Child Abuse Prevention Month April 2021
● The theme of the April 2021 Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month is “Growing a Better Tomorrow for All Children, Together.”
● Throughout CAP Month, Prevent Child Abuse America and its chapters, affiliates, and stakeholders are using a community garden metaphor to reinforce the message that “Every day, we help positive childhood experiences take root.”
o Children are locally grown. We work together to cultivate relationships, connections, and environments that help every child thrive.
o We harvest what we sow. We plant seeds of support for all children to yield healthier adults with abundant futures.
o Our work is rooted in science. We know positive childhood experiences in nurturing environments provide fertile ground for physical and mental health, learning, and social skills to flourish.
o We unearth the possibilities. We focus on innovation every day to give every child what they need and to build bountiful, safe communities.
o Planning and purpose create common ground. We share resources equitably, expand access to services, and balance conditions for positive childhood experiences to enrich every community.
o We tend and replenish the soil. We offer homegrown solutions and hardy support to protect what we grow in all elements.
o Hope and commitment are powerful fertilizers. We combine the promise of a better tomorrow with our resolve to nourish all children and their families in every season.
● WEAR BLUE DAY APRIL 1: Post your photos for Wear Blue Day on April 1st on Facebook with the hashtag #WearBlueDay and tag the Franklin County Children’s Task Force! Let’s saturate the town in blue to kick off April as Child Abuse Prevention month! For more ways to get involved, please call 207-778-6960 or email
rileigh@fcctf.org.
● PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION: We can still grow a better tomorrow for all children, together, while being apart. Until we can physically plant pinwheels together, let’s take part in this 100% virtual, nationwide pinwheel garden. Donate and plant a pinwheel with your message of support.
https://pinwheels.preventchildabuse.org/ #GrowingBetterTogether
● WICKED WHOOPIES: $55 donation for a box of 50 whoopie pies! How many boxes can you fit in your freezer?! These homemade Maine whoopie pies were made with love. They have a shelf life of about 3 weeks and a freezer life of 6mo-1 year. All proceeds benefit programs through the Franklin County Children’s Task Force that reduce the rates of child abuse and neglect in Franklin County.
