April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

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April is Child Abuse
Prevention Month

We can protect children if we work together!

Wear a blue ribbon!

History

In the spring of 1989, Bonnie Finney, a Norfolk, VA grandmother took a stand against child abuse when she tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her van. It was a signal to her community of her personal commitment to involve everyone in the battle against child abuse. The blue ribbon was chosen because Bonnie Finney never intends to forget the battered bruised bodies of her grandchildren.

Events and Awareness

April 25, 2004, Blue Sunday (www.bluesunday.org) - Join churches across the nation as they take the time in their morning service to pray for the victims of child abuse and those that rescue them.