Sweethearts & Heroes to visit Plattsburgh schools

PLATTSBURGH | A squad of superheroes without capes will be visiting Plattsburgh throughout next week to show students and educators how to spread HOPE ("Hold On, Possibilities Exist") in classrooms and beyond. Tom Murphy, Rick Yarosh and Pat Fish, of Sweethearts & Heroes, will work in the Plattsburgh City School District from Monday, Dec. 11, through Friday, Dec. 15. Sweethearts & Heroes is a student empowerment and empathy activation team that aims to prevent bullying and suicide with a focus on the basic components of social-emotional learning (SEL). Sweethearts & Heroes offers a profound, engaging signature presentation that calls for HOPE, Empathy and Action; Circle, which is built on the ancient ritual of communicating in a circle to build empathy; and BRAVES Buddies, which trains older students in bully drills that they, in turn, teach to students in lower grades. The Sweethearts & Heroes team is: Tom Murphy, director and founder, of St. Albans, Vt.; Ret. U.S. Army Sgt. Rick Yarosh, a HOPE expert and motivational speaker from New York who was burned severely while serving in Iraq; and Pat Fish, BRAVES and Circle Leader. (For more on Circle visit youtube.com/watch.) While in Plattsburgh, the Sweethearts & Heroes team work according to this tentative schedule. (NOTE: Pat Fish will not arrive in Plattsburgh until Dec. 13.): Dec. 11 -- Plattsburgh High School Dec. 12 -- Stafford Middle School Dec. 13 -- Arthur P. Momot Elementary School (with Pat Fish) Dec. 14 -- Thomas E. Glasgow Elementary School Dec. 15 -- Oak Street Elementary Murphy and Yarosh were also in the Northern Adirondack Central School District on Friday, Dec. 1. The Foundation of Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) sponsored those events. The Foundation of CVPH sponsored several Sweethearts & Heroes events in the North Country during the 2022-2023 school year, including a summer 2023 training for educators at Champlain Valley Educational Services in Plattsburgh. "The Foundation of CVPH is proud to partner with Sweethearts & Heroes," said Kerry Haley, Associate Vice President of Philanthropy for The Foundation of CVPH. "The feedback we have heard from educators has been very positive. It's rewarding to know the impact that our supporters are having on children throughout our region." Murphy said, "We're heading to Plattsburgh for an entire week to cultivate compassion and empathy. We aim to stop students from making destructive decisions and help them treat each other with kindness. We also make our messages sustainable in schools, so that they have an eventual and sustainable effect on the local community. The spider web effect is powerful and incredible, and there is HOPE for everyone." To ensure this sustainability, Sweethearts & Heroes created The HOPE Classroom, a digital subscription service designed for various grade levels and different school sizes. This value-packed offering can allow Sweethearts & Heroes to be in every school in the U.S. For more information visit: https://thehopeclassroom.com/. For more than 16 years, Sweethearts & Heroes has presented what Murphy calls "'the 'stop, drop and roll' of bullying" to more than 2.5 million students in school districts from New England to Hawaii and north into Canada. Sweethearts & Heroes also tailors its presentations and workshops for businesses, non-profits and civic groups. Murphy said, "We go where we're needed. That's what heroes do." In 2021, Sweethearts & Heroes released 13 Pillows For Affective Teachers, a novel that covers the themes of HOPE, Empathy and Action in the Sweethearts & Heroes curriculum. 13 Pillows is based on real students and teachers that Sweethearts & Heroes has encountered. Murphy cowrote the book with Brian McKeon, of New York. 13 Pillows is available on Amazon. Digital or printed copies are available upon request. The audiobook is on Audible on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ 13Pillows. For more information on Sweethearts & Heroes, visit: sweetheartsandheroes.com. Or watch these short, impactful trailers: •https://youtube/SWY6Lr3LWaY •https://youtube/RnNW42RPhpQ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweetheartsandheroes/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UChmbRNNgpGWkMRIUxSS-bGg

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