NOTE: To mail in a donation - please write check to UO Foundation/CPAN and send to 1244 Walnut St. Eugene, OR 97403.
Protecting children is everyone's business, but not everyone knows what to do to stop child abuse or neglect. A recent scientific survey by the UO's Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect shows that 98 percent of Lane County residents believe that ending child abuse is the responsibility of every adult, but only about 35% of people reported having some idea of how to help. [1]
Your DuckFunder contribution will fund the activities Lane County's 2016 Child Abuse Prevention Month (CAPM), which will raise awareness that child abuse is an important local issue and will also connect county residents with concrete opportunities to support children and families in ongoing prevention efforts. A gift of any size, from $5 to $500, is critical to support this year’s efforts to turn a caring community into a force for change.
90by30, a campus-community partnership that aspires to reduce child abuse in Lane County by 90 percent by 2030, has teamed up with 14 other local organizations (see below) to lead the activities of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April 2016.
DuckFunder monies will lead to a successful April CAPM 2016 and will include the development of a website that will provide concrete information on what community members can do to prevent child abuse and neglect. One key function of the website will be to match 500 new volunteers with 50 local prevention strategies housed in community programs, faith-based groups, and non-profits. Volunteers typically donate 10 hours of their time per week. Five hundred new volunteers translates into 5,000 hours a month and 60,000 new hours a year dedicated to keeping children safe. Change is not only possible but probable . . . but only if we come together to take on the complex problem that is child abuse and neglect in Lane County.
Your DuckFunder contribution will also fund the following CAPM activities:
In order to make change – we first must be AWARE of a problem, and then CARE about the problem, and then have a PATH FORWARD to get involved to actually make change happen. This is the goal of the 15 local agencies and groups who are organizing CAPM 2016. It is the goal of the 50 organizations seeking volunteers to help in their efforts, and of the 11 communities who are proclaiming April 2016 as the time and the place to make a difference in the lives of children in our community with the clear joint message of GET INVOLVED!
Partnering Agencies:
1) 90by30, a community-campus partnership to prevent child abuse and neglect in Lane County 2) Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Lane County 3) Christians As Family Advocates (CAFA) 4) City of Cottage Grove 5) Department of Human Services (DHS) 6) Family Relief Nursery of South Lane 7) Family Resource Centers 8) Kids’ FIRST 8) Lane County Head Start 9) Parenting Now! 10) Pearl Buck Center 11) Relief Nursery 12) Sexual Assault Support Services 13) United Way of Lane County, Lane Kids 14) Womenspace
[1] Please see 90by30.com/report and 90by30.com/infographics to see more information on this survey and its results
$25 pays for 50 CAPM posters for area schools featuring art by high schoolers, or 100 CAPM tool kits
$50 sustains one week of the website GetInvolvedLaneCounty.org or 100 posters for businesses and organizations
$100 pays for three display ads in area buses or two weeks of the GetInvolvedLaneCounty.org website
$250 pays for three weeks of the website or one billboard display for April 2016