'Bullying happens all the time': Students encouraged to be buddies against bullying

Eighth-grader Cassidi King has witnessed bullying between her classmates before and felt helpless about the situation herself."I felt so bad," she said. "... All I could do was watch her cry." Cassidi and her classmates at Peru Central School in Peru, New York, recently learned strategies to combat any future bullying they may come across.The speaking group, Sweethearts and Heroes, travels to schools to teach students about helping fellow classmates, being a buddy and comforting those who need someone in their corner.Administrators know their campus isn't immune to bullying, but they are doing what they can to help empower their students to step in and help."It happens in places that we, as adults, aren't," said Tom Bull, school counselor. "When I hear a student stepping up and doing it, I know that some person benefits from it, but families benefit from it, the community benefits from it. We all benefit from it."Watch the video above to learn more about this anti-bullying story.

Eighth-grader Cassidi King has witnessed bullying between her classmates before and felt helpless about the situation herself.


"I felt so bad," she said. "... All I could do was watch her cry."

Cassidi and her classmates at Peru Central School in Peru, New York, recently learned strategies to combat any future bullying they may come across.



The speaking group, Sweethearts and Heroes, travels to schools to teach students about helping fellow classmates, being a buddy and comforting those who need someone in their corner.

Administrators know their campus isn't immune to bullying, but they are doing what they can to help empower their students to step in and help.

"It happens in places that we, as adults, aren't," said Tom Bull, school counselor. "When I hear a student stepping up and doing it, I know that some person benefits from it, but families benefit from it, the community benefits from it. We all benefit from it."

Watch the video above to learn more about this anti-bullying story.