CAROLE TATE/Special to Alachua County Today
High Springs New Century Woman's Club members and High Springs city officials, City Manager Ed Booth and Vice-Mayor Sue Weller, joined forces to raise awareness of child abuse and nationwide efforts to prefvent it.
HIGH SPRINGS – The bright blue and silver pinwheel garden planted just outside of High Springs New Century Woman's Club, 40 N.W. 1st Ave., is part of a national campaign designed to focus local awareness on the issue of child abuse in America.
General Federation of Woman's Clubs (GFWC) New Century Woman’s Club members and High Springs city officials, City Manager Ed Booth and Vice-Mayor Sue Weller, joined forces on Thursday, April 3, to plant the garden as a symbol of child abuse and neglect. The number of pinwheels planted represent only a fraction of the number of children identified as abused in the United States.
Partnership for Strong Families is a community based care agency that provides child welfare services to abused and neglected children. Proceeds from a chance drawing that was held at the April 3 meeting of the GFWC New Century Woman’s Club were donated to the organization.
As April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, the GFWC and Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) Pinwheels for Prevention teamed up to conduct a campaign to focus on activities locally to bring awareness to community and to help keep children safe.
Pinwheels for Prevention began as a grassroots campaign in Georgia, Florida and Ohio, according to information on the website www.pinwheelsforprevention.org. The first National Abuse Prevention month was proclaimed in April 1983.
Pinwheel distribution began in 1998 with 400,000 pinwheels to help create a national symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention. Since that time more than 3.5 million pinwheels have been distributed by the group for display in all 50 states.
This year’s awareness focus is on bullying and cyber bullying. Recent deaths resulting from both have escalated. Additional information is available at www.preventchildabuse.org or contact Anita Odom, Executive Director, Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida at aodom@ounce.org or visit the website at www.ounce.org.
Shining in the sun, the 250 blue and silver pinwheels are reflective of the bright future all children deserve as well as representing commitment to provide a happy, healthy and safe childhood for all children.
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Email cwalker@
alachuatoday.com
CAROLE TATE/Special to Alachua County Today
High Springs New Century Woman's Club members and High Springs city officials, City Manager Ed Booth and Vice-Mayor Sue Weller, joined forces to raise awareness of child abuse and nationwide efforts to prefvent it.
HIGH SPRINGS – The bright blue and silver pinwheel garden planted just outside of High Springs New Century Woman's Club, 40 N.W. 1st Ave., is part of a national campaign designed to focus local awareness on the issue of child abuse in America.
General Federation of Woman's Clubs (GFWC) New Century Woman’s Club members and High Springs city officials, City Manager Ed Booth and Vice-Mayor Sue Weller, joined forces on Thursday, April 3, to plant the garden as a symbol of child abuse and neglect. The number of pinwheels planted represent only a fraction of the number of children identified as abused in the United States.
Partnership for Strong Families is a community based care agency that provides child welfare services to abused and neglected children. Proceeds from a chance drawing that was held at the April 3 meeting of the GFWC New Century Woman’s Club were donated to the organization.
As April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, the GFWC and Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) Pinwheels for Prevention teamed up to conduct a campaign to focus on activities locally to bring awareness to community and to help keep children safe.
Pinwheels for Prevention began as a grassroots campaign in Georgia, Florida and Ohio, according to information on the website www.pinwheelsforprevention.org. The first National Abuse Prevention month was proclaimed in April 1983.
Pinwheel distribution began in 1998 with 400,000 pinwheels to help create a national symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention. Since that time more than 3.5 million pinwheels have been distributed by the group for display in all 50 states.
This year’s awareness focus is on bullying and cyber bullying. Recent deaths resulting from both have escalated. Additional information is available at www.preventchildabuse.org or contact Anita Odom, Executive Director, Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website at www.ounce.org.
Shining in the sun, the 250 blue and silver pinwheels are reflective of the bright future all children deserve as well as representing commitment to provide a happy, healthy and safe childhood for all children.
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Email cwalker@
alachuatoday.com