The Story of Sprigeo

2010 – Sprigeo is founded.

Sprigeo is based on the premise that people want to look out for each other. When our founder, Joe Bruzzese, heard that 160,000 kids were skipping school every day because they didn’t feel safe, he knew something had to change. 

Fast forward to today.

Sprigeo serves thousands of schools including statewide tip line services in Oregon, Idaho, Illinois, Montana and Ohio. Millions of students, parents and school personnel have a way to prevent violence in their schools by looking out for each other. The original reason for creating Sprigeo still remains true today. 

Kids should feel safe and when they don’t, Sprigeo provides an effective way to let people know who can help.

Sprigeo provides a key piece of a complete school safety solution. 

Sprigeo Looks Out for Students so that

Students can look out for each other. Since our start in 2010, Sprigeo has continued to look for ways to ensure that schools are safe places for kids and teens. After our initial launch of the bullying prevention tip line we realized a growing need to provide people with the ability to report any type of safety-related threat. Our platform continues to adapt to best serve the needs of students and the school administrators we support. 

With a continued eye on data, we noticed a trend that pointed toward an increased need to identify and address youth mental health and suicide prevention. Sprigeo now provides online, professional development training in mental health, suicide prevention and bullying prevention; as well as a youth mental health web site (YouOkay.org). Our tip line services now include a 24/7/365 call center that can monitor tips constantly and the recent addition of a Panic Button App that meets the criteria of Alyssa’s Law.