Prevent Child Abuse America Planted More Than 1,000 Pinwheels at Washington Monument to Celebrate Great Childhoods!

Yesterday Prevent Child Abuse America and its Virginia and Maryland chapters celebrated the great childhoods that all children deserve with a "National Pinwheel Garden" by planting more than 1,000 pinwheels near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 

The public and members of event partners General Federation of Women's Clubs, Sigma Delta Tau, Kappa Delta and Chartwells K12 were invited to celebrate the people who helped them enjoy great childhoods by having pinwheels planted in their honor in the National Pinwheel Garden. 

"The pinwheel allows us to engage people in a new way," said Prevent Child Abuse America President & CEO James M. Hmurovich. "It provides us with an engaging device to move beyond merely making people aware of child abuse prevention, but motivating them to take action on its behalf. From acts big and small, from providing busy parents with a break to signing onto letters to Congress, each of us can, and must, play a role in ensuring great childhoods for our nation's children. This event in the nation's capital is one more way to convey that message to the country."

Individuals who also believe every child deserves a great childhood because our children are our future can make a gift today!

Child Abuse Prevention Month comes to a close.

As we end Child Abuse Prevention Month 2015, let's take a look back at the highlights made possible through the generous support of donors and partners just like you!

We kicked-off the month by unveiling our new logo featuring the pinwheel, demonstrating our commitment to this image that allows us to engage people in new ways. We are officially the "pinwheel people!" A Big Pinwheel Garden was held in Chicago between two elementary schools with hundreds of students, faculty and parents to further promote the pinwheel as the symbol for the great childhoods all children deserve. Headline speakers included Illinois First Lady Diana Rauner and Chicago Alderman Mary O'Connor.

Six days later in Times Square in New York, we staged another Big Pinwheel Garden. This one headlined by Ginger Zee of "Good Morning America," New York Knicks legend John Starks and Cristina Cuomo, MANHATTAN magazine Editor in Chief.  Our thanks to Kappa Delta, Sigma Delta Tau, Modern Luxury Publishing, Chartwells and the General Federation of Women's Clubs for their support.

And throughout April, Prevent Child Abuse America state chapters were active with pinwheels in a variety of ways, from pinwheels in front of the state capitol steps in Louisiana to a massive pinwheel garden at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Virginia to pinwheel cupcakes in Wyoming! This is but a small sampling of the incredible creativity with which our chapters implement Pinwheels for Prevention each year.

To learn more about what your state chapter did throughout April, find your state chapter on the map.

For more photos and videos of Child Abuse Prevention Month activities, check out our Facebook page and photo album!

Check it out - National Movement Weekly Update.

Photo courtesy of Prevent Child Abuse Virginia.

Below please find this week's edition of the National Movement Weekly Update. If you haven't signed-up for the National Movement for America's Children or signed the pledge, please do so here. If you have, thank you, and please consider asking your friends, family and colleagues to do so as well. Also, please consider re-posting this post to your blogs and Facebook page and Tweeting this link on Twitter. And finally, thank you for all you do.

Welcome 

Welcome to the National Movement for America’s Children weekly update where we reflect on Movement activities, including listening tour stops and local events, media coverage, ideas for crafting the National Strategy and roles you can play in furthering this effort. 

Listening Tour Stops 

Listening Tour stops involve representatives from National Movement’s founding members and community partners meeting with local citizens, including college students, grandparents; service organizations and policymakers to discuss the development of the National Strategy. 

Listening tour events this coming week are happening across the state of New Hampshire including: (1) November 1st - Common Man Inn and Salem High School; (2) November 2nd - Exeter Town Hall and UNH MUB; and (3) November 3rd - Common Man Restaurant and Dartmouth College. 

For more information please visit the NH Children’s Trust, Inc. here.

 

Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you would like to participate in any of the upcoming tour stops or discuss how you can participate in bringing a tour stop to your state or hometown. 

Media 

The National Movement continues to receive coverage in the media including a recent story in the Daily Sun which you can find here; and representatives of the Movement will be participating in several media opportunities while in New Hampshire including a live appearance on The Exchange show on New Hampshire Public Radio next Thursday, November 3rd at 9:00am EST. 

Please keep a look out for the broadcast dates and please let us know if you have any media outlets in your community that would be interested in talking to representatives of the Movement about our work so far and where we plan to go in the future. 

Survey 

We are interested in your thoughts on the National Movement for America’s Children website and we hope you will consider taking a survey about it. A link to the survey can be found at the bottom of the home page here. 

Your Role 

What you can do? You can encourage people to sign the pledge and answer “The Big Question.” You can participate in listening tour stops in your home state or play a role in bringing a tour stop or local organizing activities to your neighborhoods. You can also be a voice in your community for the Movement and for the healthy development of all children. And, you can volunteer at a community service agency, provide pro bono professional skills to not-for-profits that serve children and families, or you can spend quality time with your child. 

Disclaimer: The content in this Update does not necessarily represent the views of all of the National Movement's founding partners.