Prevent Child Abuse America Unveils Inaugural Tel-e-thon for America’s Children.

National child abuse prevention organization to offer twist on traditional telethon by conducting 30-hour event via Causes application on Facebook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHICAGO (April 18, 2011) – Prevent Child Abuse America, one of the nation’s leading child abuse prevention organizations, will unveil a new twist on a traditional telethons when it conducts the Tel-e-thon for America’s Children via the Causes application on Facebook. The event will take place from 12:00pm CDT on Tuesday, April 26, to 6:00pm CDT on Wednesday, April 27, in recognition of April’s designation as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Research shows that 90% of Americans are aware that child abuse is a serious issue. Therefore, the Tel-e-thon is designed to engage the public in a dialogue about child abuse prevention, highlight the many ways everyone can play a role – from getting educated on the issue to advocating for policy change to volunteering for charities that support children and families – and provide individuals with the opportunity to make one-time or recurring gifts to Prevent Child Abuse America. To achieve this, each hour (with the exception of 12:00 to 6:00am on April 27) will feature an interview with a special guest or a discussion topic for live chat on the Causes site on Facebook.

To participate in the Tel-e-thon, individuals should log into the Society Against Child Abuse page on the Causes application on Facebook, join if not a member and follow the conversation in the Bulletin section.

Among the special guests scheduled to participate are:

· Major motion picture director, James Gray (“Two Lovers,” “We Own the Night”)

· Co-author of the ground-breaking Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, Dr. Robert Anda

· Documentarian and child abuse survivor, Alexandra Dickson Gray

· Founder of the Promised Land Society and AwfulGrace.org, Bryan Specht

· Prevent Child Abuse America President and CEO James M. Hmurovich

· Prevent Child Abuse America Board Chair Christopher Greeley M.D., FAAP

· Prevent Child Abuse Florida Executive Director Christie Ferris

· Prevent Child Abuse Idaho Executive Director Roger Sherman

· Causes’ Director of Nonprofit Services Susan Gordon

· Christa Laukevicz and Evan Kalish, founders of the Society Against Child Abuse on Causes

· Recipients and providers of Healthy Families America direct program service

“For nearly 40 years Prevent Child Abuse America has been dedicated to healthy child development and child abuse prevention,“ said Hmurovich. “As we look to awaken the nation to the fact that we all have a role to play in preventing child abuse and neglect, we look forward to unveiling this new model and utilizing new technologies to continue engaging and activating people to take action on behalf of our nation’s children.”

Final chance to answer the call!

There are only three days left in the 2010 Verizon Giving Challenge. Have you answered the call yet? Nearly $3,000 has been raised so far. Verizon invites you to join it in its commitment to preventing the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children before the campaign ends on Sunday, October 24. Share this with your friends, let’s end the campaign strong! Thank you very much for your support.

Did you answer the call yet?

Join Verizon in its commitment to healthy child development and child abuse prevention by participating in the 2010 Verizon Giving Challenge. Your gift of as little as $10 will make a difference in the lives of children and families nationwide. Thank you for your support!

Answer the call… join the Verizon Giving Challenge!

In an effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation’s children, Verizon has awarded a $25,000 grant to Prevent Child Abuse America. As part of the 2010 Verizon Giving Challenge, can you help match at least $5,000 of Verizon's grant by making donations of $10 or more to the cause? Doing so will help support healthy child development and child abuse prevention efforts nationwide. Verizon has answered the call. Now it’s your turn! Thank you very much for your support.

Going out of Business Sale!

As you may have seen, as of the end of July, Facebook will be discontinuing its gift store. This will include all charitable gifts, including the pinwheel offered by Prevent Child Abuse America. To beat the clock, and help us raise more awareness of and funding for child abuse prevention and healthy child development, we invite everyone to buy and send these special gifts… before they disappear forever. Visit here to make your purchase and be sure to share this with others. Thank you very much for your support.

We have a new Facebook Charity Gift.

Prevent Child Abuse America is proud to unveil its new Facebook Charity Gift. When you give our Pinwheel Facebook Gift to a friend or family member, you will be funding our new national campaign, Pinwheels for Prevention, which is prioritizing prevention right from the start to make sure that child abuse and neglect never occur in the first place. It's the gift that gives twice! Need a reason to give a friend a gift? Here are some ideas:

Send this gift on your friends’ birthdays.

Send this gift because you want to help raise awareness of and funding for this important cause.

Send this gift as an affirmation of your belief that all children deserve to be raised in healthy communities, free from abuse and neglect.

Help us spread the word and be sure to give the gift that gives twice by sending a pinwheel to your friends!

Thank you very much for your support!

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cause. Prevent Child Abuse America guest blogs on the Causes blog.

Prevent Child Abuse America recently had the chance to guest blog on the Causes blog and talk about how we came to utilize this application and what we've learned. We want to thank Susan Gordon for this opportunity and we hope you will take a look.

Check it out - Prevent Child Abuse America talks technology and social media with Teaming 4 Technology.

Prevent Child Abuse America recently had the opportunity to talk technology and social media with Teaming for Technology and we thought you might want to take a look. We also want to thank Teaming 4 Technology for their time and interest and remind you that if you want to follow/join us in our various efforts to embrace social media you can learn more about how to do so here.

Join us on Facebook Causes.

As you know Prevent Child Abuse America has created a Facebook page where if you have a Facebook page of your own you can become a fan and be privy to all the new exciting Prevent Child Abuse America news, listen to the new podcasts, watch our new YouTube videos, get invitations to new events and discover new ways to get involved and support the work of PCA America. Today we wanted to let you know that we have now added a Facebook Causes page as well and we are hoping you will take a look at this too. Causes is an application that allows us to raise money for our work through Facebook, and while we would be thrilled if you want to make a donation, the main reason we are bringing this to your attention is because we hope you will (1) join us as supporters of our cause and (2) recruit your friends and your network to do so as well. So, please take a look and please consider joining us and spreading the word. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give us a shout at pcaa@preventchildabuse.org.