THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS THAT YOU
HOPE AND PRAY NEVER AFFECT YOU.
OR THE ONES YOU LOVE.
TODAY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC AND
CHILD ABUSE SUICIDE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
UNFORTUNATELY.
IT DOES AFFECT MANY FAMILIES FAMILIES RIGHT
HERE ON DELMARVA.
BUT THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT ACT AS A
SAFE HARBOR AND HELPED THE BROKEN HEARTED WHO ARE
IMPACTED RESOURCES LIKE THE LIFE CRISIS CENTER HERE
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE LIFE CRISIS CENTER IS
DIRECTOR ABIGAIL MARSH.
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE COURTNEY GEISER LADIES THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
OK SO WE JUST WE SHOULD AND
TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE LIFE CRISIS CENTER.
OK SO THE LIFE CRISIS CENTER OUR MISSION IS
TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY. AND PART OF
THAT FOR US IS PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF
THE LOCAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AND WICOMICO WORCESTER
AND SOMERSET AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND THERAPY TO THOSE
CENTRES FOR THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITY.
OK SO.
YOU OFFER THEM THAT THE THERAPY
BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED.
OH SO WE ACT.
WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP
THERAPY FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN OF ABUSED.
SURVIVORS.
RIGHT RIGHT.
AND AS MUCH AS I'M SURE YOU HATE
IT TOO.
THERE REALLY IS A NEED FOR A RESOURCE LIKE
THIS.
OH.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING
NATIONALLY I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE IN FOUR
GIRLS AND ONE IN SEVEN BOYS WHO LIKELY TO BE.
SEXUALLY ABUSED BEFORE THEIR 18 YEARS
OLD.
NOW THERE'S OR NATIONAL STATISTICS BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THOSE STATISTICS PROBABLY MATCH AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT
MANY REPORTED CASES ON DELMARVA.
THE REPORTED CASES ALWAYS ARE OVER 500 CASES A
YEAR OF SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE THAT ARE REPORTED
TO OUR LOCAL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OUR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERS
AND THE GOOD ABOUT THAT STAGGERING.
YES THAT'S THE REPORTED CASES
THE BALANCED WHICH NEED TO REMEMBER.
BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE YOU DO SEE PEOPLE
OVERCOME THESE EVENTS.
OH ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT AND APRIL IS
CHILD AWARENESS MONTH.
AND SO WE COME OUT IN FULL FORCE IN
APRIL.
I KNOW HOPEFULLY DELMARVA STARTING TO SEE
THESE PINWHEELS AND RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
IS BREAKING THE SILENCE THAT SURROUNDS THIS ISSUE AND
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN SO YOU'RE WORK IS RELEASED BY
THE PINS WHICH WAS THE PUTIN SAID YOU SAID THE PINWHEEL
IS.
AWARENESS.
SO WE DECIDED IN 2015 THE STARTED AND WE
WANTED TO BRING INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE A VOICE TO
THE SILENT EPIDEMIC HERE AND HAVE PEOPLE REALIZED THAT IT
DOES HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY TO BRING A VOICE VOICE TO THESE
CHILDREN TO THESE CHILDREN AND SHOW SUPPORT.
AND THROUGH LIFE CRISIS THEN WE ARE ABLE
TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BECOME SURVIVORS
AND IT'S CALLED PINWHEELS FOR PROTECTION RULES FOR
PROTECTION.
YES AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGH
THE MONTH OF APRIL THAT SUPPORT THIS MISSION.
SO THEY'RE LITERALLY VIEWS
PINWHEELS.
HOPEFULLY WILL WHEN.
WHEN SOMEONE SEES THEM FOR CHILD SEES IT AND SAYS
HEY WHAT ARE THOSE PINWHEELS OR A PARENT SEES THOSE
PINWHEELS WE'RE HOPING IT INSPIRES A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN APPARENT THAT CHILD ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON IN YOUR LIFE AND HOW ARE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAFE
CIRCLE?
THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN TALK TO SOMEONE.
IT'S BREAKING THE SILENCE..
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
OK SO HOW CAN OUR VIEWERS GET
INVOLVED.
OH WE'VE GOT LOTS OF FUN EVENTS IN APRIL.
SO.
COMING UP THIS SUNDAY ON MARCH 25TH AT P.M.
AT THE MOOSE LODGE.
WILL BE HONORING THE LOCAL SURVIVORS
OF CHILD ABUSE BY PLANTING FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR
ARE PINWHEEL GARDEN.
SO IF YOU HAD DRIVEN BY THE MOOSE
LODGE.
YOU KNOW IN APRIL THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN THIS.
THIS BEAUTIFUL OF 500 PINWHEELS.
SPARKLING IN THE SUN AND THIS SUNDAY MAYBE
IN THE SNOW BUT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT EVENT TO COME
OUT AND LAUNCH US INTO APRIL.
WE ALSO THIS YEAR WILL HAVE GUESSED BARTENDER NIGHT AT
HOPPERS WHICH AT HOPPERS WHICH IS LOCATED 1300 SOUTH.
BOULEVARD THE PAVILION I THINK THEY CAN CALL IT.
YEAH.
AND THAT'S FROM FIVE TO NINE ON APRIL 12TH IT'S A THURSDAY
NIGHT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FUN.
SO THAT'S A GOOD WAY FOR ADULTS TO COME OUT AND REALLY
ENJOY THEMSELVES AND SUPPORT THE MISSION AND THEN WE GOING
TO ACCOMMODATE THIS YEAR.
EACH YEAR.
FIVE CAVES GOING TO BE PART OF THE SOLSBURY
MARATHON.
SO WE ARE THE OFFICIAL FIVE K OF
THE SAULSBERRY MARATHON AND WE'RE ONE OF THE PRIMARY
BENEFICIARIES OF THE EVENT AND WE'LL BE HOSTING
THE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN.
SO WHEN YOU GO DOWNTOWN FOR THE SALISBURY
MARATHON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PINWHEELS EVERYWHERE BLUE AND
WHITE.
SURROUNDING OUR CHILDREN CHILDREN'S
FESTIVITIES AND WON'T BE JUST A GREAT TIME TO BE HAD BY
FAMILIES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION
BECAUSE OF A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE'S A LOT OF
YEAH YEAH.
YEAH.
KARTUN.
ABIGAIL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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