Reblogging from writechristophfischer. Let’s let everyone know that April is prevent child abuse month.
APRIL ISNATIONAL PREVENT CHILD ABUSE MONTH
“EVERY UNWANTED TOUCH IS LIKE A BRAND, AN OPEN WOUND, A SCAR ON MY SOUL THAT NEVER HEALS…”
Here is some information that I picked up from a Colorado news station
In 2013, there were 679,000 victims of child abuse and neglect throughout the United States; more than 10,000 were child victims from Colorado, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families. In 2014, the Kempe Children’s Center at Children’s Hospital treated 1,306 children for abuse, served 641 parents and caregivers and trained 9,605 child welfare professionals.
The Blue Ribbon Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse started as a Virginia grandmother’s tribute to her grandson who died as a result of abuse. She tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her car as…
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We’re getting the word out.
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I did a poem a day about child abuse in April 2012 … it was one of hardest things I have ever had to do!
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I can imagine. There is so much work to be done. You did a great thing to bring awareness.
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I do hope it helped even in the tiniest !
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❤️
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