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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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Asheville, NC Citizen’s Police Academy Taking on Prevention

Thirty three trainees of the Asheville Citizen’s Police Academy participated with great interest, sobriety and enthusiasm in the Darkness to Light Stewards of Children training this week. “It was quite possibly the most lively and interactive Stewards training I’ve conducted” said Facilitator Paula Sellars. Paula shared with us her observations from the session this week … Read More

Are we more concerned about being groped by aiport security than we are about protecting our children?

What does it say about us as a society that we get this riled up over the TSA screening procedures yet there is no overwhelming outrage over the sexual violation of our children.  “I feel dirty” said one woman on the news this morning after experiencing a pat down by the TSA. So imagine being … Read More

Happy Birthday D2L!

2010 marks the 10th year that we have been working to prevent child sexual abuse. In the past ten years, we have grown from one frustrated survivor shocked that no national prevention program existed to a ground-breaking, grassroots, comprehensive prevention movement. From these humble beginnings came Stewards of Children, the only evidenced-based child sexual abuse prevention training available. … Read More

“If I can make one good thing happen from this horrible thing then it was worth it…

Pam Giesick is a brave soul and today we thank her for using the events of her past to help protect more children from being sexually abused. Every day more brave souls speak up about the horrific abuse they endured as a child and the devastating impact it has had on their lives. Did you … Read More