Blue Sunday Child Abuse Prevention

Our Mission:

 

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OUR BOARD:

Janet Magee, president/cofounder – Harlingen, Texas
Phil Corzine, McAllen, Texas, Texas
John Magee, treasurer/cofounder- Harlingen, Texas
Sara Lacy, Dickenson, Texas

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SERVICES:

 

AWARENESS PROGRAMS:

• Our National Blue Sunday Day of Prayer for Abused Children has over 17 million participants.

• We provide free Happy Families materials to public schools, doctors’ offices, and day care centers.

• We host the Blue Sunday Monthly Brown Bag Lunch for children’s workers and prevention professionals

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RELIEF SERVICES:

• We provide emergency groceries and rent for families rebuilding their lives.

• We provide cribs, car seats and highchairs for babies receiving service from Child Protective Services.

• We help maintain family visitation rooms for the purpose of family reunification.

• We host a regional foster teen camp and graduation party along with Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services.

• Our Sibling Revelry project brings foster children together with their siblings who are not housed together.

• Our Brighter Christmas for Foster Kids Campaign includes foster teens gift cards, foster family Christmas parties, and the Adopt a Kinship Care Family project. For many foster children our events are the only time they will see their siblings during the holidays.

 

PREVENTION PROGRAMS:

• Our Blue Ribbon Church programnenables churches to keep their church, their children, and their community safer.

• We host a free WINGS program that helps victims overcome adverse childhood experiences.

• We co-sponsor the Annual Seminar in Forensic Sciences and the Faith Summit on Child Abuse along with C.A.P.E (Child Abuse Prevention Education), and Valley Baptist Medical Center.

• Our Kinship Care Program helps children remain out of foster care by helping extended family members to step in as caretakers. We provide emergency items and transportation as needed.