Sandy Austin
B.I.O.N.I.C. Alumni Tell of B.I.O.N.I.C.’s Impact on Them in School and Years Later
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think a video is worth at least 10,000. In the 14 years that I led B.I.O.N.I.C. Teams at Green Mountain High School (10 years) and then Pomona High School (4 years), over 1,200 B.I.O.N.I.C. Team members reached out to over 140,000 peers, families, school […]
Continue readingProud of Youth
<li “=”” style=”” tve-u-177ad25f289″=””>Staring at the laptop screen. Feeling like the math problem is a foreign language. <li “=”” style=”” tve-u-177ad25f28b”=””>Knowing your Mom said to not close the program until you are finished. <li “=”” style=”” tve-u-177ad25f28c”=””>Trying for the 5th time to figure it out. <li “=”” style=”” tve-u-177ad25f28e”=””>Feeling like a failure since you see […]
Continue readingB.I.O.N.I.C. Students & Alumni Bring Hope to the World!
Video of B.I.O.N.I.C. Alum – Gage Crispe In this environment of unrest and turmoil in the United States, B.I.O.N.I.C. Team current students and alumni know the answer and have learned the skills to make a difference during these stressful times. Through the B.I.O.N.I.C. Team outreaches in the schools to students who are new, sick, hospitalized, […]
Continue readingB.I.O.N.I.C. Teams – 2020 in Review
2020 – what a year – one that we were so happy to turn the calendar on to 2021! After outreaches over the last 16 years worldwide though, B.I.O.N.I.C. Teams (Believe It Or Not I Care) still have their thumbs on the pulse of what is happening in society with the courage to press on […]
Continue readingThe Difference You Can Make This Fall!
If you are an educator, a parent/grandparent, or a concerned citizen, how do you prepare for probably the most stressful 30-days in the history of school-age children which will impact every area of society? And YOU are one who is supposed to be strong for those in your realm of influence and have all the […]
Continue reading#viralcaring – We Really Do Need Each Other
Students, are you going crazy being stuck at home? Parents what can you keep your kids busy due to school closures? Teachers, how do you navigate the online responsibilities of educating your students? Adults, do you face the new stresses mounting each day with the COVID-19 pandemic? We can all make a positive impact in […]
Continue readingReality of What’s Happening in the Schools
This fall staff and students from 51 schools across Colorado attended eight B.I.O.N.I.C. Team Conferences exploring what B.I.O.N.I.C. could look like in their schools to empower students to reach out to their peers facing tough times. At the conferences we started off with each in attendance listing two things they are seeing in their schools […]
Continue readingHelp B.I.O.N.I.C. Saves Lives through Colorado Gives Day!
The Suicide Crisis! The rate of teen suicide in Colorado increased by 58% in 3 years. We see similar trends across the U.S. Research shows that compassion has a great influence on giving the lonely, discouraged, isolated, depressed, and those at-risk for suicide the hope to carry on. We believed this for the last 15 […]
Continue readingB.I.O.N.I.C. Team Conferences are Coming!
It’s a new school year! The students walking through your halls, are they new? Do they feel welcomed? When a student is sick, how do they get help in making up work? If they are bullied, who will help? If they lose a loved one, will they get support? These are some of the toughest […]
Continue readingB.I.O.N.I.C. 9-Second Videos for “9/9 – I Care Day”
On September 9th, B.I.O.N.I.C. is challenging everyone to make a difference in 9 people’s lives – 1 person each hour for 9 hours! Just imagine what the world could look like on that day! If everyone in a school of 1,000 reaches out every hour, then 1,000 positive things will happen every hour! A business […]
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