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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Harassed Bus Monitor Creates Anti-Bullying Organization


New York school bus monitor turns profit into an organization to stop bullying with receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in donation after a video a her being harassed by students  with of her being harassed by students.  The Karen Klein Anti-bullying Foundation goal is to education and stand up for the people who have been bullied in the past.  The four students where suspended for a year after the profanity, insults, jeers, and physical ridicule they did to Karen.

 An outpouring of support for Klein resulted in a crowd-funding campaign on indiegogo.com, with an initial goal of $5,000 to send the weary bus monitor on vacation.
But in the end raise more than 700,000 in donation from more than 32,000 people around the word.  She donated 100,000 to the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundations.  

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