Blue April - Child Abuse Prevention Month
PROJECT BLUE APRIL RECEIVES MATCHING DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY
Because of the respect and admiration that our Executive Director, Julie, has earned over the years with empowering families in crisis, a generous stakeholder offered an amazing Matching Dollar Opportunity – dollar for dollar up to $8,000 in support of our 2024 Project Blue April initiative to Prevent Child Abuse in Palm Beach County!
Now, your donation and our impact to Prevent Child Abuse are doubled!
This Years Company Participants...
Some of our past participants...
Wear Blue to Change Lives
In April, employees across our community wear BLUE in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Wonderful employees like you are committed to raise funds and increase awareness in support of Families First of Palm Beach County’s vital work to prevent child abuse.
You can make a DIFFERENCE in our community
WHAT IS BLUE APRIL?
Families First created the “Blue April” project as a collaborative effort to recognize National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The goal is to remind the entire community of the role we all play in creating safe, and healthy futures for our community’s children. Participants donate $5 or more in support of Families First programs that have been preventing child abuse in thousands of families for 33 years.
WHY SHOULD MY COMPANY GET INVOLVED?
Child abuse prevention requires community partnerships and this project provides a unique, fun, and inexpensive way to do just that. It also creates an environment of purpose and teamwork within your school, business, sorority, fraternity and Church. Individuals and families can participate, too.
HOW CAN MY COMPANY JOIN?
Complete the form below and click submit. Also, you can print and email the form to cpatterson@familiesfirstpbc.org or mail it using the address provided below.
Appoint a team captain to collect donations and distribute the information Families First will provide about “Blue April.” Families First will publicize the participating companies on our website and social media. When employees donate $5 or more, they receive a bracelet for their support.
Additionally, we encourage all participants to fundraise for the entire month of April and then wear blue on Friday, April 26th, to show a unified community effort to build awareness for this cause. Please share your pictures and tag us in social media.#familiesfirstpbc, #ffpbc #blueapril2024 #stopchildabuse
WHAT IS FAMILIES FIRST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY?
Families First has successfully been preventing child abuse for 35 years by providing needed services to families whose life circumstances leave them ill-equipped to provide safe and loving homes for their children.
By providing services in the areas of child abuse prevention, housing, health and behavioral health, families become stable and self-sufficient. For every child protected from abuse, the community saves $105,000 in future costs of hospitalization, special education, juvenile justice and school failure – all aftermaths of abuse.
For more information, contact Cheryl Patterson, Philanthropy Director
cpatterson@familiesfirstpb.org | 561.324.0978
PARTICIPATION FORM
You can download a PDF version of the information and form above here.
Whether you can or cannot participate, please consider making a donation in support of Child Abuse Prevention, using this donation link.