Get Involved!

Here at Prevent Child Abuse America, we work to ensure the healthy development of children nationwide because we recognize that child development is a building block for community development and economic development. We need your help to do our work well, and there are many ways to get involved:

Volunteer at a local state chapter here.

Make an online, one-time donation here to help us provide information, education, and services to families and children and educate policymakers on the importance of preventing child abuse and neglect from ever occurring in the first place.

Become informed on the importance of home visitation services like our signature prevention program, Healthy Families America here.

Host a house party here to raise awareness for child abuse prevention (and have some fun at the same time!)

Learn more on our website here, blog here, or Facebook page here and share with friends

We’re so excited you’re here – thank you for joining us in our efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect before it ever occurs.

It's not over yet. Only 712 to go!

Only 712 to go to achieve our full $5,000 goal! To help us get there, simply click "Like" on the Atlanta Bread fan page and Atlanta Bread will donate $1.00 to Prevent Child Abuse America, up to $5,000. It’s that easy and there’s no cost to you. Please take a minute to “click for kids” and pass this on!

Support Families with Just a Click!

Atlanta Bread, a fast-casual restaurant serving fresh baked goods, sandwiches, salads and soups in more than 80 locations in 20 states, and Prevent Child Abuse America are proud to launch a new campaign to help support the development of healthy communities nationwide! Starting today and through May 22, Atlanta Bread will donate $1.00 to Prevent Child Abuse America for every person who joins the Atlanta Bread Facebook fan page, up to $5,000. Participation is easy, and there’s no cost to you!

Simply:

(1) Click this link to the Atlanta Bread Facebook fan page.
(2) Click the “Like” button.
(3) And that’s it!

Pass this along to friends and help raise funds for Prevent Child Abuse America! Thank you very much.

Educate. Donate. Advocate. Activate. Thank you.

We want to thank you, because the ongoing response to not only the Facebook cartoon character meme to raise awareness, but our commentary on its potential to change the dialogue around how we as a country invest in child development, community and the economy; expand the reach of innovative prevention programming and build a movement to prevent child abuse and neglect has been tremendous. There has been increased traffic to our blog, Facebook page and website; endless chatter across the internet and the growing sense that something different may be possible when it comes to creating equal opportunities for children's growth and development. So, we want to thank you for being part of this conversation and we want to encourage you to continue educating yourself about this issue and what you can do to prevent child abuse and neglect in your neighborhoods, communities and states. We also hope you will consider making a donation to Prevent Child Abuse America if you haven't already done so, so that we can continue making an impact on children's lives across the country. And we want to remind you that we are all advocates for this cause and we can all take steps to activate ourselves, our family, friends and neighbors around this issue, here, now, going forward and together.

Some thoughts on Facebook profiles, cartoon characters, social movements and healthy child development.

What does changing your Facebook profile have to do with healthy child development, recognizing that when all children don't an have equal opportunity for growth and development we put our future as a society at risk or preventing child abuse and neglect before it ever occurs? Because you may have heard that there is an effort, some are calling it a movement, encouraging people to change their Facebook profiles to cartoon characters to raise awareness about abuse. What might this accomplish though, maybe nothing, and yet when an effort like this becomes part of the national chatter, is highlighted at Mashable, encourages individuals and businesses like First Day Entertainment to use this effort to raise funds on Facebook themselves, or even leads to the resulting, inevitable, rumors that something more malicious must be at play, we need to take a moment and recognize that this an opportunity for dialogue, and this is an opportunity to raise awareness, and not just Prevent Child Abuse America, though we did not start this campaign, but all of us, because we can all learn more, we all can be messengers for this cause and ultimately we can all take action. We at Prevent Child Abuse America know that focusing on innovative programming that lays the foundation for children's later growth and development reduces the possibility of more serious problems from occurring later on. We also know that there is all kinds of innovative programming happening in communities like yours right now, activities focused on home visiting, sexual abuse and Shaken Baby Syndrome, and so imagine what we could accomplish if we took this programming to scale? We can, but it starts with learning more, and continues by ensuring that these programs exist everywhere, and for everyone. We can all play a role in ensuring this happens, just as we can support new parents, our neighbors and the communities we live in. So, please visit our website to learn more about this issue and ways you can take action, as well as, those of our signature program Healthy Families America and our chapters across the country. Also, please remember that movements happen just like this, something small gets sparked, it makes us want to be part of something larger than ourselves, and it leads us to learn more and take action. Maybe this effort can be the start of a movement too, it's possible isn't it, it is, and that would be something, wouldn't it? Yes it would.

One click from you = $1 to Prevent Child Abuse America!

From November 1 to 21, R.W. Knudsen Family® (brand of more than 125 natural and organic beverages) will donate $1.00 to Prevent Child Abuse America for every person who “likes” the R.W. Knudsen Family fan page, up to $10,000. No purchase necessary. R.W. Knudsen Family is also donating one Sensible Sippers™ organic juice box (a healthful choice that contains less sugar and 40% less calories than traditional juice boxes) to Prevent Child Abuse America and/or its state chapters for every person who “likes” its Facebook page to help with fundraising events.

Participation is easy:

Go to the R.W. Knudsen Family fan page.

Click the “Like” button

And that’s it… $1.00 will go to Prevent Child Abuse America!

Well, that and be sure to let your friends know as well.

Thanks.

House Party Weekend. And Facebook.

We invite you to join us in taking part in a campaign that is fresh, fun, stylish and productive in raising both awareness and funds to support our mission. From September through the end of the year, supporters across the nation will be hosting parties of all sorts to have fun with friends and family, introduce people to Prevent Child Abuse America and raise funds for the organization. From backyard BBQs to birthday parties to ...community concerts, you may be planning a party for this time frame as well. So this is our invitation to join the movement by simply converting your party into a House Party for Prevent Child Abuse America. Or plan a party from scratch! To learn more on how you can join the movement and host a House Party for Prevent Child Abuse America, please visit our House Party Weekend website and the event section on our House Party Weekend Facebook Fan page as well so you can let us know what you're planning and how we can be of help.