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Pinwheels for Prevention Aims to Raise Awareness About Child Abuse

Monday, April 13, 2015, By Keith Kobland
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Students from Syracuse University are taking a stand against child abuse.

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. As they’ve done in previous years, students have partnered with McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center to bring attention to the issue in a visual way: by planting pinwheels on campus. On Sunday, 720 pinwheels were installed on the lawn between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse buildings, with each pinwheel signifying a safe and healthy childhood.

“It’s a very striking visual for a very important cause,” according to Brooke Tyszka, academic counselor for Falk College student services.

Students in Kappa Omicron Nu, the national honor society program for Child and Family Studies majors, along with students in the Society for Public Health Education in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition at Falk College, and the Orange Pulse Dance troupe coordinating Pinwheels for Prevention. Money raised will to go McMahon/Ryan Child Advocy Center. McMahon/Ryan is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center and nonrofit organization dedicated to ending child abuse in Central New York through intervention and prevention education.

Chancellor Kent Syverud and Dr. Ruth Chen join in the effort to plant pinwheels in the lawn between the Schine Student Center and the Newhouse complex.

Chancellor Kent Syverud and Dr. Ruth Chen join in the effort to plant pinwheels in the lawn between the Schine Student Center and the Newhouse complex.

“We are thrilled that Syracuse University students will once again be planting pinwheels on the Syracuse University campus this April to commemorate National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Pinwheels for Prevention Campaign, “ says Linda Cleary, executive director of the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center. “All year long, SU students, alumni and faculty from various departments have volunteered their time and talent to helping us in our mission to treat child victims of abuse and in prevention efforts in Central New York.”

When it comes to child abuse, the statistics tell a frightening story. According to McMahon/Ryan:

  • Every six minutes in the United States, a child is sexually abused.
  • One in 10 children will be sexually abused before the age of 18.
  • Ninety percent of the time children are sexually abused by someone they know—not a stranger
  • Four children die every day from child abuse and neglect.
  • In 2013, there were almost 7,000 reports of alleged child abuse or neglect in Onondaga County.
  • Of those, 658 children were referred to the Child Advocacy Center for suspected sexual abuse or severe physical abuse.
  • Forty-three percent were under the age of 6, and an additional 30 percent were under the age of 12.
  • In 2013, the Child Fatality Review Team reviewed 13 unexpected child deaths in the county.

The goal of the hard work by students, is to reduce the number of child abuse cases by raising awareness and funding.

“We are fortunate to have the support of our neighbors at Syracuse University,” says Cleary, “in making this community safer for children.”

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