Another public figure has come forward as a survivor of sexual abuse. “Senator Scott Brown, describing a childhood of family violence and strife, reveals in his new autobiography that he was sexually assaulted as a 10-year-old by a summer camp counselor on Cape Cod.” Within the past few years, a rapidly growing number of celebrities …
Forty-six people attended the Stewards of Children training on January 15 at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells. Jessica Ritschke, a community educator for Hope House of South Central Wisconsin and Authorized Facilitator of D2L, led the session. Jessica says, “We had great discussions and a variety of participants – child care providers, foster …
Cheryl Burke, of Dancing with the Stars fame, comes forward this week with her personal experience of sexual abuse as a child. “If I can help just one person” she says, “for me that’s all that matters.” Cheryl’s story appears in this week’s issue of People Magazine. See the preview of the article at www.People.com …
In late 2010 we were given a grant to help us really work on the prevention initiative on Johns Island. We have been so excited about the possibility of having funds to focus on this diverse area and are so thrilled to finally start getting our feet wet! A wonderful organziation is housed on Johns …
We recently had a meeting with one of our grantors that required us to take a hard look at our numbers for 2010. I knew that we had reached tipping point and had a running tally of how many adults we have trained each month. We had a big push near the year with trainings …
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