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April is child abuse awareness and prevention month, and employees of Child Abuse and Neglect Council partnered with local businesses to tie blue ribbons around lampposts and place pinwheels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe first step in prevention is talking about it,\u201d said Sherry Archibald, executive director of CAN Council. Although the blue ribbon is a common feature for April, this year the organization wanted to try something new. \u201cSo we are planting pinwheel gardens throughout downtown Port Huron to raise awareness.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0The blue pinwheels represent the whimsicalness and innocence of children and the childhood they all deserve, Archibald added. The goal is for people moving past to see it, recognize it, and start talking in the community and to children about prevention, body safety and what it means. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cA perpetrator tells the child that no one will believe you if you tell you\u2019ll be in trouble, there\u2019s no evidence,\u201d Archibald said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re asking is that parents, teachers \u2013 anyone, really, that comes in contact with children \u2013 talk to the children and tell them it is OK and they won\u2019t be in trouble if they tell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0A child should never be put in a position where they\u2019re uncomfortable or afraid to tell anyone about abuse, she added. They should always have a trusted adult they can speak with to put a stop to it. Statistics for reporting abuse are on the rise, and while Archibald doesn\u2019t know the reason why, she hopes it\u2019s because people are realizing it\u2019s OK to speak up. \u201cThe more we talk about it, the more people hear about it, we feel the more children will come forward and speak up. And that\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0Bikers Against Child Abuse riders Klimoman and Gus also stopped by CAN Council on April 2 to help raise awareness for child abuse prevention. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0The group\u2019s basic mission is to help out and empower abused children to not fear the world they live in. BACA does this by working in conjunction with local and state officials to provide emotional support for the children as well as accompany them to court dates or post people in front of their houses if needed to prevent further abuse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0Due to the nature of their work, riders go by road names instead of their real ones as an extra layer of protection against offenders. An international organization, BACA has been in Michigan for four years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0 \u00a0To learn more about how you can help with child abuse prevention, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sccstopchildabuse.org\"><span class=\"s2\">www.sccstopchildabuse.org<\/span><\/a> or call 810-966-9911. 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April is child abuse awareness and prevention month, and employees of Child Abuse and Neglect Council partnered with local businesses to tie blue ribbons around lampposts and place pinwheels.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe first step in prevention is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feature","et_post_format-et-post-format-video","et-has-post-format-content"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pinwheels for a Cause - Thumbcoast.tv | ebw.tv - Serving Port Huron and the Thumbcoast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbcoast.tv\/pinwheels-for-a-cause\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pinwheels for a Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Audrey Sochor \u00a0 \u00a0Downtown Port Huron just got a lot more blue. 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Statistics for reporting abuse are on the rise, and while Archibald doesn\u2019t know the reason why, she hopes it\u2019s because people are realizing it\u2019s OK to speak up. \u201cThe more we talk about it, the more people hear about it, we feel the more children will come forward and speak up. And that\u2019s the goal.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Bikers Against Child Abuse riders Klimoman and Gus also stopped by CAN Council on April 2 to help raise awareness for child abuse prevention. \u00a0 \u00a0The group\u2019s basic mission is to help out and empower abused children to not fear the world they live in. BACA does this by working in conjunction with local and state officials to provide emotional support for the children as well as accompany them to court dates or post people in front of their houses if needed to prevent further abuse. \u00a0 \u00a0Due to the nature of their work, riders go by road names instead of their real ones as an extra layer of protection against offenders. 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