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April 2013

Wear Blue to Work Day !!

 

 

On April 10th, all over the state of Ohio, various businesses, agencies and community organizations participated in Ohio's Wear Blue to Work Day. This event, held in the month of April, is part of a statewide campaign to bring attention to National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The goal of the event is to not only promote child abuse awareness but to also encourage communities to work together in child abuse prevention efforts.

 


 

 
April 2013
 

April is National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month

 

 

April is National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month and on April 9, 2013, Mahoning County Children Services in collaboration with the Child Advocacy Center will host its’ 8th annual Pinwheels for Prevention event.

Pinwheels for Prevention is a nationwide public awareness campaign created by Prevent Child Abuse America to encourage Americans to take action to prevent child abuse and neglect from ever occurring. The Pinwheel not only serves as a symbol of a happy childhood, but it also represents “change” due to its constant movement.  The pinwheel can be moved with little effort just as it takes a little effort to make a difference in a child’s life.   The prevention message has evolved or “changed” from being just an awareness message to one of providing solutions for effective prevention. The goal of the campaign is to stop child abuse before it ever occurs.

According to the 2011 National Child Abuse and Neglect Annual Child Maltreatment Report, there were approximately 676,569 victims of child abuse and neglect in the United States.

Last year, Mahoning County Children Services investigated 925 reports of child abuse or neglect.  These reports were provided by caring adults in our community who advocated for the safety of children and each of these advocacy calls will be represented and displayed throughout the month of April in the form of a pinwheel on the lawn of Akron Children’s Hospital in Boardman.

This year, our awareness event will be held at Mahoning County Children Services on April 9th at 12:00 Noon. The event will last approximately one hour and will be held in the agency conference rooms. Our event agenda will include remarks from Interim Director, David Arnold and our keynote speaker will be sexual abuse expert, Cynthia King.

For additional information or to RSVP, please contact Radhika Cruz at 330-941-8852. Thank you!

 

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