2024 Child Abuse Prevention Month

Since 1983, April has been designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each April, communities are encouraged to increase awareness about child and family well-being, and work together to implement effective strategies that support families and prevent child abuse and neglect.

The CPCA has events and ways that you can participate throughout the month of April in order to raise awareness and help our mission to end child abuse in the Hudson Valley.

Restaurant Week for Child Abuse Prevention

Help protect children when you dine in or take out. Grab a meal from our partnering restaurants and a portion of your sales will be donated back to The CPCA. Tag us on Facebook or Instagram and use the hashtag #CPCARestaurantWeek to let us know where you’ve been!

Give a Greeting that Gives Back

Purchase a special greeting card designed by Melissa Misra of Happy Hunebee Designs and 100% of the sales will get donated back to the CPCA. Cards are available to purchase at Sunflower Market in both Rhinebeck and Woodstock, as well as the CPCA office.

Display A Pinwheel

Pinwheels have been used a symbol for child abuse prevention. A pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood. It has come to serve as a physical reminder of the great childhoods we want for all children. And as a symbol, the cyclical nature of the pinwheel calls to mind the positive cycles of love and support we want to help families create.