In conjunction with National Bullying Prevention Month, the towns of Wakefield and Westerly sent the message loud and clear that bullying is not to be ignored in their towns. On

Awards presented at 12th annual Issues Forum in Narragansett The Washington County Coalition for Children, the region’s key advocacy group for children and their families for more than a decade,

Louise Kiessling, MD, FAAP, (shown above with Jill D’Errico, Director of the State Office of Rural Health and Newell Warde, Executive Director of the RI Medical Society) was named a 2013

With great gusto, the Westerly Middle School joined the Coalition’s team of schools using the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (we’ve introduced the innovative effort to the Curtis Corner and Broad

Releases toolkit for teaching kindness After a year in gestation, the Coalition released an exciting toolkit of lesson plans and fun activities utilizing nine select picture books. The kit includes lots

It started out as a chalk and literary arts contest, but  “Chalk It Up Against Bullying” on Oct. 12th in downtown Wakefield ended up as a community arts event with