National News posted Feb 26, 2020 @ 10:20am by Josh Duncan

Today is Pink Shirt Day and the focus is lifting each other up

If you notice that a lot of people are wearing pink around the office or classroom today, it’s because it’s Pink Shirt Day.

The annual anti-bullying initiative encourages people to throw on a pink shirt once a year and help raise money to support youth anti-bullying programs throughout the nation.

Each year, there’s a theme, and this year it’s ‘lift each other up’.

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“A simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our differences and celebrate the things that make us unique,” says the Pink Shirt Day website.

“When we lift each other up, we see past the things that separate us and see instead the things that unite us as people.”

Pink Shirt Day got its start in Nova Scotia in 2007 when a group of grade nine boys took a stand against bullying.

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They did so by wearing pink shirts to school after a friend of theirs was bullied for doing the same and it quickly evolved into a nationwide campaign.

You can purchase an official Pink Shirt Day t-shirt at London Drugs and the proceeds will be distributed through the CKNW Kids’ Fund.

For more information on Pink Shirt Day, click this link.

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