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June is Internet Safety Month

For kids, technology and the internet offer amazing opportunities to learn, explore, socialize, and play. But how do you protect them from the dangers that come along with it? Read our Internet Safety Month tips for putting safeguards in place that...

Darkness to Light Selected as a 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Charity Partner

Darkness to Light has been selected as an Official Charity Partner for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon! As a charity partner, we received five entry spots for the race on November 3, 2024. These runners will raise funds to support Darkness to...
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What it Takes to Protect Children, Our Summer Camp Toolkit

Summer camp, whether overnight camp or day camp, is a time for kids to experience recreational fun balanced with growing independence.  When making a choice about the camps your child will attend, it’s important to know what to ask. More than likely...

Darkness to Light Secures State Funding, Championed by Representative Wetmore

Recognizing the vital need to address and support programs and policies that improve community welfare, Democratic Representative Elizabeth “Spencer” Wetmore (D-115) played a pivotal role in securing significant funding for Darkness to...

Safety in Seconds: Human Trafficking Prevention

This Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we are shedding light on child sex trafficking – one microlearning module at a time. Explore the knowledge and tools needed to prevent child sex trafficking with our Safety in Seconds series featuring...

Join Our Virtual Roadshow

Our team is hitting the road… virtually! Darkness to Light’s Lead Instructor, Carol Hogue, and Director of Programming and Partnerships, Tracy Leonard, are gearing up for an exciting month of virtual meetings, heading to a region near...

 

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A reliable safety net for children – The Sun Chronicle

A reliable safety net for children – The Sun Chronicle

Let’s talk about sexual abuse of children. You’d rather not, you say? It’s too sensitive an issue, too hard to talk about. How about when you talked with your own children about it. Was it difficult then? You never did talk to the kids about it? Oh… April is Child Sexual Abuse Protection Month. Newspapers … Read More

Couple travels the state to increase awareness

It’s a painful secret carried by millions of people, but one Surf City, NC couple, Patricia & Edwin Boelte have commited to break the silence in their community.  Patricia and Edwin travel throughout the state giving presentations and holding workshops to bring awareness to the problem of child sexual abuse.  To read more please click here. … Read More

Broken trust, hidden pain

Chaucie’s Place, and other prevention organizations in Central Indiana, offer Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention program. Since they have started conducting this training just 18 months ago they have already trained more than 400 adults, including the after-school and early childhood staff at the Jewish Community Center; the after-school staff … Read More
It’s up to all of us to protect children from sexual abuse

It’s up to all of us to protect children from sexual abuse

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is a time to recognize that all of us must be involved in promoting the safety and emotional well-being of children and families in our community. As I provide presentations throughout Northern Colorado about child abuse and child sexual abuse in particular, I am always struck by … Read More