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Craft Brighter Futures for Child Abuse Prevention Month

Your Gift Today Will Be Matched

In honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, you can keep children safe by providing care and education to prevent harm and strengthen families, our communities and Florida’s future.

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You can also donate over the phone at (321) 350-3009.

Sadly, a child is abused or neglected every 48 seconds in America*. And rates of child abuse and neglect are 5x higher for children in families struggling to afford basic needs.^

This can lead to long-term negative effects for children and our communities – emotional and psychological trauma, chronic illness, substance abuse, lower educational attainment – and the cycle then continues.

But you can change that!

Your gift today helps families to create safe and healthy homes for their kids before crisis strikes – building brighter futures for children throughout our communities. Most importantly, your investment provides comfort to children and families when they need it the most.

Did you know Children’s Home Society of Florida’s Healthy Families program has a nearly 100% success rate of keeping families safe, strong and together – effectively keeping children out of foster care?  Together, we can create an even bigger impact!

And, through the month of April, every gift will be matched up to $10,000 – effectively doubling your impact!

Each month, as a supporter, we’ll send you an email update – think of it as a family newsletter – showing you how your kindness is helping to transform lives.

Every contribution, no matter the size, nurtures families and creates brighter futures for children.

Keep the GOOD going – become a GEM!

When you give every month you can provide ongoing support to children and families when they need it the most.

By committing to a monthly donation, you’ll become a part of a caring community that nurtures and supports  families ensuring they receive the critical services they need before challenges turn into crises.

Give a gift from our Amazon Wishlist

Prevention is not merely about avoiding crises — it’s about fostering resilience. You can purchase items from our wish list and contribute to families’ most urgent needs today.


Craft Brighter Futures – one pinwheel at a time!

Pinwheels are a symbol of hope and the happy, carefree childhoods all children deserve. By crafting and displaying a blue pinwheel, you will raise awareness about the importance of protecting children from abuse and neglect.

 

You will need: a pencil with an eraser, a ruler, scissors, blue sheet of paper, and a push pin

Cut your paper into an 8.5x8.5 inch square.

Cut your paper into an 8.5×8.5 inch square.

With your pencil and ruler, draw a diagonal line from each corner to form an X.

With your pencil and ruler, draw a diagonal line from each corner to form an X.

Cut along these lines towards the center, stopping an inch away from the center.

Cut along these lines towards the center, stopping an inch away from the center.

Use your push pin to make a tiny hole at the top left corner of each cut section.

Use your push pin to make a tiny hole at the top left corner of each cut section.

Gently bend (be careful not to crease) the left corner of each section to the center.

Gently bend (be careful not to crease) the left corner of each section to the center.

Poke the push pin through all the holes to hold them together.

Poke the push pin through all the holes to hold them together.

Carefully push the push pin into the side of your pencil eraser.

Carefully push the push pin into the side of your pencil eraser.

completed pinwheel

Take a fun photo with your pinwheel, share on social and tag @HelpFLKids!

For more ways to engage on social media view our Craft Brighter Futures – Social Media Toolkit

*https://www.myflfamilies.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/The-State-of-Americas-Children-2021.pdf
^https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/fastfact.html