easy to apply and is in use throughout our training academies in the United States and abroad. We are glad to provide volunteer safety training instructors to area elementary schools in our service areas whenever called."
Mark Cokinos, Vice President of Educational Funding Company comments, "our member schools have utilized these safety training programs for more than 10 years with excellent success. We join Warrior Personal Safety in making this bully defense curriculum available at no cost to every client school we service in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. We hope others will support this critically important child safety initiative."
Program Users Comment On The Out Of Danger Initiative
Heavyweight World Champion martial artist and UFC veteran Grand Master Hanshi Moti Horenstein comments, "We have used the Warrior training programs in South Florida and New York in school and community venues since 2005. These programs incorporate common sense, age appropriate bully defense skills, and are easy to communicate to the children, teachers and parents. Child safety training is critical to America's youth. We believe the Out of Danger program should be a required curriculum in every American school."
Mom and Girl Scout Troop Leader Ann Parkhurst comments, "When I brought my Girl Scout Troop to your seminar I never thought in a million years that one of my girls, especially my own daughter, would face a child abduction. In the few seconds I stepped into my house with groceries my eleven year old was approached by a man who had pulled his car in my driveway and reached for my daughter. Thank God she was aware, presented the personal fence and knew how to escape to the house. Thank you."
New York State Assemblyman Joseph Saladino comments, "Every teaching Institution with families and children should have this program in place to protect their communities! I fully endorse and support Out of Danger and Warrior Personal Safety and its potential benefits."
Join The Out Of Danger Initiative Today!
How Does The Program Work?
How does a school or community gain access to the Out Of Danger safety training program and materials?
The school principal, school administrator or community center counselor contacts Warrior Personal Safety for a program implementation kit, training DVDs, Instructor Training Plans and Parent-Teacher handouts as well as the school library copies of the Warrior Personal Safety Home Edition. The school is provided with the name of an area Safety Instructor and Member of the Warrior Personal Safety Instructor network. A corporate sponsor underwrites the cost to support a portion of the web site and promotions, prepare and ship the Out Of Danger Anti-Bullying program and parent-teacher materials (under $300).
What happens next?
Out Of Danger delivers the safety training program, step-by-step instructions for implementation and introduces the local Warrior Member Safety Instructor to the school to assist with the implementation, teacher orientation and in-school safety seminars. The on-site Warrior Safety Instructor presents complimentary monthly Anti-Bullying and Child Abduction Prevention seminars in coordination with the schools' or community centers' safety training objectives. A celebrity sponsor is named for your school and the school receives a signed letter and autographed picture of support for the school's safety training efforts.
How do sponsors and celebrities find out more about getting involved with Out of Danger?
Organizations, individuals, celebrities and media interested in supporting or sponsoring the Out of Danger cause should contact Warrior Personal Safety by e-mail or phone at the earliest convenience. Contact information is provided below. Thank you for your consideration.
Contact one of the information sources below for more information.
About Warrior Personal Safety
Founded in 2004 by professional martial arts instructors Anthony Arango and Lawton Llewellyn the Warrior Personal Safety training programs have been implemented in martial arts schools, community centers, and in public and private schools in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and more recently in Australia, Africa and Japan. Sensei Arango and Mr. Llewellyn are internationally recognized for their innovative approaches to developing youth and family safety programs. The Warrior mission is to put a professionally developed child anti-bully safety program in every school in America, Canada and the United Kingdom by 2015. Warrior Personal Safety has offices in New York and Florida. Find our more at www.WarriorPersonalSafety.com or by calling Sensei Arango or Mr. Llewellyn.
About Vets-Help.org, Inc.
Founded in 1977, Vets-Help.org, Inc. is a NYS not-for-profit corporation with a 501c3 status. The company’s mission is to assist in the reintegration of veterans, their families, and non-veteran disabled into mainstream America.
For more information about Vets-Help, visit its website at www.vets-help.org.
About Not Me!, Inc.
Not-Me.org is a Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation with a 501c3 status. The company's mission to promote, advance, and unify self-defense education and training for at-risk populations.
Find out more at www.not-me.org.
About Client by Design, LLC
Founded by guerrilla marketing coach, author and consultant Richard D. Bailey in 2002, Client by Design (CBD) has become a trusted provider of tools, communication resources, online and offline marketing services, and technology solutions to a variety of business organizations. Client by Design specializes in technology and strategic-relationship development, media, public relations and other Internet based disciplines. Client by Design, President, Richard Bailey actively takes part in programs that seek to strengthen today’s youth through motivational speaking, fitness, health and education, he is also a contributing author to Guerrilla Marketing On The Frontlines and author of the highly downloaded Internet eBook: “Stop Identity Theft.”
