Crown Princess Mary and The Mary Foundation (Launched September 11, 2007)

[Roskilde]

A nice and important tv-broadcast. And a dedicated interview with Mary and Mikkel.

We have a Crown Princess whose work reaches out to the ordinary Danes and homes in the Danish living rooms.

TV2 have, after the TV-program has ended, now posted more clips from the interview online. They can be seen here:

(It's all in Danish, however )
Kronprinsessen og EM-stjernen i fælles kamp: 10 råd mod mobning - TV 2

[Roskilde]

The Mary Foundation is on Facebook and has now over 7,000 followers

"We would give you 7000 'high fives' if it was possible. What you are doing is so important. When you verbalize and informs or express an opinion about loneliness, bullying or domestic violence, you break the taboos. Thank you!
A big thank you because you follow the Mary Foundation on Facebook. Every time you likes, shares or comments it's a voice in the fight against social isolation."

https://www.facebook.com/maryfonden/?fref=ts

[polyesco]

"Mary Foundation supports young advocates participating at the conference Women Deliver, with 250,000 kr.
With Mary Foundation special donation has made it possible for 13 young women and men from different parts of the world to attend the Women Delivers Global Conference on girls and women's health, rights and well-being, to be held in Copenhagen in May 2016th"

Mary Fonden støtter unge kvinderettighedsfortalere | Kongehuset - Forside

[carlota]

do we know where the funding for the mary foundation comes from to support the foundation and this kind of initiatives? is it through donations of companies that mary has relationship with?

[Roskilde]

Thank Polyesco

Mary is the host and patron of the upcoming women conference in Copenhagen to May this year. It's the world's largest women conference and names like Angela Merkel will participate.

[Duke of Marmalade]

Originally Posted by polyesco

Great work by Mary
another pic from the video
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZB84r8WwAAthCJ.jpg

This guy is unbelievable!! Great player & role model. Germany are doing their best against the Danes right now, too bad nobody from the DRF is around.

[Roskilde]

Too bad for us Danes tonight, but Germany simply were better tonight. Congratulations.

I'm sure we will see Frederik and Mary if Denmark reach the final. Just as they always do :)

[Duke of Marmalade]

Yes, the Germans are on a roll, we'll see how far they get. Good luck for Denmark!

[Roskilde]

Crown Princess wishes all at the Mary Foundation's Facebook a good weekend with her definition of friendship. What is friendship for you?

Mary writes on her card:

"Friendship is to be something for someone and that someone is something for you."

https://www.facebook.com/maryfonden/...943532/?type=3


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We see Mary and the Mary Foundation use their Facebook page more and more personally - a natural progression as we will see more and more as Frederik and Mary takes more and more over.

[Muhler]

I stumbled across this article from a local paper: To skæring-klasser vinder ’Fri fra mobberi’-pris - Lokalavisen Aarhus

It indirectly involves Mary.

As you know the Free From Bullying concept is promoted and supported by the Mary Foundation and the concept has been implemented in more than half the schools in DK and a third of the kindergartens.

Also at Skæring School in Eastern Jutland. Where two classes of 2nd gaders have won a Free From Bullying award.
They have used and implemented tools and inspiration from an anti-bullying suitcase donated by the Mary Foundation. This suitcase is full of ideas to deal with bullying.
In this particular case the classes worked with five dilemmas in order to better visualize and make it more understandable for the children.
That was followed by three weeks where each of the pupils at random drew the name of a classmate they were to secretly support, help and look after the following week.
At the end of the week they talked about what had been done and whether it had been noticed and made a difference.

Normally the concept urges the children to help, support and be friendly to each other, but here the concept was expanded with a kind of secret buddy-system and for what that the two classes have been awarded.

[polyesco]

great concept and work.
Glad Mary and the Mary Foundation has had positive influence

[Muhler]

Have you ever wondered what Mary's handwriting looks like?
Look no further.

Se, hvad venskab er for kronprinsesse Mary | BILLED-BLADET

Mary has written a postcard for Free From Bullying.

The text reads, loosely translated: Friendship is being there for someone and that someone is there for you.

[Roskilde]

As you know Mary's 'Free For Bullying' programme is very successful (We also have it in mine children's kindergarten) And now the anti-bullying program is also launched in Iceland.

So now 'Free For Bullying' is integrated in over 50% of all Danish kindergartens and after-school centers, in all Greenland kindergartens, on the Faroe Islands, in Estonia and now also in Iceland.

The Mary Foundation's Facebook page has posted the post and pictures from the launch in Iceland yesterday:

https://www.facebook.com/maryfonden/...77969688917620

[iceflower]

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Crown Princess Mary along with the Mary Foundation visited a project for mothers at the Odense shelter today, March 15.

The purpose of the visit was to check up on the progress of the project Advice for Life, which is supported by the Mary Foundation and aims to help women who are faced with domestic violence.


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[dazzling]

A video of Mary's arrival
https://www.facebook.com/tv2fyn/vide...5963050081446/

[Muhler]

Thanks, Dazzling & Iceflower.

Seems like they were drinking coffee outside...
And Mary seemed a bit confused when there were no one to receive her.

[MidwestMom]

Like Frederik, she carries on calmly - with her hand in her pocket! They've been married long enough by now that they probably finish each other's sentences, too.

[Hannelore]

She looked uncomfortable at arrival: the hands in the pockets. Beautifully styled, even for this semi private visit.

What did Mary say when she arrived?

[Nordic]

Originally Posted by Hannelore

Beautifully styled, even for this semi private visit.

A semi private visit? Both visits are on the official calendar.

[Hannelore]

Excuse my clumsy wording. I mean this is a visit where some photos are taken, but a lot of it happens behind closed doors. It is after all a shelter and deals with the delicate subject of domestic violence.