More On What You Can Do to Raise Awareness and Protect the Children

If you would like to help further prevent child abuse, you can do a few things to raise awareness and money. One of these could be to start up a 5k run, such as the one who's logo is up above. If you would like more information on this particular run, you can visit http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.familynurture.org/sites/default/files/Blue%2520Ribbon%25205K%2520Race%2520logo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.familynurture.org/content/child-abuse-prevention-month-awareness-actitivites&usg=__efDjPfN6lbisKpLTdhQxlL2awk8=&h=1200&w=1023&sz=126&hl=en&start=18&sig2=VqLuV2b4A4b2LxRzmzMGhw&zoom=1&tbnid=f3iDoPeQprus8M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=128&ei=3YvxUKXMCseoqgH-yYDwCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dchild%2Babuse%2Bprevention%2Bwalk%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1. This run is in Kentucky; however, it gives a clear idea on what a run would look like if you decided to do one no matter where you go. 

This article gives a few details on a walk, which may be a little less difficult than a 5k. You can visit their website at  http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/mobile/article/red-lake-hosts-child-abuse-prevention-walk-32239

Getting Involved

     The community holds many opportunities for you to get involved. This includes going to the local school and informing the public on awareness, prevention, and solutions via workshops, parent meetings, or even staff meetings. You can also hold weekly or monthly meetings with anyone who would like to come from the community and inform them on child abuse. Writing your legislature  describing what you would like to do about the situation and backing it up with research and evidence would be effective, as well. You could also get involved with the media and blog about it, talk about it, submit letters to the editor in a magazine, etc. Any effort that you make, no matter how small or how large, has the potential to save a child's life.

     Please, help your community be as safe and loving as possible.  

A great resource to recieve more information on child abuse prevention and awareness is at https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/guide2012/guide.pdf#page=26. It's a government website designed to inform people and help prevent child abuse.