Serving children: Where’s the payoff?
On February - 4 - 2010
By nearly every standard, the situation for many Rochester-area children is depressing. Rochester has the highest rates of obesity, low birth weights, and infant mortality of any major metro in the state, including New York City.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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