Children's Memorial Flag Day

Every year, on the last Friday of April, different communities around the country fly the CWLA Children's Memorial Flag to remember child abuse prevention month, and the work of communities to protect children from abuse. For the last several years, Wood County WV has had a ceremony down at the flag pole in the Government Square in Parkersburg to recognize some community members who have worked hard to protect children, and to tie in with the national flag events. The events have been going on since 1998 around the country, and within a few years, the flag was flown in every county in West Virginia. We have been having events since the early 2000's, including events on Quincy Hill Park, in front of PHS, and in our parking lot on St. Mary's Avenue. Our CHS-Parkersburg efforts during Child Abuse Prevention month have focused the past several years on the Making a Difference/ the Pinwheels for Prevention theme, of helping communities strengthen families and create protective factors around children and families, but we participate in these Flag events as a partner with the DHHR, law enforcement, government officials, the prosecutor's office to remember the partnerships necessary to take care of children.