Visit: www.ClientByDesign.com
About MisterNetwork.com
Founded by expert network and closed circuit TV integration specialist Bob "Dawgs" Blaustein, MisterNetwork provides computer and networking services for small and medium sized businesses. MisterNetwork specializes in networking and remote access of surveillance video systems (CCTV) and access control systems.
Visit www.MisterNetwork.com .
Mister Network has provided paid and voluntary web site development support to Warrior Personal Safety, Inc.
For more information please contact Warrior Personal Safety, inc.
Sensei Anthony Arango, President
Phone: 516-795-4102
Email: Arango@WarriorPersonalSafety.com
Mr. Lawton Llewellyn, Vice-President
Phone: 954-895-0233
Email: L.Llewellyn@WarriorPersonalSafety.com
Out Of Danger Sponsorship
Who can be a sponsor for a community or school-based Out of Danger Anti-Bullying Program?
An interested parent, a girl scout or boy scout troop, community organization, parent-teacher organization, not-for-profit or multi-national corporation can become an Out Of Danger Sponsor. A complete Out Of Danger program can be delivered for less than $300. Sponsor's can get involved at many levels.
Each Out Of Danger School or Community Program Includes:
- Sponsorship acknowledgment in Out Of Danger media campaigns and print advertising.
- A 60 Day Out Of Danger Program Start-Up Planning Guide.
- An Out Of Danger Program Banner.
- A 3 DVD Teacher/Instructor Training Program.
- Teacher/Instructor Guides in easy to print MS Word or PDF format.
- Parent - Teacher Color Handouts in easy to print MS Word or PDF format.
- 5 Copies of the Warrior Personal Safety Home Edition DVD for your school library.
- Access to the on-line downloadable Warrior Personal Safety library.
- Assignment of a Warrior Person Safety trained Instructor to your school program.
- A autographed celebrity sponsor photograph endorsing your child safety efforts.
- Program cost per location $299, plus applicable sales tax.
Ambassador, Founder or Celebrity Sponsor
Ambassador and Celebrity Sponsors provide valuable media exposure and endorsement to Out of Danger and the Anti-Bullying effort. Celebrity sponsors are named for each school district or community center involved and provide short letters and/or autographed photographs to the Out of Danger school or community center. Ambassadors and Celebrities receive sponsorship acknowledgment in Out Of Danger media campaigns, program banners and other promotional materials.
National Sponsors - $50,000
National Sponsors provide valuable infrastructure support to the Out Of Danger program including venues for community safety programs, underwriting dollars for media and development campaigns, signage and web site development support.
* Sponsor name/logo incorporated into the Out Of Danger branding used throughout the media campaign as well as on signage and collateral material.
*Sponsor name/logo included on all Out Of Danger print advertising.
* Sponsor included in Out Of Danger and Warrior Personal Safety social media promotions including Out Of Danger websites.
*Sponsor name/logo on all event signage throughout the duration of Out Of Danger campaign.
*Opportunities for on-site event promotion.
* One hundred fifty (150) sponsored Out Of Danger school programs.
Statewide Sponsor - $30,000
Statewide Sponsors provide infrastructure support and direct sponsorship and recognition on a statewide basis.
* Sponsor name/logo incorporated into the Out Of Danger statewide branding and media campaigns as well as on statewide signage and collateral material.
*Sponsor name/logo included on statewide Out Of Danger print and media and the
Out Of Danger websites.
*Opportunities for on-site event promotion.
* One hundred (100) sponsored Out Of Danger school programs.
Regional Sponsor - $10,000
Regional Sponsors provide direct school sponsorship and recognition for a region.
* Sponsor name/logo incorporated into the Out Of Danger regional branding and media campaigns as well as on regional signage and collateral material.
*Sponsor name/logo included on region wide Out Of Danger print ads and media and the
Out Of Danger websites.
*Opportunities for on-site event promotion.
* Thirty-five (35) sponsored Out Of Danger school programs.
District Sponsor - $1,500
District Sponsors provide direct school sponsorship and recognition for an entire school district or co-op.
* Sponsor name/logo incorporated into the Out Of Danger district branding and media campaigns as well as on school district signage and collateral material.
*Sponsor name/logo included on district wide Out Of Danger print ads and media and the
Out Of Danger websites.
*Opportunities for on-site event promotion.
* Five (5) sponsored Out Of Danger school programs.
PTA, Family or Community Sponsor - $300 per sponsored program
Individuals and small groups may sponsor a complete Out Of Danger program for their local school or community center. PTA, Family or Community Sponsors may specify the program recipients.
*Sponsor name and logo can be incorporated into the Out Of Danger Parent-Teacher Color Handouts.
*Opportunities for on-site event promotion.
* One or more sponsored Out Of Danger school programs.
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