Community VOICES announces "Take Five to Tell Five" campaign

For Immediate Release

Contact:  Laurie Myers

Community VOICES

lmyers@communityvoices.net

www.communityvoices.net

Community VOICES announces "Take Five to Tell Five" campaign

March 31, 2011, Chelmsford, MA – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and  non-profit Community VOICES, is taking five, and asking you to do the same. VOICES is dedicated to raising awareness of sexual abuse and preventing future crimes through advocacy and education, but we can’t do it without you.   

As part of Child Abuse Awareness Month, we hope you’ll join us.  It’ll only take five minutes of your time.  Here are some suggestions for what YOU can do to make a difference:

1. Take five minutes to educate yourself about the way predators gain your child’s trust.
2. Take five minutes to educate yourself about the way predators gain your child’s trust on the internet.
3. Take five minutes to educate your children.
4. Take five minutes and find out who the sex offenders are in your community by visiting your local police department, mass.gov/sorb or www.nsopw.gov.
5. Encourage five of your neighbors to do the same.
6. Take five minutes to help a missing child find their way home: www.missingkids.com
7. Take five minutes to contact five legislators about supporting bill H3229, which if passed, would make level 2 sex offender information available on the internet.
8. Take five minutes to show support to a survivor of sexual abuse and let them know that you are there for them.
9. Take five minutes and contact Community VOICES about scheduling a Child Safety/Internet Safety Event in your community info@communityvoices.net.
10. Encourage five of your friends to do the same.

 Keeping children safe starts at home. Knowledge is power, use it!

To find resources visit: www.communityvoices.net or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Community-Voices/146478582046138

VOICES of Involved Citizens Encouraging Safety Inc. is a 501 (c) non-profit organization that  offers advocacy, resources and educational information to community groups, individuals and community leaders, with the goal of raising awareness regarding sexual assault, child sexual assault, internet predators and missing and endangered children.

For more information about how you can help, please contact Laurie Myers at 617-515-2079 orlmyers@communityvoices.net