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BULLYING PREVENTION GRANTEE WINS AWARD
The Colorado Trust congratulates the San Luis Valley Victim Offender Reconciliation Program – a grantee of The Trust’s Bullying Prevention Initiative – for their much-deserved recognition at the El Pomar Foundation’s 18th annual Awards for Excellence.
 Specifically, VORP received the Henry McAllister Award for Excellence in Special Projects as well as $15,000 toward its programs focused on victim-offender mediation, restorative discipline as an alternative to school suspensions, parent-teen mediation and bullying prevention training.
VORP works with the criminal justice system as well as 14 school districts, including implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program to provide activities for 180 youths at five after-school programs, and increasing outreach to adults and youth in neighboring schools and churches.
For more information, contact Ed Lucero, Senior Program Officer, 303-837-1200, ed@coloradotrust.org.
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