April Is National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month

April is National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month and the multidisciplinary CARE Team at Cooper will recognize the month by holding a “pinwheel planting” on the front lawn of the hospital. The event will take place Monday, April 13, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. outside the main entrance of the Roberts Pavilion (near the valet parking circle). Please email CARE Team Coordinator Rita Varano at varano-rita@cooperhealth.edu if you plan to attend.

Other events during Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month include:

Pediatric Grand Rounds on Talking With Kids About Body Safety
Presented by: CARES Institute Staff
All are welcome.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Noon
E&R Building, 2nd Floor
Camden, NJ

Child Abuse Awareness Resource Table
A display table will feature a variety of baked goods for purchase, tips to promote safe and healthy families, pinwheel pins and more.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Kelemen Building, 2nd Floor (outside the Cafeteria)
Camden, NJ

Also, look for the blue pinwheels and themed bulletin boards around Cooper during April; and watch for the hospital’s exterior to be lit in blue at night all month long.

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