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Our Guide to Modeling Healthy Boundaries this Holiday Season
One of the most important gifts we can give our children during the holiday season is the ability to understand and respect healthy boundaries. Boundaries are essential for creating healthy relationships and ensuring everyone feels respected and...
Darkness to Light Awards Scholarships to Organizations Advancing Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Efforts
Eight Organizations Receive $6,000 in Scholarships to Strengthen Child Protection Initiatives. We’re proud to honor our commitment to empowering adults to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse by announcing the recipients of our...
Becoming an Advocate: Steps You Can Take to End Child Sexual Abuse
Becoming an advocate is a powerful commitment to protect children and create safer communities. It’s a role that calls for courage, empathy, and determination—and the impact can be truly life-changing. Child sexual abuse is far more common than most...
Safety in Seconds: Healthy Sexual Development
As children grow, they naturally become curious about their bodies and begin to explore what feels good and safe. This curiosity is a normal part of healthy development, and understanding it can empower adults to foster open, supportive conversations...
It’s the Spookiest Time of the Year!
Halloween safety can be tricky (see what we did there?). You have to hold allowing children to build independence and resilience in tension with maintaining a protective environment for your child. Kids need to learn to be savvy and street smart, but...
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Monster Mash was a Smash!
Monster Mash 2011 was more spooktacular and ghoulish than we could have imagined! Saturday night’s event included an array of food and drinks donated from Hubee D’s, Mt. Pleasant Seafood, Jestine’s Sweet Shop, The Gin Joint, Henry’s on Market, Bambu, Boone Hall, Mozzo Deli, and Charleston Beer Works—just to name a few! PURE Theatre was filled … Read More
Charleston Magazine’s Giving Back Winner: Tara Guérard
We want to personally thank Tara for all of her hard work in making D2L’s Gala something special each and every year. This year she was honored with Charleston Magazine’s “Giving Back Award for Creative Talent.” “She has ingeniously transformed Marion Square into an elegant Mandarin milieu complete with koi pond and wooden rickshaws. She’s … Read More
Underground Dinner, Art & Good Conversation?
Sunday, October 23, Guerrilla Cuisine is hosting an underground dinner in support of Darkness to Light! This pre-gala dinner will not only be a grand time, but all of the proceeds will come directly to D2L! What is Guerrilla Cuisine you might inquire? “Guerrilla Cuisine is an experiment in all things culinary, social and artistic. … Read More
Havana Nights on LowCountry Live
On October 4th, our own Katie Strumpf chatted with LowCountry Live about Darkness to Light’s 11th annual Circle of Light Gala! This year our theme is “Havana Nights,” and we’re all gearing up for a prevention revolution! (SEE VIDEO) Check out 10 reasons not to miss the event of the year!
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