Texarkana Independent School District Teddy Bear Blanket Drive
The Texarkana Independent School District will have a teddy bear and kids blanket drive this month.
To bring awareness to April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month, all Texarkana Independent School District Elementary School campuses will be accepting donations of Teddy Bears and Small Children’s Blankets from April 5 – 30.
The items that are collected will be donated to area Child Protective Services and Police Departments.
As part of our efforts, Allie Graves, Miss Texas Outstanding Teen and 2020 Graduate of Texas High School recorded a special message that was played out to elementary classrooms this morning.
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Pinwheels Mark Child Abuse and Neglect Month in Appleton By Rob Sussman
Apr 1, 2021 4:56 PM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) â If you drive by Harbor House on West Fifth Street in Appleton itâll be hard to miss the over 800 pinwheels set up right outside.
Itâs all to raise awareness for Child Abuse and Neglect Month. Jennifer Sailer is with Outagamie County Children, Youth, an Families and says each of the pinwheels represents a family theyâve helped in 2020.
âWe had 803 families that we served last year,â Sailer told WTAQ. âThatâs the number weâre highlighting.â
Itâs a number thatâs troubling for the organization, too. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of child abuse dropped significantly, but Sailer says thatâs because the number one mandatory reporting group, school teachers, no longer had access to students.
Recognizing efforts to protect children
By Staff Reports - info@limanews.com
Deputy Damian Tibbs says a prayer during Thursday’s flag-raising at Allen County Children Services to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month.
LIMA Allen County’s commissioners took a moment morning to thank the people who work with children who’ve been abused.
The commissioners offered a proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse and Prevention Month, recognizing the public and private organizations that help protect children.
“I applaud the efforts you put in daily, with the social work you do that sometimes goes very unnoticed and unthanked,” Commissioner Brian Winegardner said.