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Bully's mean-spirited note spurs movement to empower young girls

Bully's mean-spirited note spurs movement to empower young girls
WEBVTT ULLIES.REPORTER: PLEASE ACCEPT THISGIFT AND USE IT WISELY.50 CENTS FOR THOSE BAGS UNDERYOUR EYES.AND 50 CENTS FOR YOUR BIG FATNOSE.YOU NEED THE HELP.A VIEWERTHAT GIFT, A ONE DOLLAR BILL.>> GEEZ.THAT IS HORRIBLE.>> THAT'S REALLY MESSED UP.REPORTER: BUT THE WORDS ANANONYMOUS VIEWER WROTE TO ME ARENOTHING NEW TO THESE GIRLS.HAS ANYONE EVER SAID ANYTHINGMEAN TO YOU?>> YEAH, THEY SAID I DON'T WEARCOOL CLOTHES, OR MY HAIR'S NOTPRETTY, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.REPORTER: ALL OF THEM HAVE HEARDAND READ HATEFUL WORDS ANDRECEIVED BULLYING MESSAGES,MOSTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.>> I DIDN'T LIKE MYSELF.I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME WITHLIFE.>> THEY WANT TO MAKE YOU FEELBAD.DON'T LET IT.>> IT REALLY HURTS MY FEELINBECAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY SAYANYTHING BACK BECAUSE YOU DON'TWANT TO BE MEAN TO THOSE PEOPLE.REPORTER: BESIDES BEING BULLIED,THESE GIRLS HAVE SOMETHING ELSEIN COMMON.>> WHEN I WENT TO FITGIRL, IFOUND MY PLACE.>> IT HELPED A LOT WITH OUR SELFESTEEM, FOR ME AT LEAST.REPORTER: PRE-TEEN AND TEENGIRLS ARE LEARNING HOW TOEMPOWER THEMSELVES AS THEYDEVELOP AND MATURE.BE IT THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS,EACH OTHER, OR MOTIVATIONALWOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN THEIRSHOES.CHERI DICKMEYER FOUNDED FITGIRLTWO YEARS AGO.>> THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHINGIN TANDEM WITH PHYSICAL FITNESSAND EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS TOBUILD THESE GIRLS UP.>> A YEAR AGO, I PROBABLY WOULDBE SHAKING, PROBABLY CRYING BYNOIT HELPED ME IMPROVE HOW I FEEPERSONALITY-WISE, NOT HOW ILOOK.>> IT'S HELPED ME MAKE NEWFRIENDS AND GET OVER THINGS INEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE ON MYOWN.REPORTER: SO WHEN I POSTED THEPICTURES OF THE VIEWERS' NOTE ONSOCIAL MEDIA AND ASKED WHAT TODO WITH THE DOLLAR, OTHERVIEWERS STEPPED UP TO TURNSOMETHING NEGATIVE INTOSOMETHING POSTIVE.-- POSITIVE.THEY SHARED STORIES OF HATINGTHEIR NOSES AND APPEARANCES ANDHOW THEY'VE OVERCOME IT.>> WHEN YOU TOOK THIS LETTER ANDAND SAID WE ARE GOING TO TAKETHIS DOLLAR AND TURN IT INTOTHOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR FIGARO,THE GIRLS THAT WAS HUGE FOR THEM, VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE.REPORTER: THE BULLIES' ONEDOLLAR BILL IS NOW HELPING YOUNGGIRLS LEARN HOW TO LOVETHEMSELVES AND IGNORE THEHATERS>> THAT BULLY'S POWER NOW ISGONE.>> BUCKS FOR BANDUR.JULIE: VIEWERS AND FOLLOWERS ONFACEBOOK HAVE TURNED THAT ONEDOLLAR INTO ONE THOUSAND.YOU CAN FOLLOW MICHELLE BANDURKETV ON FACEBOOK FOR A LINK TOBUCKS FOR BANDUR FUNDRAISER.
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Bully's mean-spirited note spurs movement to empower young girls
An anonymous viewer mailed Nebraska reporter Michelle Bandur a handwritten card with a $1 bill enclosed.The note said: "Michelle- Please accept this gift and use it wisely. 50 cents for those bags under your eyes and 50 cents for your big, fat nose. You need the help! A Viewer."Bandur shared the spiteful card with her Facebook and Instagram followers. She told them she was proud of her nose because when she looked in the mirror she saw her Polish roots and parents' image. Bandur also asked them what she should she do with the dollar.Bandur heard from people who struggled with their appearances and they shared stories of being bullied.Some told her to play the lottery, rip it up or buy an ice cream cone. At the urging of some other viewers to donate it, Bandur found an Omaha organization whose message flies in the face of the bully's intent to hurt her.Bandur also heard from people who also are proud of their bodies. Bandur gave the dollar to FITGIRL Inc. On its website, it says, "Our mission is to empower young girls as they develop and mature by demonstrating positive lifestyle choices; physical, mental, relational and nutritional. Our programs are designed to develop their abilities, equip them with life skills and help them gain confidence."Founder Cheri Dickmeyer said as a single mother she wanted to help her teen daughters navigate the onslaught of bullying with motivational messages and physical fitness."I started to watch them struggling with friendships and bullying. And young girls start pulling out of all physical activity and sports by age ten," Dickmeyer said.Bandur met with Dickmeyer and about a dozen FITGIRLS to donate the dollar and let them read the note."That's rude and mean. It's not really nice at all. Why would anybody send that?" Wren Larson, 12, said."It's horrible. Why would anybody write that," Sidney Lohr, 15, said.Unfortunately the words the anonymous viewer are nothing new to the girls. They have heard and read hateful messages, mostly on social media."It really hurts my feelings because you can't really say anything back because you don't want to be mean to those people," Claire Thornburg, 11, said."They want to make you feel bad. Don't let it," Gabrielle Nordaker, 15, said.Besides being bullied, the girls have something else in common, FITGIRL.I have anxiety and last year my mom told me I was going to a camp and I wasn't excited to go and then I made a lot of friends and had new experiences," Megan Harden said, "and this year I told my mom I wanted to go back." "It's girls that are all different and unique. It was definitely a new experience. It was a good one," Garbrielle said."It helped a lot with our self esteem for me at least," Sierra Jesus, 14, said. "A year ago, I probably would be shaking and probably crying by now. FITGIRL helped me improve how I feel about myself."Cheri holds a FITGIRL camp every summer to teach the girls life skills of empowerment. She gives away scholarships to girls who may not have the means to afford such a camp.Bandur and Dickmeyer started a campaign called Bucks4Bandur to send more girls to camp.The bully's one dollar has now turned into more than $1,000. If you want to donate to FITGIRL Inc in support of the Bucks4Bandur campaign, click here.To see the original Facebook post, click here.

