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Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest
Stamford Boy's 'Bullying Button' Wins High Honors In National Contest STAMFORD, Conn. — A Stamford fifth-grader’s simply ingenious invention to combat bullying has transformed into a national prize for him and $5,000 for his school’s science programs. In fall 2017, Pfizer and Scholastic launched the If Kids Could Cure contest, asking children in grades K to 5 to dream up solutions to medical and societal problems and help make the world a better place. Brian Chen of Toquam Magnet Elementary School said he wanted to create a wearable “bullying button” that could alert others if a person is feeling bullied. His idea netted him runner-up honors in the national …

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