While I was waiting at the bus stop yesterday there was a young man promoting Dolly's Dream and the 'Be Kind' Postcard (below) caught my eye. It was a lovely thought and something we might be in great need of over the coming months as people come to grips with their losses and try to rebuild shattered homes, businesses and lives. Tempers are already fraying because of the slowness of relief efforts and lack of decisive government action. Expecting it to be about someone's lifelong ambition to attend the Olympics or something, I took a closer look, but it turned out that Dolly's Dream was an organisation dedicated to preventing youth suicide and the memory of a 14 year -old girl, Dolly Everett, who committed suicide after sustained bullying and cyber -bullying. Dolly's Dream seeks to end the bullying and the cyber bullying which cost Dolly Everett her life So far, with the help of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation the group has taken t...
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