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Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Starts Her Own Anti-Bullying Foundation

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:30:11 +0000

Remember Karen Klein, the upstate New York bus monitor who was viciously harassed by her middle school charges in a video that went viral in June? Her story had a happy ending, as an internet fundraising campaign to send the 68-year-old on a “nice vacation” raised over $700,000 from 32,000 people around the world.

That’s more than enough money for Klein to retire from the yellow school bus grind. And she plans to. But she is also using a good chunk of the cash — $100,000 — to set up the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation.

9-Year-Old Caught Beating, Kicking Toddlers At Vicksburg Day Care [GRAPHIC VIDEO]

DJ Digital — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:12:27 +0000

In some of the most disturbing footage I have ever watched, a 9-year-old boy is seen terrorizing toddlers at a day care in Vicksburg, MS. For nearly 20 minutes the boy went unnoticed – repeatedly punching, kicking, choking, shoving, and bullying multiple young children. 9-Year-Old Attacks Toddler, Terrorizes Day Care In the interview with WLBT, [...]

Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Reveals Plans For Donated Money

Don Deane — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:05:04 +0000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve no doubt heard the story of 68-year-old Karen Klein, the school bus monitor who was mercilessly bullied by middle school children, and the oodles of money that were raised through Indiegogo.com to send her on a well-deserved vacation. Klein appeared on ‘Today’ this morning and discussed her plans for the more than $640,000 raised so far.

Over $300,000 (and counting) Raised To Send Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein On Vacation

DJ Digital — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:06:56 +0000

Yesterday, Chris Reed showed me one of the saddest videos I have seen in a very long time. I'll take it a step further and admit that it actually pissed me off, and I could only watch a few minutes of it before having to turn it off.

The video featured 68-year-old bus monitor Karen Klein being

Bullying Victim Gets A Heartwarming Surprise

DJ Digital — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:32:18 +0000

Yesterday on ABC's The View, 13 yr old Nadin Khoury got the surprise of his life when three NFL players came to his side to give their full support. Khoury was on the show to talk about his personal experience with bullying. In early January Khoury was bullied and taunted by seven of his peers. To make matters worse, one of the boys filmed the incident and uploaded it to YouTube.