‘Good Morning America's' Ginger Zee Teams with Prevent Child Abuse America to Mark April as Child Abuse Prevention Month
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 07, 2015 -- “Good Morning America’s” Ginger Zee is teaming up with Prevent Child Abuse America on Tuesday, April 7, at New York City’s iconic Times Square to call the city, state and nation to act in support of providing great childhoods for all children. Hundreds of volunteers will join Zee and Prevent Child Abuse America at 9:00am EDT on Broadway between 42nd and 43rd to display thousands of pinwheels – the national child abuse prevention symbol – to mark Child Abuse Prevention Month.
“I can think of nothing more important than helping children get off to good starts early in life,” said Zee. “That’s why I’m proud to join Prevent Child Abuse America today. I am pledging my support to emphasize the importance of great childhoods for all children, and I am calling on all New Yorkers, and people across the country, to do the same!”
The New York “Big Pinwheel Garden” will be the second major event in a month-long series of activities for Prevent Child Abuse America and its 50 state chapters nationwide promoting child abuse prevention. Prevent Child Abuse America kicked-off the month with a Big Pinwheel Garden in the organization’s home city of Chicago on April 1st, and Tuesday’s event in New York represents the third consecutive year the organization is turning the “Big Apple” into the “Big Pinwheel” for child abuse prevention. Hosting the event again will be Cristina Cuomo of Manhattan magazine.
To support the campaign, the public can:
• Help a neighbor or family in need by doing one of the suggested actions at http://preventchildabuse.org/take-action
• Make a difference locally by volunteering for the Prevent Child Abuse America chapter in your state; find your chapter at http://www.preventchildabuse.org
• Donate at http://www.preventchildabuse.org/pinwheels2015
“As we continue our work to make an impact on the lives of children and families, we hope that others grow to recognize and celebrate the pinwheel in the same way that we do today,” said Jim Hmurovich, President and & CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America. “At the same time, it is important to remember, while the pinwheel symbolizes the great childhoods we want for all children, it cannot move by itself. We need people to be the force that moves the pinwheel to bring about real change for children in the United States.”
The New York Big Pinwheel Garden is also generously being supported by the Kappa Delta and Sigma Delta Tau Sororities, Chartwells and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
ABOUT PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA
Prevent Child Abuse America, founded in 1972 in Chicago, works to ensure great childhoods for all children because our children are our future. The organization promotes that vision through a network of chapters in 50 states and more than 625 Healthy Families America home visitation sites in 39 states, the U.S. Territories, Puerto Rico and Canada, serving over 85,000 families annually. A major organizational focus is to advocate for the existence of a national policy framework and strategy for children and families while promoting evidence-based practices that prevent abuse and neglect from ever occurring. To learn more about what we’re doing to prevent child abuse and neglect and how you can help, please visit our websites at http://www.preventchildabuse.org or http://www.healthyfamiliesamerica.org.
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Ben Tanzer, Prevent Child Abuse America, http://www.preventchildabuse.org, +1 312-806-4066, [email protected]
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