Imagine a community where every child is safe, where every parent has their resources to nurture and protect their kids, where families thrive….Let’s work together to let Austin’s children grow up safe! You can help make that happen right here in the greater Austin area. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Area agencies are working together to offer a host of activities to help prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. Please help Austin stop child abuse now:  Volunteer, speak up, donate, spread the word and support our children –their right to grow up safe!

Join us for the Light of Hope Event!

• FREE FOOD!
  
• Fun Performances!
  
• Free Prize Give Aways!
  
• Family Activities!

April 9, 2011 (11am–3pm)
Austin Children’s Shelter
4800 Manor Rd.
Austin, TX 78723

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http://www.lightofhopeaustin.org/index.html

Number of web pages hosting child abuse material rose by 89% during 2010

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1366490/Paedophiles-bypassing-blocks-placed-child-abuse-websites-warns-Internet-watchdog.html#ixzz1GgdUhhoQ

MIAMI, March 15 — The state of Florida has fired two welfare workers connected to the case of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her adoptive father’s pickup truck. The Florida Department of Children & Families said Andrea Fleary has been terminated from her position as a child abuse investigator and her supervisor, Kevin Ramos, has also been fired, The Miami Herald reported.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/03/savannah-sholter-and-vincent-collins.html

Pickens County, SC – Ernesto Sanchez, a 31-year-old South Carolina man was jailed after he allegedly burned a 5-year-old boy with a kerosene heater for wetting the bed. Police say the burn was so bad, it will leave the boy’s hand permanently scarred and deformed. According to police, an investigation was launched when a relative reported seeing the boy’s hand severely burned.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/03/ernesto-sanchez-and-melinda-ramey-had.html

Abuse Bites a 501 (c) 3 Corporation

Offering *Awareness *Education *Training *Resources *Healing for Schools, Workplaces, & Communities

This non-profit organization educates the public on bullying. They are the ABC’s to stopping Abuse, Bullying, Violence, and Poverty — The Abuse Bites Corporation, helping kids, teens, adults, families, and entire communities be a safer, healthier, and productive. Founded in 2005 by lifelong Abuse Survivor, Lisa Freeman–a middle school drop out, abused runaway, who suffered through two horrifically abusive marriages. Yet at 26, this single mother, went on to college and overcame every obstacle in her path to reclaim her life. Today she’s an Award Winning Author, Speaker, the Healing Projects Specialist for the Bully Police USA, and a Certified Pet Therapist & Dog Trainer.

VISIT WEBSITE HERE:

www.abusebites.com

Council Bluffs, Iowa—- A former youth pastor of Victory Fellowship Ministeries was arrested on a warrant by a fugitive task force in Omaha, Nebraska. Brent Girouex, 33, has been charged with 60 felony counts of “sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist”.

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http://deadkidsofmyspace.com/

SAN CLEMENTE — A former pastor at a church in San Clemente has been convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl who worked as a volunteer in the church’s office. 44-year-old Ricardo Avalos Maffey was found guilty of five felony counts of lewd acts upon a child and one felony count of contacting a minor with the intent to engage in child molestation.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-oc-pastor-molestation,0,7530187.story

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. – A Cottonwood man was arrested after his 4-month-old baby boy and the family puppy were found to have suffered bone fractures. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Johan Wall was at home when the infant fell out of portable swing in which he hadn’t been strapped in. They allege that after the infant fell at least a foot and struck his head, Wall injured the child by snatching him up by one arm.

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http://ktar.com/category/local-news-articles/20110311/Cottonwood-father-arrested-for-child,-animal-abuse/

SAN DIEGO – A Navy couple pleaded not guilty Friday to felony child abuse in connection with the death of their infant daughter 17 months ago. Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Curtis Davinger, 28, and his 22-year-old wife, Sara, whose rank wasn’t immediately available, were arrested about 9 a.m. Thursday by San Diego police and military detectives at the 32nd Street Naval Station, said Lt. Kevin Rooney of the San Diego Police Department.

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http://www.kusi.com/story/14237332/navy-couple-charged-with-child-abuse-in-connection-with-infants-death

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A 23-year-old Colorado Springs mother faces felony charges for allegedly leaving her two young children in a bathtub where one was scalded and drowned. At about 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, police responded to an apartment on S. Chelton Road after getting a 911 call for an unconscious 9-month-old boy. Paramedics could not revive him.

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http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-colo-springs-baby-scalded-drowns-in-bathtub-mother-charged-20110310,0,1695377.story

Utah—- A 20-year-old Roosevelt woman is being charged with Child Abuse Homicide after her baby died after being taken off life support. Samantha Lynn Gilley brought her lifeless 2-month-old daughter to Uintah Basin Medical Center on February 28th. Doctors managed to revive the infant, who was cold and blue in the face upon arrival. She was placed on life support and flown to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she lingered 5 days until her death.

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http://deadkidsofmyspace.com/