Categories: Misc, Other

Local Pastor Fights for Sexual Abuse Prevention

Darkness to Light is getting increased response for workshops on preventing childhood sexual abuse since the Penn State scandal. A local pastor has spoken out about his experience. By Adrianne Murchison January 12, 2012 Darwin Hobbs, who is training to become a Darkness to Light facilitator, said he was sexually abused by his stepfather from …

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Categories: Other, Success Stories, YMCA

Congratulations to the Merrimack Valley YMCA!

Merrimack Valley YMCA has already trained 413 individual’s in 2012 and they have 2 more trainings to go this month!  What a way to start the new year!  They have also just received a $4,000 donation from their local Rotary Club to support their Darkness to Light initiative!  This will go a long way in …

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Categories: Misc, Other

Teddies Never Tell (Click Here to see PSA)

This video was sent to us from a film student in South Africa. We were blown away with the PSA, and we want to thank David for telling this story.

Categories: Misc, Other

YMCA of Delaware will receive $300,000 to support “Stewards of Children Sexual Child Abuse Prevention.”

The Delaware Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $220,000 to three statewide, multi-agency initiatives to expand mentoring, reduce child sexual abuse and empower financially vulnerable Delawareans. The DCF’s collaborative grant program seeks to fund initiatives in which multiple nonprofit agencies work together to maximize their collective capabilities and provide powerful services to Delawareans statewide. Every …

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Southeastern Louisiana University hosts D2L Training Session

HAMMOND — Several dozen community workers — from campus police to child-care providers — attended a training session a few weeks before Christmas, at Southeastern Louisiana University. The training session was aimed at helping the most vulnerable of victims: children. Read more.