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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...
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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The Darkness
You may have heard about a young man named Bill Zeller, a 5th year graduate student at Princeton University, who recently took his own life, leaving behind a heart wrenching suicide note describing how sexual abuse haunted him and kept him in endless darkness. Steve Collins, President of Adults Protecting Children, and a trained Darkness … Read More
Rates of Child Abuse on the Decline
Several new reports* are showing a downward trend in the rates of child abuse and neglect. Many advocates and professionals in the area are trying to make sense of the data. But, the news is good. It means our collective efforts at improving response and services to abused children combined with significant prevention efforts aimed … Read More
Walkin’ to End Child Sexual Abuse
Willie Nelson famously sang “Walkin’ is better than running away, and crawling ain’t no good at all.” Odd as it may sound, when I was sent this article about Louis Michael Figueroa, an Arizonian who has put over 7,500 miles on his New Balances to raise awareness about child abuse, it was Willie Nelson that … Read More
New Tool for Parents and Teachers Helping Teach Kids About Abuse
A new tool called The Body Safety Box is helping parents and educators teach children important information on the danger of sexual abuse. The program was developed by Dr. Missy Gryder, the President of H.E.L.P.S. project, an organization that teams up with elementary schools to bring sexual abuse prevention education to children in Kindergarten through … Read More
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