April is Child Abuse Awareness Month- Blue Pinwheel Ceremony

The blue pinwheel, representing innocence is a national symbol for child abuse prevention. Pinwheels reflect the bright future all children deserve. 

 

April was proclaimed the first national child abuse prevention month in the year 1983. 

 

In 1989, the Blue Ribbon Campaign to prevent child abuse had its early beginnings as a Virginia grandmother’s tribute to her grandson who died as a result of abuse. She tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her car as a way to remember him and to alert her community to the tragedy of child abuse. The grandmother chose the color blue because of the bruises on his body.

Our Partners

English:
Family Resource Center’s Parenting Program is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust is a dedicated
source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families
in Miami-Dade County.

Español:
El Parenting Program está financiado por The Children’s Trust. The Children’s Trust es una
fuente de financiación, creada por los votantes en referéndum para mejorar la vida de los niños
y las familias en Miami-Dade.

Kreyol:
Se Children’s Trust ki finanse Parenting Program. Children’s Trust se yon sous finansman elektè
Miyami-Dade te kreye nan yon referandòm. Finansman sa a dedye pou pwogram k’ap amelyore
lavi ti moun ak fanmi yo.

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