National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Apr. 10, 2006) State Representatives, Fleet and Family Support Personnel (FFSP), and Navy family members watch as Commander Navy Region Hawaii, Adm. Michael Vitale signs a proclamation sup More

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MAYPORT, Fla. (Apr. 03, 2007) Commanding Officer, Naval Station Mayport, Capt. Charles King signs a Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation at the base Child Care Development Center, in observance of National Child More

Cpl. Jack Fulcher, a company clerk with the 3rd Marine Regiment, and his son arrive at Riseley Field at the end of the Pinwheels for Prevention Walk on base, April 12, 2013. Marine Corps Community Services Hawa More

Participants, led by the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band’s party band, leave Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course and begin the Pinwheels for Prevention Walk, April 11, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong)

Poster created for the Malmstrom Air Force Base Family Advocacy Program that depicts a child’s hand holding a pinwheel, a symbol of child abuse awareness. All graphic elements were designed in Adobe Illustrator More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – April is national Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Department of Defense defines child abuse as any type of physical, emotional and sexual, or neglectful actions or omissions on t More

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The 20th Medical Group Family Advocacy and Resiliency Programs at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., work to promote healthy families and relationships by offering parent More

Beverley Knight-Stukenborg, 88th Medical Group family advocacy outreach manager talks to the children at the Prairies Child Development Center school age program on how to recognize child abuse and handing them More

Pinwheels lined up before a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni, Family Advocacy Pro More

It is important that we invest in our future. Our future is the children. April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month. No one deserves to be abused or neglected. We have a responsibility as a community to pr More

Nicole Young, a behavioral health administrative assistant intern with Marine and Family Programs plants a pinwheel near the H-3 Gate in support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, April 1, 2014. (U.S. Ma More

Pfc. Phillip Burford, a motor transport mechanic in the S-4 at 3rd Marine Regiment, carries multiple pinwheels during the Pinwheels for Prevention Walk down Lawrence Road, April 11, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps pho More

Aidan Cole who attends the school age program at the Prairies Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, holds up two blue pinwheels in recognition of the Child Abuse Prevention initiative, April 26 More

Students and teachers walk to a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni, Family Advocacy More

Charity Roden (right), a Provost Marshal’s Office administrative clerk, helps Caeleb Espiritu mark his fingerprints on a special identification card during the Keiki Aloha Expo in the Fairways Ballroom at the K More

1st Lieutenant David Parks, 88th Medical Group Family Advocacy Program office resident, helps six year old Trey Newton, who attends the school age program at the Prairies Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Fo More

Service members, Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni emplyees, and residents participate in an opening ceremony for a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The More

Capt. Benjamin Held, commanding officer of Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, walks with family during the Pinwheels for Prevention Walk down Lawrence Road, April 11, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by More

Charlie Turner who attends the school age program at the Prairies Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, places a blue pinwheel into the ground at the center in recognition of the Child Abuse Pr More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Harris, the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, reads a proclomation declaring the stations endorsement of National Child Abuse Prevention Month during a pinwh More

Allie Cloud visits the Keiki Aloha Expo with her 14-month-old daughter, Brena, in the Fairways Ballroom, April 11, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong)

Carter Wallace and Nadia Wooten who attend the school age program at the Prairies Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, place a blue pinwheel into the ground at the center in recognition of the More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. John Harris, left, the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, reads a proclomation declaring the stations endorsement of National Child Abuse Prevention Month during a More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Harris, center, the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, signs a proclomation declaring the stations endorsement of National Child Abuse Prevention Month during a pi More

A proclomation declaring the stations endorsement of National Child Abuse Prevention Month signed U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Harris, the executive officer of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, during a pinwheel More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tahira Gatson, right, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, places a pinwheel in the ground during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakun More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Delante Henderson, right, an aviation supply specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12, helps children place a pinwheel in the ground during a pinwheel planting event at Marin More

A child places a pinwheel in the ground during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Mark Peterson, the material control officer with Marine Aerial-Refueler Transport Squadron 152, interacts with his daughter during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Statio More

A U.S. Marine helps children place pinwheels in the ground during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Communi More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Mark Peterson, the material control officer with Marine Aerial-Refueler Transport Squadron 152, poses for a photo with his daughter during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Ai More

Pinwheels spin during a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Marine Corps Community Services Iwakuni, Family Advocacy Program More

U.S. service members and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni residents participate in a pinwheel planting event at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 28, 2019. The pinwheel planting was held by the Mar More