An anonymous viewer mailed Nebraska reporter Michelle Bandur a handwritten card with a $1 bill enclosed.

The note said: "Michelle- Please accept this gift and use it wisely. 50 cents for those bags under your eyes and 50 cents for your big, fat nose. You need the help! A Viewer."

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Bandur shared the spiteful card with her Facebook and Instagram followers. She told them she was proud of her nose because when she looked in the mirror she saw her Polish roots and parents' image. Bandur also asked them what she should she do with the dollar.

Bandur heard from people who struggled with their appearances and they shared stories of being bullied.

Some told her to play the lottery, rip it up or buy an ice cream cone. At the urging of some other viewers to donate it, Bandur found an Omaha organization whose message flies in the face of the bully's intent to hurt her.

Bandur also heard from people who also are proud of their bodies.

Bandur gave the dollar to FITGIRL Inc. On its website, it says, "Our mission is to empower young girls as they develop and mature by demonstrating positive lifestyle choices; physical, mental, relational and nutritional. Our programs are designed to develop their abilities, equip them with life skills and help them gain confidence."

Founder Cheri Dickmeyer said as a single mother she wanted to help her teen daughters navigate the onslaught of bullying with motivational messages and physical fitness.

"I started to watch them struggling with friendships and bullying. And young girls start pulling out of all physical activity and sports by age ten," Dickmeyer said.

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Bandur met with Dickmeyer and about a dozen FITGIRLS to donate the dollar and let them read the note.

"That's rude and mean. It's not really nice at all. Why would anybody send that?" Wren Larson, 12, said.

"It's horrible. Why would anybody write that," Sidney Lohr, 15, said.

Unfortunately the words the anonymous viewer are nothing new to the girls. They have heard and read hateful messages, mostly on social media.

"It really hurts my feelings because you can't really say anything back because you don't want to be mean to those people," Claire Thornburg, 11, said.

"They want to make you feel bad. Don't let it," Gabrielle Nordaker, 15, said.

Besides being bullied, the girls have something else in common, FITGIRL.

I have anxiety and last year my mom told me I was going to a camp and I wasn't excited to go and then I made a lot of friends and had new experiences," Megan Harden said, "and this year I told my mom I wanted to go back."

"It's girls that are all different and unique. It was definitely a new experience. It was a good one," Garbrielle said.

"It helped a lot with our self esteem for me at least," Sierra Jesus, 14, said. "A year ago, I probably would be shaking and probably crying by now. FITGIRL helped me improve how I feel about myself."

Cheri holds a FITGIRL camp every summer to teach the girls life skills of empowerment. She gives away scholarships to girls who may not have the means to afford such a camp.

Bandur and Dickmeyer started a campaign called Bucks4Bandur to send more girls to camp.

The bully's one dollar has now turned into more than $1,000. If you want to donate to FITGIRL Inc in support of the Bucks4Bandur campaign,