April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (though it should be every month!)
This was posted by The Society Against Child Abuse:
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
This Thursday, April 1, marks the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month when organizations and communities across the country will promote the importance of healthy child development and child abuse prevention. As one of the more than 3.5 million people who have chosen to support this mission and our organization, Prevent Child Abuse America and our flagship program, Healthy Families America, we offer our most sincere thanks for your commitment; we could not do our work without you. With April around the corner, we would like to share the following preview of messages to come over the next six weeks, highlighting the various ways you can get involved.
- Tomorrow (April 1) – Launch of an exciting new month-long fundraising challenge to help make an impact on families and children in communities nationwide.
- Week of April 5 – Next fundraising challenge message.
- Week of April 12 – Next installment of the fundraising campaign as well as re-introduction of the pinwheel-themed Facebook gift benefiting Prevent Child Abuse America, born from our national campaign, Pinwheels for Prevention®. These are great to give as virtual birthday gifts or gifts at any time of year!
- Week of April 19 – Introduction of a new signature line of handcrafted pinwheel-themed sterling silver jewelry as well as the next installment of the national fundraising challenge.
- Week of April 26 – Final fundraising challenge message to make sure we end the campaign strong!
- Week of May 3 – Recap of all the great achievements you made possible in April!
- Week of May 10 – Launch of a new groundbreaking survey polling why members chose to join the Society Against Child Abuse, ways you may have supported our mission and your thoughts on how social media can positively impact real world social causes.
