Proud to Join the Fight Against Child Abuse

Hello everyone!
As I announced on the Purple Butterfly Pages Facebook page, I am happy to be a sponsor for the 4th Annual Power House for Kids Race! It is a harsh reality that child abuse even exists, but it does. When I was thirteen-years-old, my parents were foster parents to many children under the ages of five-years-old. During my time as a foster sister, I saw several abused children come into our foster home. The sad faces and broken souls were in need of love and healing. That is why I am proud to be a sponsor for the Power House's annual race for the second year. I will also be running in the 5k race this year! I often think of those children and wonder who they are now, ten years later. Those sweet souls and the thousands like them are my motivation for race day!

Power House for Kids

The Power House for Kids is a non-profit organization who makes a huge impact in the lives of the abused children and teens in the communities around them. The following is an excerpt from The Power House's website:

From our environment to the services we offer, our focus is on the child and his/her non-offending caregiver(s).  FAITH's Power House is able to offer a "kid-focused" coordinated team response to allegations of abuse by bringing together agencies and professionals involved in the investigation and intervention system.  The multidisciplinary approach means that FAITH's Power House brings Law Enforcement, Child Protective Services, Medical Professionals, Forensic Interviewers, Mental Health Professionals and Advocates into one location, reducing the need for children and families to navigate a sometimes difficult and confusing system.

Power House for Kids also provides child abuse prevention classes such as Darkness 2 Light in its community to ensure that all citizens are informed and can recognize and react responsibly to reality of child sexual abuse.The sacrifices that each team member of the Power House for Kids makes on a daily basis, is phenomenal. They all do an incredible job to make an impact on the lives of America's future! Learn more about the Power House for Kids here.

Your Turn!

Please take a few minutes to learn more about what YOU can do to help prevent chid abuse. Be educated and informed. Find child abuse prevention programs in your local area and get involved in the fight against child abuse! Your support for child advocacy centers is a helping hand in the prevention of and fight against child abuse. Every little bit counts ESPECIALLY in the lives of children, America's future. If you would like to join me on race day, you can register for the race at active.com! Any encouragement and support for the Power House for Kids is much appreciated!

Believe.
Caitlin Ayers, Proprietor & Publisher

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Make a Difference in America's Future: Be Aware

Hey everybody!

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is a cause that is close to my heart. I want to share with you my experience with our countries’ abused children. My own parents were foster parents, thus making me a foster sister, to many abused children over a fifteen year period.  For most of those years, our foster home specialized in extreme cases of physical and sexual abuse toddler and infants under the age of four-years-old. These children did not know the first thing about being loved. It was my privilege to be a small part of introducing love and kindness into their broken young lives.

I know that none of us like to think about innocent children of any age being mentally, sexually, or physically abused. Yet we must face the facts in we are to change them. The reality is that there are children abused. Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education. More than four children die every day as a result of child abuse. This is why community supported organizations like the Power House for Kids, located in Stephens county Georgia, are so important to our big cities and small towns. 

The Power House for Kids was established in 2002 as a Child Advocacy Center serving kids in Habersham, Rabun and Stephens Counties (Georgia) who are alleged victims of abuse. Power House for Kids offers a child-friendly environment for a child and non-offending caregiver to tell his/her story of abuse and/or neglect to trained professionals and to receive the services necessary to reduce trauma to the child. Powerhouse for Kids is a child advocate throughout any legal proceedings.

“Child abuse does not go away, but 90 percent of child abuse is preventable.” –Karen Adams

I am really excited to announce that Purple Butterfly Pages IS A SPONSOR IN THE 3rd Annual Power House for Kids 1K/5K/10K happening May 10, 2014!! Representing my company, I will be running in the 5k!!! I have been trying to get in running shape. Haha! For motivation, I use the memories of all those innocent battered children that came through our door. I am REALLY looking forward to this event supporting the fight AGAINST child abuse. 

Pictured above: Me, Caitlin, on the left and to my right is Nadine Scott, Forensic Interviewer at Power House for Kids

Pictured above: the front of the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. There are 264 pinwheels; each representing a case of child abuse in 2013 which occurred in Stephens, Habersham and Rabun Counties (Georgia). 

I believe it is our responsibility as neighbors/citizens/human beings to report any suspected child abuse. To learn the signs of child abuse, please visit the www.childwelfare.gov and be an educated child advocate. If you would like to join me in the fight against child abuse, please learn more on how you can help in your own community! 

Know the signs. 

Prevent child abuse. 

Make a difference in America’s future!

Caitlin Ayers, publisher

Purple Butterfly Publications

www.PurpleButterflyPages.com