The Beginning
Lindsey Marie Bonistall was a 20-year-old sophomore journalism major at the University of Delaware. In the early hours of May 1, 2005, Lindsey was the victim of a violent crime in her off-campus apartment that took her life. To her family and friends, Lindsey was a living spirit who brought joy and laughter to the lives she touched and who strove to make a difference in her world.
PEACE OUTside Campus is both a celebration of Lindsey’s life and a continuation of her legacy as it aims to make a difference on her behalf. The foundation was aptly named because her family wanted to connect the support of peaceful and safe communities outside campus to Lindsey’s favorite sign off, Peace Out.
Lindsey Marie Bonistall was a 20-year-old sophomore journalism major at the University of Delaware. In the early hours of May 1, 2005, Lindsey was the victim of a violent crime in her off-campus apartment that took her life. To her family and friends, Lindsey was a living spirit who brought joy and laughter to the lives she touched and who strove to make a difference in her world.
PEACE OUTside Campus is both a celebration of Lindsey’s life and a continuation of her legacy as it aims to make a difference on her behalf. The foundation was aptly named because her family wanted to connect the support of peaceful and safe communities outside campus to Lindsey’s favorite sign off, Peace Out.
Our Goals
PEACE OUTside Campus became an official foundation in July of 2005 and received 501(c)(3) status in July of 2006. In addition to hosting events designed to raise both awareness and funds, it has developed a program to advocate for the protection of students by providing information about rental rights and working with landlords and local college communities to develop and maintain improved safety measures in off-campus apartments.
The PEACE OUTside Campus website was designed to provide students and their parents with information about programs and an ‘Off-Campus Living 101’ section that includes crime prevention and personal safety tips and other comprehensive resources for living off-campus.
PEACE OUTside Campus empowers high school students preparing to enter college to be more proactive in safeguarding themselves through our Teens 'N Transition Program (TNT). TNT is a peer led presentation that includes sharing personal experiences and risk-reducing tactics to promote safety. Another program, Identify the Risk (ITR), shares this same information with college and parent groups.
By instituting these measures, PEACE OUTside Campus allows students to feel safer on their college campuses, but especially in the cities and towns that surround them. Lindsey did not live in fear and we believe this should be a basic right of all college students and their families.
PEACE OUTside Campus became an official foundation in July of 2005 and received 501(c)(3) status in July of 2006. In addition to hosting events designed to raise both awareness and funds, it has developed a program to advocate for the protection of students by providing information about rental rights and working with landlords and local college communities to develop and maintain improved safety measures in off-campus apartments.
The PEACE OUTside Campus website was designed to provide students and their parents with information about programs and an ‘Off-Campus Living 101’ section that includes crime prevention and personal safety tips and other comprehensive resources for living off-campus.
PEACE OUTside Campus empowers high school students preparing to enter college to be more proactive in safeguarding themselves through our Teens 'N Transition Program (TNT). TNT is a peer led presentation that includes sharing personal experiences and risk-reducing tactics to promote safety. Another program, Identify the Risk (ITR), shares this same information with college and parent groups.
By instituting these measures, PEACE OUTside Campus allows students to feel safer on their college campuses, but especially in the cities and towns that surround them. Lindsey did not live in fear and we believe this should be a basic right of all college students and their families.
