Every child deserves a happy, healthy and loving environment to grow up in. Together we can protect children from abuse and neglect and lead each child into a brighter future. Although April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, Positive Promotions believes it should be practiced throughout the year and that is why we offer educational and awareness products that set the tone for dialogues in your school and community all year round. Our tools explain what child abuse is, and how you can prevent child abuse and ultimately eliminate it.
We invite you to use the ideas in this guide we put together in combination with our material that is well-designed and inexpensive to raise awareness about child abuse, because protecting children is everyone’s responsibility.
• Bring attention to Child Abuse Prevention with shirts bearing an important message. See how many people in your school or organization you can get to wear these shirts and as an incentive ask local companies to get involved by extending discounts to those people wearing shirts.
• Include local houses of worship in your child abuse awareness efforts by setting up informative “Kids’ Corner” booths in their atriums and entryways. Display information for youngsters as well as parents to take with them. These might include “Good Touch Bad Touch” Activity Book and “Warning Signs of Child Abuse” Pocket Pals.
• Organize a fundraiser at your school to raise money for a local organization that is committed to the protection of children. Decorate with our Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Pack. Allow Employees who donate to the cause to wear jeans at work one day and give all those who make a donation above the minimum rate a “Blue Awareness Bracelet With Prevention Tip Card” this will help raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention and the money raised will make a real difference in the lives of children who need it most.
• Host an awareness event at your local library. Invite law enforcement agents to speak to students about recognizing, preventing, and reporting abuse. After youngsters have been told how to report abuse, have them act out skits where they must make the right decisions about what to do in a situation where abuse is occurring. Provide information for parents and kids to take home. They may include Glancers from our Smart Parenting Glancer Station and for youngsters our “It’s Ok To Tell!” Educational Activity Books.
Expand Your Reach
Call attention to child abuse prevention with clothing bearing an important message. Prior to April, find out who in your organization would like a “Protecting Children Is Everyone’s Job” T-Shirt, then place an order. As an incentive, ask businesses located near your facility to offer discounts, such as 20% off, to people wearing the shirts. On April 1st, distribute the special apparel and a list of participating businesses. Designate Fridays as the time to don the shirts. Use “Protecting Children Is Everyone’s Job” Metallic Comfort Grip Pens as a reward for all who remember every Friday in the month.
Get Religious Groups Involved
Include local houses of worship in your child abuse awareness events this month by setting up informative “Kids’ Corner” booths in their atriums or entryways. Display information for youngsters as well as parents to take with them. These might include “Good Touch, Bad Touch” Educational Activities Books and “My Safe Body” Workbooks for children, and “101 Ways To Praise Kids” Pocket Pals and “Warning Signs Of Child Abuse” Pocket Pals for adults. Ask for permission to say a few words at the end of religious services to alert the congregation about your booth and Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Raise Funds While Raising Awareness
Hold a fundraiser at your facility to raise money for a local child protection organization. Decorate with our Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Pack. For a minimum donation, let employees wear jeans to work and give them a “No Excuse For Abuse” Satin Self-Stick Ribbon to wear. For a larger donation, employees can wear jeans and receive a Plastic Blue Ribbon Lapel Pin. The ribbons and pins will help increase awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the money collected will make a real difference in the lives of children who need it most. Place donation jars where visitors to your facility can participate in the fundraising efforts.
Decorate The Community
Make the entire community aware of Child Abuse Prevention Month by trimming trees throughout your city or town with blue ribbons. Encourage local organizations and business groups to adorn their own offices with blue ribbons and ask those in high-profile buildings to consider turning their lights blue for one night during April. Inform the press about these events and have child abuse prevention literature from Positive Promotions available at every participating group’s facility. Also, provide each participant with “It Shouldn’t Hurt To Be A Child” Balloons to decorate their facility and “Protecting Children Is Everyone’s Job” Sparkle-Foil Pencils to give out to employees and visitors.
Learn Through Acting
Host an awareness event at your local library. Invite law enforcement agents to speak to students about recognizing, preventing, and reporting abuse. After youngsters have been told how to report abuse, have them act out skits where they must make the right decisions about what to do in a situation where abuse is occurring. Provide information for parents and kids to take home. Parents will appreciate Glancers from our Smart Parenting Glancer Station and youngsters will learn valuable lessons from “It’s OK To Tell!” Educational Activities Books.
Keep Teens Out Of Trouble
Today’s teens face a host of contemporary dangers and complications that parents may not fully understand. You can help by focusing a series of community seminars on how to parent teens. Cover topics such as cybersafety, bullying and cyberbullying, drug and alcohol abuse, conflicts at home, and cell phone use and “sexting.” Invite experts to speak about these subjects, advertise widely, and provide supporting materials at the seminars for parents to take home, including our “Cybersmart Parenting” Guide, and “Cell Phone Lingo” and “Warning Signs Of Teenage Problems” Slideguides.
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