The No Cussing Club Says, "Ya Wanna Hang with Us? Don't Cuss!"
Fifteen-year-old McKay Hatch is the founder the No Cussing Club. Started when McKay was only 14, the membership of the No Cussing Club has grown rapidly to where it now has over 30,000 members.
Interviewed recently online, McKay says he started the club after some of his friends dropped him because he asked them not to cuss around him. Later, many of the very same friends returned to hang around him because he didn't cuss.
It wasn't always easy for him, McKay said during an interview on the Jay Leno Show and with Fox News reporters. Although he has received, in his words, "tons," of encouraging e-mail from people who applaud his efforts, he has also received more than 60,000 negative e-mails from those who accuse him of trying to curtail freedom of speech, and some who have even threatened to kill him or his family.
It's hard to believe that something as innocent sounding as a No Cussing Club could draw death threats, but, when contacted by McKay's parents, the FBI took them seriously and are looking into the harrassment resulting from the negative e-mail.
Another, not-so-nice, response to the popularity of his club was that more than $2,000 worth of pizza has been delivered to the Hatch home. According to McKay, his family likes pizza, but was not too keen on being expected to pay $2,000 for pizza they hadn't ordered.
One good thing about all the negative mail against his club, McKay says, is that it makes him more determined than ever to continue his work with his own local club and with getting the word out to other teens worldwide who what to start their own No Cussing Clubs. Bullies are not going to stop him, he says.
The No Cussing Club Website has a wealth of information. I can't say enough good things about it and highly recommend that parents take time to stop by and take a look for themselves. (See link below.)
Kids who visit the website can:
1. Sign up for free membership in the online No Cussing Club.
2. Read news stories about McKay's interviews with well-known TV and news media personalities concerning the club and about distinguished awards it has received.
3. Book a school assembly presentation.
4. Find out how to start a chapter of the No Cussing Club in their own schools and neighborhoods
5. Order No Cussing Club wristbands.
6. View the club's first video, Don't Cuss. (See last link below.)
7. View the club's latest video, Waves. (See last link below.)
8. Read about a book called The No Cussing Club that will be published in late January.
9. Check out the No Cussing Club e-Store where T-Shirts with the No Cussing logo can be obtained.
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Post a CommentI should check to see if there is a group like that in our town.
it takes guts for him to do this no cuss club thing
I agree..he deserves a medal. Thanks for an uplifting story here!