Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. At the Parkersburg site of Children's Home Society, we acknowledge this important month in many ways. One way, through our Partners in Prevention grants, is to join Prevent Child Abuse state chapters across the country in using the pinwheel symbol, to help remind people we can all make a difference in children's and families lives, by supporting them and strengthening families, in ways that reduce the risk of child abuse. This picture shows part of our local effort to display the pinwheels, to draw attention to our efforts. These pinwheels really blew hard in the wind, "planted" by two shelter residents and two staff. A larger effort was made at the child and family service office site, where many children from the after school program, some youth volunteers and agency staff, "planted" pinwheels in our fence, and displayed a banner about Child Abuse Prevention month, and its theme, contributed by local school students. More on this later!!!