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Thanks to the Preventathon sponsors, The Children’s Advocacy & Protection Center of Catawba County has achieved our first year goal of training 1,200 adults in Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children. Our five year goal is to reach tipping point.  That means training 6,000 adults resulting in a safer community for our children. 

The Preventathon focuses on what every adult in the community should know to recognize potential risks, and what they should do in response to these warning signs. The Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children traiining consists of a video and a workbook that the participants complete. Trained facilitators lead the discussions. A certificate is awarded to those completing the training.

Through the training, you will be able to recognize signs of possible sexual abuse, hear stories from adult survivors of abuse, and identify specific ways to protect your own children or children in your church or neighborhood.  

The CAC is asking organizations to sponsor a Stewards of Children training by providing a venue for a training event.  Schools, businesses, churches, civic clubs and youth organizations are ideal agencies for hosting a training. The training is free of charge, thanks to a grant from the Catawba County United Way and donations from the Hickory Kiwanis Club and the Kiwanis Club of Western Catawba. For more information, or to schedule your group’s training session, call the Children’s Advocacy & Protection Center of Catawba County at 828-465-7665.

Dress up your denim and put on your dancing shoes, because 20/20 is back to put the "fun" in fundraising.  For more information and to purchase tickets call us at 465-9296. 

This autographed Rolling Stones guitar will be up for auction, and it is just one of the exciting prizes you might take home.