First and foremost, be kind!
Pink Shirt Day is about spreading the message that it’s important to be kind. But if you want to take your support a step further there are a few other things you can do in Prince George for Pink Shirt Day.
Every year Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Northern B.C. (BBSNBC) partners with other community groups and businesses to raise awareness about Pink Shirt Day and to get the community involved.
Pink Shirt Day events also raise funds for BBBSNBC that go directly towards mentor programs that can reduce bullying in schools and communities. All proceeds raised will go directly towards local mentoring programs.
If you’d like to support Pink Shirt Day then you should, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, wear pink and find a way to spread some kindness. You can wear any pink shirt that you have, or pick one up from Save-On-Foods, the BBBSNBC office (777 Kinsman Pl.), or the UNBC Bookstore.
If you’d like to donate you can make a donation directly to BBBSNBC or drop off your empties to the Nechako Bottle Depot, or Prince George Recycling & Return-It Centre and let them know you’d like to donate to Pink Shirt Day.
A few local businesses are also donating a portion of the proceeds from their products to Pink Shirt Day, so you can treat yo’self and not feel bad about it:
- A buck from every pink milkshake sold at Carl’s Jr. will be donated back to BBBS
- 100 per cent of the proceeds from every pink candy apple sold at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will be donated
- Donations will come from pink donut sales at participating Tim Hortons locations (Victoria, Massey, BCR Site, Ospika, Ferry, College Heights and Central)
- Purchase an ice cream sandwich from Marble Slab, with 50 per cent of sales being donated to BBBS or purchase a Marble Slab frozen cake from BBBS, with $10 of every order coming back to the agency.
- Exit PG is also chipping in, with 50 per cent of all sales from Escape Rooms to be donated to the cause.
- Blissful Bubbles will also be donating proceeds from sales of pink bath bombs.
Pink Shirt Day started in 2007 as an act of kindness in a small Nova Scotian town, where Davis Shepherd, Travis Price and their friends organized a protest to wear pink in sympathy for a Grade 9 boy who was bullied for wearing pink.
It has now has grown into a movement where people across the country wear pink in February as a symbol against bullying.
