Advocates plant pinwheel garden for child abuse awareness
Harsha Behavioral Center, the Children’s Bureau and Prevent Child Abuse Committee partnered to grow a garden of pinwheels for Child Abuse Prevention Month. The pinwheels represent lightheartedness and children growing up happy and healthy.
Posted: Apr 8, 2021 4:08 PM
Updated: Apr 8, 2021 5:26 PM
Posted By: Heather Good
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Local advocates say case numbers have gone up over the past year as families struggle at home due to the pandemic.
Those advocates planted pinwheels to get your attention and get you talking Thursday. The blue and silver pinwheels, spinning in the wind, are planted each spring to draw your eyes to the serious issue.