Aiken Elementary School (Ontario, Oregon)

Aiken Elementary School (Ontario, Oregon)

6th Annual National
Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Week
October 19-25, 2003
Aiken Elementary School (Ontario, Oregon):
Principal Mark Hinthorn says “We are generating a lot of support from parents, students and the community.” The entire school recites the Purple Hands Pledge daily! The local Police Department really supports the project.

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Events that took place during Hands Week:

Official Proclamations by:
• Governor of Oregon
• Marion County Board of Commissioners, Oregon
• Mayor and City Council, Salem, Oregon
• Salem-Keizer School Board & Superintendent, Salem, Oregon
• Mayor and City Council, City of Portland, Oregon
• Mayor and City Council, Batesville, Arkansas

• Salem-Keizer Public Schools – All Schools K-12 take the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Pledge

• Woodburn School District – All Schools K-12 take the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Pledge

• Schools, day cares, preschools, youth organizations, women’s shelters, batterer treatment programs, hospitals, government agencies and places of worship throughout the United States will take the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Pledge.

• 375 places of worship received a letter written by Charlie Wallace, Chaplin – Willamette University, Salem, Oregon requesting all members of the faith community to take the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Pledge on Sunday, October 19, 2003 to launch the Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting Week in partnership with the YWCA’s Week Without Violence. to read his letter.