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To recognize and support Prevent Child Abuse Ohio and the "88 in '08" Pinwheels for Prevention campaign to enhance community awareness of child abuse and neglect in Franklin County, and to encourage support for prevention.
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WHEREAS, too many residents of the City of Columbus and Franklin County are unaware of the extent to which child abuse and neglect impact our community, and that thousands of cases of abuse and neglect are reported every year in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, Prevent Child Abuse Ohio strives to prevent the abuse and neglect of Ohio's children by serving as an expert resource for collaboration, information and education; and
WHEREAS, Prevent Child Abuse Ohio is the primary prevention program for The Center For Child and Family Advocacy, a collaboration of Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence; and
WHEREAS, this first of its kind center is a national leader in providing comprehensive intervention and prevention services, and long-term treatment and support for abused children and victims of domestic violence; and
WHEREAS, Prevent Child Abuse Ohio's Pinwheels for Prevention campaign enhances community awareness about child abuse and neglect and encourages support for prevention by displaying children's pinwheels in front of courthouses, playgrounds, libraries and parks, with each pinwheel representing one reported case of child abuse and neglect; and
WHEREAS, the Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign is an annual program that has grown each year since it's inception, and 2008 marks the first time when all 88 counties in Ohio are participating, bringing to fruition the "88 in '08" campaign theme; and
WHEREAS, Pinwheels for Prevention dramatically illustrates to the public that child abuse and neglect happens in every community, and encourages all community members to focus on prevention as part of an overall plan to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect; now, theref...
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