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Discovered Spirit Exhibit Updates
Covenant to Care for Children asks that your faith community join us in a very bold and powerful effort again this April…a Prayer Weekend for children in our State. We are hoping to have even more participants this year. For 24 years, Covenant to Care for Children has mobilized and channeled the generosity of caring and faithful people, like you, to advocate for, mentor, and provide direct assistance to abused, neglected and at-risk children and youth in Connecticut. We have done this in unique partnerships with more than 280 faith-based organizations, communities of faith just like yours. Covenant to Care for Children serves nearly 25,000 children each year, but this is only possible through the collective efforts and involvement of all these faith communities.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention month. We use this month as a call to action for all of us to change the way we think about the prevention of child abuse and neglect and focus on actions that protect children right from the start, so child abuse and neglect never occur.
We want all our faith-based partners to join each other and us in offering a special prayer during your services the first weekend in April (April 1-3, 2011). Please do all you can to ensure your faith community takes part in this amazing effort! As part of this state-wide effort we are also asking you to take a special collection to support the continuing work of Covenant to Care for Children as we move to serve even more children.
Our appeal is that together the members of all faith communities be given the strength to end the cycle of child abuse; that we be given the wisdom to turn our attention away from providing a "safety net" for some families and toward creating a community-wide commitment to support all parents and children in ways that make them stronger and healthier; that our legislators open their hearts and minds to the plight of the most helpless of our citizens; that everyone in Connecticut celebrates families and all the things a community can do to support its parents and children. Imagine the power of all Connecticut’s faith communities offering a single prayer or intention to end child abuse!
Please join us on this journey. Child abuse prevention information and awareness tools are available on our website for download. We plan to have media coverage of this event and would love to include your community in the list of participating faith communities. Please let us know by March 31, 2011, if you will be joining us in this exciting opportunity by RSVP to 860-243-1806 x18 or challberg@covenanttocare.org
Thank you so much for all you have done to support the work of Covenant to Care for Children as we aid neglected, abused and at-risk children and youth in Connecticut.
What Can I Do?
Facts About Child Abuse
What to Do if You See Child Abuse in a Public Space
What it Takes to Be a Nurturing Parent
Protecting Children from the Risk of Abuse &
Neglect is Everyone's Responsibility
 It is time once more for Birdies for Charity!
2012 Birdies for Charity Online Promotion
Please join us as we participate in the 2012 Birdies for Charity program!
Birdies for Charity provides Connecticut nonprofits the opportunity to raise funds by simply collecting pledges based on the number of birdies made by PGA TOUR professionals during the 2011 Travelers Championship.
This year, Covenant to Care for Children has partnered with the Travelers Championship’s Birdies for Charity program to help support our five programs that serve abused, neglected and at-risk children and youth. Please consider pledging a minimum of a (1¢) penny per birdie or a flat rate donation on our behalf. 100% of the pledges and flat rate donations received will donated back to Covenant to Care for Children.
CLICK THE BIRDIES FOR CHARITY LOGO TO DONATE TODAY!!
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
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