September 1, 2025, NEW YORK, STOMP Out Bullying , the New York Jets and New York Jet player Solomon Thomas, Donated a Wellness Room to Orange High School in Orange, New Jersey.
The Wellness Room is the third of many more to be donated to schools 5th grades to 12th grades across the country. As proud advocates for mental health, self-care is of the utmost importance year-round. We all have our ways to help us stay grounded and present when times get challenging or stressful. Needing a safe space to decompress or regulate feelings and emotions, especially our youth is critically important.
Students may have other outlets to decompress outside of school or at home, but students need a place at school to do the same. Thus, we along with the New York Jets, established donating Wellness Rooms to schools.
Each wellness room is a location at a school to help promote a safe and semi-private space for relaxation, stress relief, emotional regulation, and tending to personal needs. It is best visualized as a lounge equipped with relaxing tools and furniture to help ground and ease the stressful day. It is for those students who are in distress due to bullying or experiencing mental health struggles.
Ross Ellis, founder and CEO of STOMP Out Bullying said, today’s students deal with so much, there is nothing more important for them to be stress-free at school.” Speaking to a student at Orange High School, Ellis was asked what the room was for. After explaining the room’s purpose to the student, the student replied that she could have used a room like that last year.
What is a Wellness Room?
A Wellness Room is a location at a school to help promote a safe and semi-private space for relaxation, stress relief, emotional regulation, and tending to personal needs. It is best visualized as a lounge equipped with relaxing sensory tools and furniture to help ground and ease the stressful day.
Stompoutbullying.org is the leading national nonprofit dedicated to changing the culture for all students. It works to reduce and prevent bullying, cyberbullying and other digital abuse, educates against homophobia, LGBTQ+ discrimination, racism and hatred, and deters violence in schools, online and in communities across the country. STOMP Out Bullying promotes civility, diversity, inclusion, equity and equality. It teaches effective solutions on how to respond to all forms of bullying, as well as educating kids and teens in school and online. It provides help for those in need and at risk of suicide, and raises awareness through peer mentoring programs in schools, public service announcements by noted celebrities, and social media campaigns.
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