By Michaele Duke Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault was joined by agencies, Guardian ad Litem, law enforcement, County Government, and local citizens to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Source: The...
By Anna Sharpe A local child advocacy center assisted roughly 1,000 children experiencing physical and sexual abuse in Berkeley and Charleston counties in 2022. Ten percent of those children were from Mount Pleasant, according to Dee Norton Child...
By Tonya Brown FLORENCE S.C. (WPDE) — CARE House of the Pee Dee is recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in a special way by placing pinwheels outside their facility on Second Loop Road in Florence. The organization has 751 pinwheels symbolizing the...
By Nikolette Miller (WSPA) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with state legislators and advocates will observe Children’s Advocacy Center Day at a press conference Tuesday. Children’s Advocacy Center Day is sponsored by the South Carolina Network...
Kappa Delta sorority members continued their advocacy for the prevention of child abuse and neglect with an awareness event April 26. Children’s Trust is home to the South Carolina affiliate of Prevent Child Abuse America, the national philanthropy for Kappa Delta...
Child Abuse Prevention Month began April 1, and 116 prevention partners in South Carolina, including 10 women's clubs, are working with Children's Trust to raise awareness through events and activities like the planting of pinwheel gardens. WEST COLUMBIA – When...
COLUMBIA -- April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. During these stressful times of a public health crisis for families, Children's Trust of South Carolina is emphasizing key protective factors on how to help children stay safe. "These are uneasy times for...