Join the Community Pinwheel Campaign

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

LACASA Center’s Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Council joins child abuse and neglect organizations across Michigan and around the country each April to commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) chose the blue pinwheel, an uplifting reminder of the happy and safe childhood that every child deserves, as the national symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention.

CAP’s Plant a Pinwheel Campaign includes community events, trainings, and social media outreach that support community-wide child abuse prevention programs.

The community gathers at the Howell Carnegie District Library for the Plant a Pinwheel Celebration to kick-off the campaign. This celebration event includes musical performances by a children’s choir and the presentation of the CAP Council’s annual Champions for Children awards, and the unveiling of a commissioned painting by local artist Susan Pominville.

This year, the Pinwheels for Prevention event also includes featured speaker Nicole Lusk, the Student Assistance Coordinator for Hartland Consolidated Schools. Lusk will be talking about the importance of Positive Childhood Experiences in development, and how the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) training has been integrated into Hartland Consolidated Schools.

Throughout April, LACASA’s CAP Council will also host a training highlighting the importance of child safety and how childhood experiences shape brain development and health outcomes. All trainings will be held at LACASA. For more information, email capcouncil@lacasacenter.org.