Bully No More! has been in the making for almost a decade. The show tackles bullying by showing its causes, effects, and alternatives in a sympathetic and compassionate way to elementary-school aged students. Students who are participating in the show build friendships based on positive values, learn to associate anti-bullying with fun, and internalize the show's message of empathy towards other students. The audience, also made of students and potentially their parents and teachers, can share in the learning experience by connecting with characters who are similar to them, reflecting their own lives and relationships.
Please consider donating to this nonprofit. Bully No More! is an innovative, intuitive, and inspired way to approach the growing issue of bullying in school. Every performance teaches and inspires the cast and their audience.
Bully No More! is the musical with the message for today's youth. With approachable characters and accessible songs, Bully No More! speaks to those who hold trauma, those who are bullied, and those who bully others to gain power.
This foundation provides funds for schools and communities to perform this heartwarming and entertaining production and to offer an entrypoint for family and classroom antibullying discussions. With decades of personal experience in the classroom and the theater, I highly recommend putting your support behind this show.
I am a grandmother of teenagers who personally have been affected by bullying. I wish Bully! No More had been available to them during their elementary years.
The sad thing is that too often the young people do not share the bullying experience with parents, teachers or close relationships, and left unspoken, can end in great trauma and even tragedy.
Bully! No More! the musical is enjoyable and at the same time conveys a strong message of kindness, unity, truth, and friendship. Joyful to watch end equally beneficial to the performers themselves.
Government support to schools has diminished. Bully No More! Foundation supplies funds for this production inclusive of grants, production, and marketing costs. It is critical that Bully! No More is made available to schools and youth organizations to raise awareness and support for this crucial issue.
Marcia Roney
The Bully No More! Foundation, Ltd. is a non-profit corporation located in Newport Center, Vermont. The mission of the foundation is to fund royalties and production costs, nationally, for the inspiring, bully prevention musical, Bully No More! in schools, community theaters, and youth-oriented groups, in low-income communities.
Children have suffered life-long physical, emotional, and mental scars, which has increased during COVID. Experts are concerned about the extent to which children's capacities to navigate relationships have been damaged throughout the last two years of disturbed friendships, schooling, and instability. Bully No More! emerges to be a resourceful method for addressing and resolving this situation and can be performed BY, and FOR children. The musical is birthed out of the desire to be a part of the solution to the epidemic of bullying. The musical benefits the performers, the audience, and bullied children.
Bully No More! features nine animal characters, rather than humans who might be stigmatized because of their roles. They represent stereotypes of bullies and targets in a multicultural society. This is a creative musical that enables kids to "own" their performance by giving them the freedom to portray characters and stories that reflect race, gender, learning disabilities, and self-confidence. Bully No More! conveys kindness, acceptance, inclusion, and bully prevention values.
I am asking you to consider a donation to The Bully No More! Foundation to help us spread the word and fund more grants to serve kids in low-income communities. We are building a brighter future for bullied children.
EDS, professional with expertise in this field
Bullying is something we as a society are seeing the effects of every single day. This cause is near and dear to my heart, and something that needs as much attention and light shed on it as possible. The children’s musical, Bully No More! and The Bully No More Foundation, Ltd., are dedicated to stop bullying. Bully No More! is an entertaining musical with an important message. All money raised goes to grants awarded to schools and theaters that cannot afford to do the show and pays for royalties and production costs.
Schools need to have policies in place and procedures that have to be enforced. Bringing bullying into the classrooms and into every part of the curriculum is essential.
"Bully No More", a teaching and delightful musical, that students will relate to, should be an essential part of learning in every classroom.
Young students will respond to this witty and very important dialogue set in song, rhythm and rhyme.
Marilyn Cantor
The money you donate to the Bully No More Foundation will be given as a grant to schools and theaters that cannot afford to present Bully No More!
I took my 9 year old twins to see a performance of Bully No More! at the Grange Theatre in Pomfret Vermont. It was the experience of their lives. Both my boy and my girl have been subject to bullying at school. There have been days when they refused to attend classes. This is an extremely difficult situation to say the least. Let me tell you - these children were transfixed by the storyline of this play. They were animated and totally immersed in the subject matter and so very eager to discuss their views regarding bullying as a whole. I cannot remember having seen my children so very excited about the various aspects of bullying. We chatted into the night! The next morning I was greeted by two very eager and spirited children who seem to have absorbed the contents of this play and reversed their thinking and outlook regarding their stance towards bullying. This is obviously not an easy problem to address - especially with those who have been targeted; however, Bully No More provides understanding and hope. It can change a life; it can reverse one’s thinking and therefore - one’s actions. This play must be shown at schools throughout the country. It is a project that should be explored by students of all ages. Children must learn how to recognize and counteract this evil that has reared its ugly face. Bully No More! is a triumph and must be made available to one and all!!!!
I am a retired educator (35 years) with the Greenwich, CT Public Schools. Bully No More! is an ideal play for young student performers, ages 6-12. The concepts of respect, decency and caring are woven into the fabric of this play. The characters are appealing and wonderfully warm, so suitable for young performers. This production provides both the venue for student performance; as well as the ideal segway for follow-up discussion and role playing. It is my hope that the Bully No More! Foundation provides funds for this production wherever needed, such as school systems, after school programs, community outreach activities. Bully No More is an extremely entertaining show with a strong, on target antibullying message.
Roberta Feld, Bridgeport, CT
Bully No More is a vital musical that addresses the urgent issue of bullying in our schools and communities. The musical tracks the journey of a group of animals who are struggling to navigate the complexities and pressures of childhood and focuses on the impact of bullying on their mental health and well-being. Through powerful performances and thought-provoking storytelling, Bully No More aims to raise awareness and prompt action around this critical issue. With your generous funding support, we can bring this impactful and timely play to audiences across the country, and empower children with the tools they need to stand up to bullying and create a safer, more inclusive community for all.
What a joyous, joyful way to present simple and memorable ideas about one of the biggest issues children face today—bullying! Thank you, 'Great NonProfits,' for helping to spread the word about what I hope will be 'required enjoyment' for students.
As a retired teacher of children from K to 12, I wish this exuberant show was available when I was teaching elementary school. Each scene, each song cuts right to the heart of why it feels so much better to choose being kind over cruel. It’s a celebration of inclusion and love and support for ourselves and the other. One character’s lyrics summed it up for me perfectly: “Gonna stand with my friends ‘til eternity ends.” And by that time in the show, I didn’t just hear the words, I felt the spirit behind it. In fact, the whole play escalates into a story not just about how bullying is hurtful (for the bullied and the bully), but how friends are people who know the song in your life and sing it with you. And sing is what many did as they left the theater.
Once again, thank you, 'Great NonProfits,' for supporting socially vital work like 'Bully No More'. I'm sure that support will help the producers reach a wider audience.