Bullied Bus Monitor’s New Anti-bullying Foundation, Karen Klein, who received generous financial and emotional support after her ordeal, is giving back. Bullied bus monitor starts the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation, Earlier this summer, people around the world poured out support – both emotional and financial – for bus monitor Karen Klein, after a video of her being bullied by a group of middle school students went viral. Now, Klein is looking to do the same.
The 68-year-old grandmother from Greece, New York, is starting her own foundation and seeding it with $100,000 of the $703,873 she received through the Indiegogo fundraising campaign. The online campaign was started by Canadian Max Sidorov in an effort to give the bullied bus monitor a vacation from her job. With the remaining money raised after starting the foundation, Klein says she’ll be not just taking that vacation, but also taking care of her family and retiring.
The Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation will be run through the Give Back Foundation on their website giveback.org. One of the first actions of the new foundation will be launching a music tour called the No Bully Tour 2012 awareness campaign, Democrat and Chronicle reports. The tour will also support similar organizations including Sidorov’s 7 Million Acts of Love, Pacer Center’s Teens Against Bullying and Play Pretty, Play Pals Project.
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