Elementary students offer pep talks, uplifting messages on free hotline
A hotline of unscripted words of encouragement and giggles from elementary schoolers has gone viral.
“If you’re feeling up high and unbalanced, think of groundhogs.”
Students at West Side Elementary School in Healdsburg, California started a free telephone hotline, leaving uplifting and inspiring messages for callers from around the world, CBS News reported.
“Hi, welcome to Peptoc, a public art project by West Side school. If you’re feeling mad, frustrated or nervous, press 1,” the hotline’s opening message announces.
Callers can also choose to hear words of encouragement and life advice, a pep talk from kindergartners, kids laughing with delight or encouragement in Spanish, the instructions continue.
The young students leave unscripted positive messages on the hotline in hopes to cheer up those who call 707-873-7862 (707-8PEPTOC). The school recently added a second number, 707-998-8410, after the original crashed from being flooded with calls.
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