Cherish the Child, 4Th Annual Harford County Child Abuse Symposium

Cherish the Child, 7h Annual Harford County Child Abuse Symposium

星期四, 四月 05, 2018

Dear Manager,

Statistics suggest that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are abused by someone they know and trust.

The purpose of the Cherish the Child Symposium is to increase knowledge regarding many aspects of child abuse and neglect in order to enhance the skills of professionals in Harford County which ultimately translates into improved judicial, administrative, and investigative handling, as well as, treatment of child abuse and maltreatment. Cherish the Child provides interagency training for professionals across the child serving system, and creates a common and collaborative cross agency focus, involving those across the county, state, public, private and not- for-profit to work together to improve interagency communication, collaborative sharing of resources, referral processes and identification of barriers to service as well as service gaps.

The 7th Annual Cherish the Child Symposium will be held on Friday, April 29, 2011 at Mountain Christian Church. Last year over 325 professionals and community residents attended the symposium. This year we hope to increase the number of attendees to 350-400. The Keynote Speaker this year will be Jodee Blanco. Survivor, expert and activist Jodee Blanco is one of the country’s pre-eminent voices on the subject of school bullying. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Please Stop Laughing At Me . . . One Woman’s Inspirational Story.

As a member of the planning committee for Cherish the Child, I am asking you to become a sponsor of the 7th Annual Cherish the Child Symposium. We are looking for sponsorships/donations of presenters, printing, beverages, breakfast foods, lunch, snacks, paper products, etc. This is an excellent opportunity to support efforts to increase training and education of the county’s professionals who work on a daily basis with children who have suffered the lasting effect of abuse and/or neglect. In addition, by becoming a sponsor/making a donation you will be recognized by all symposium attendees, as a business/individual that supports child protection and safety. Cherish the Child is an event recognized and supported by Harford County government.

You can make a difference and together we can work towards a safer community for Harford County’s children. Please feel free to contact Jennifer Redding, District Director of Family and Children's Services with any questions, at 410 838-9000, extension 222 or by email at [email protected].

Sincerely,

Cherish the Child Planning Committee