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Tulsa nonprofit dedicated to child abuse prevention hosting silent auction
TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa nonprofit that assists struggling families and advocates for preventing child abuse and neglect will be hosting a fundraiser.
The Parent Child Center of Tulsa will be raising money by hosting an art auction on April 25.
The mission of the Parent Child Center is “to prevent child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy.”
“April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month, and we want to draw attention to the fact that there were 2,711 substantiated cases of child abuse in Tulsa,” Jennifer Legler told 2 News. “We really need to work together as a community. It’s a community issue, and certainly we can all pull together to child abuse.”
Legler is the vice president of development at the Center.
The Center will auction off a wide variety of artwork during its…
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ECU hosts a week of events dedicated to hazing prevention
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Monday is the start of National Hazing Prevention Week and East Carolina University is holding an event each day to remind their students that hazing should not be a part of a new member process.
In one of the most recent studies posted by hazingpreventionnetwork.org, 55% of college students involved in clubs, teams, or other organizations experienced some kind of hazing. This is one of the reasons why ECU feels it so important to host their events this week
Students will have the opportunity to attend events all week, encouraging hazing prevention and support for anyone who may have experienced hazing.
“For a really long time people have associated hazing with fraternity and sorority life as a standard practice and something we just have to go through, and…
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Suicide prevention group joining Walk Out of the Darkness with Jacksonville event
Hope, and remembrance.
A Jacksonville group dedicated to preventing suicide and helping those who have lost someone to the epidemic of despair will host its annual Walk Out of the Darkness in September.
STARS — which stands for Seek, Trust, Ask, Respond, Save a Life — will join hundreds of other communities nationwide in the event, which encourages people to open up about how suicide has affected them and to remember those whose lives were lost.
The Jacksonville event will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Central Park Plaza. There will be music, a candlelight walk, luminaria and the lighting of a memorial candle. Songwriter and storyteller Heather Harlan, a graduate of Illinois College, will be the guest speaker.
If it rains, the free event…
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Local organization hosting virtual events to raise awareness about suicide prevention
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – In 2018, 888 Wisconsinites took their own life.
It’s the 10th leading cause of death overall in the state but the second for people between the ages 10 to 34.
That’s according to the most recent data from the CDC.
Now there is fear that it will rise even more because of the struggles people have faced due to the pandemic.
That’s why one organization is dedicated to raising awareness about it in our community.
The La Crosse Suicide Prevention Initiative hosted a virtual awareness event from…
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