APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE MONTH

Providing resources toward improving the care and welfare of children in Galveston County with special emphasis on preventing child abuse and neglect.
In 2017, 746 children in Galveston County were the victims of child abuse or neglect.  April is Child Abuse Awareness month, and the Galveston County Children’s Services Board is charged with increasing awareness of child abuse. As a board, we would like to bring together community members to highlight this sad fact in an effort to raise awareness. The community, as a whole, should be charged with recognizing the signs of child abuse and reporting when necessary. We also want to recognize programs that work tirelessly to support families to prevent child abuse and neglect from ever occurring. Please join us to raise awareness.
The Galveston County Children’s Services Board will be hosting an event at Del
Papa Distributing Co., 1220 Gulf Freeway, Texas City, TX. Please join us on the fence line to tie blue ribbons, as the blue ribbon is symbol of Child Abuse Awareness month.  We will be tying 746 blue ribbons, one for every victim of child abuse in our county in 2017. We are inviting community service providers, school staff, organizations, churches and any other interested parties to come join us a for a few moments and tie a ribbon in honor of a victim to raise our voices to speak out against child abuse and neglect. Please join the Children’s Services Board in tying blue ribbons.
• Friday, April 6, 2018 at 10:00 am – Texas Go Blue Day
Please meet inside Del Papa Distributing’s main office for a brief presentation at
10:00
Parking is available in the visitor or employee lots of Del Papa.
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Del Papa Distributing for allowing us the opportunity to use the fence in front of their beautiful facility to display these ribbons.
This location will provide a prominent backdrop for the message, and Del Papa
has also agreed to display information about child abuse reporting on their sign. If
you have any questions about this community service project, please contact Charity
Eames of the Galveston County Children’s Services Board at 832-259-0683.
For More Information visit The National Child Traumatic Stress Network at: http://www.nctsn.org/