Raise Awareness of Child Abuse in the Quad Cities
Skip-a-Long Child Development Services is teaming up with the Child Abuse Council to plant pinwheel gardens to raise awareness and promote joyful, healthy childhoods around the Quad Cities.
The garden dedications and planting are part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when communities nationwide recognize the role everyone plays in preventing child abuse. The blue pinwheel is a symbol of the healthy, happy, and full childhoods all children deserve.
Throughout the region, child abuse agencies and their local partners will be hosting pinwheel gardens which will remain on display through the month of April. These gardens show the community that children are our future and that we support child abuse prevention.
April 13, 9:00am
Skip-a-Long Milan Campus, 1800 1st St W
April 13, 10:00am
Skip-a-Long Rock Island Campus, 1609 4th St
April 13, 3:00pm
Skip-a-Long Moline Campus, 4800 60th St
April 14, 10:00am
Skip-a-Long Davenport Campus, 3520 Crow Creek Road
Children will be “planting” the gardens for us at each site at the designated time listed above. Media are welcome to attend and can speak on-camera to the Director of each site or the CEO if available. The Director of Community Engagement will also be available for comments.
Please contact Liz Dierolf, Director of Community Engagement, with any questions or for more information. We hope to see you next week!
