100.1 Fox-FM's Hometown Heroes:

On this page you will find a list of businesses and individuals who are helping in educating and alerting our community to the evils of (and solutions to the problems of) bullying.

When you visit the businesses on this list of Hometown Heroes, you know that you're dealing with people who are solidly devoted to our community and who are investing in the future of Walker County and Jasper.

What we're up against. (Some statistic on bullying.)

• It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. (Source: National Education Association.)

• American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. (Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center.)

• 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.

• 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.

• 15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.

• 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.

• 1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.

• 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.

• Those in the lower grades reported being in twice as many fights as those in the higher grades. However, there is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools.

• 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying

• Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.

• Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.

• 87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt them.”

• 86% of students said, “other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them” causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools.

• 61% of students said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.

• 54% of students said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.

• According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.

• Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents.

100.1 Fox-FM is reaching out to businesses and individuals within the local community in an effort at fighting bullying within our schools and the local community.

Those who sign-on as sponsors of this program are listed here as "Hometown Heroes" and are the businesses and individuals who are proud to take a stand in support of our youth, our schools and our community!

Later this week, we will be updating our files (and these posts) to include others who are joining us in this very worthy cause!  In this way, we'll let everyone know what businesses care about our community as we step out and do something about bullying! If you (as an individual) or your business would like to help, feel free to call Sean at (205) 265-1237 and get on our list of Hometown Heroes before time runs out! Let the tens of thousands of people in and around our community (and millions of people in the entire world) know that YOU and YOUR BUSINESS care!

If you don't see your favorite business listed, ask them why they're not!

The above is indeed a great list to be able to post! What's sad though is that for every single ONE who helps, there are between six and eight others who decline helping with this worthy cause. At some local businesses, we've heard everything from "That's not my problem!" to "Why should I care?" (As we have had many requests that we do so,  we've decided to list the Community Heroes here but to also make a listing of those who have decided to not help, for whatever reason available to anyone by sending an emailed request to us at "hometownheroes@worldwidefm.com".)

If you (as an individual) or your business would like to help, feel free to call Sean at (205) 265-1237

Our Site Has Been Viewed From These Locations Within the Past 24 hours:

Send email to webmaster(at)worldwidefm.com with questions or comments about this web site. (Please be sure to change the "(at)" to "@" before sending.)
Copyright © 1999 - 2012, WorldWideFM.com/JaspersFM.com
Last modified: 04/07/13