Raising Awareness – Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council invites every community to take action for children suffering from child abuse. The blue ribbon is the international sign for child abuse prevention and is a reminder that all children deserve a safe, nurturing, and happy childhood.

Here are a few ways you can acknowledge this cause: 

Create a Blue Ribbon Tree for children in your community. Any community group or individual can make a difference in the life of a child. Make a difference and “Build a Blue Ribbon Tree”.

• Select a Tree or Construct a tree (out of any materials you choose). If utilizing a live tree, choose one that has high visibility.
  Note: Please ask permission if required and be respectful of the tree.
• Decorate tree with Blue Ribbons (store bought or home-made)
• Register your tree here.

Join us for one of two “plant a pinwheel garden” events.

• Friday, April 1, 2011
  9:00am – 4:00pm at the Corning Transportation Center
  1081 Solano Street
• Saturday, April 9, 2011
  10:15am – 4:00pm at the Tehama County Courthouse
  633 Washington Street

Show your support for this great cause by planting a blue pinwheel at one of these events! Pinwheels can be customized for $1.00, by adding the name of a child you would like to honor. All proceeds from this event will go into a scholarship fund for a Tehama County student who is seeking a degree in a field related to Child Abuse Prevention.

For further information about any of these events, you may contact Lavonne Fawver, Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council Coordinator
Phone: (530) 528-7950
Fax: (530) 528-8065
Email: lfawver@nvcss.org
www.preventchildabusetehama.org

The Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council is a program of NVCSS.

PremierWest Bank makes donation to NVCSS

In honor of the 25th Anniversary of NVCSS, PremierWest Bank has made a contribution of $2,500 to the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program of Shasta County.

PremierWest Bank has taken a lead role in financially supporting the CASA program in Shasta County, where as many as 550 children are in the foster care system. 

The mission of CASA is simple – “to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.”

NVCSS is grateful for the support of PremierWest Bank as a community-minded business partner and is proud to recognize this most recent contribution to the Agency as part of the “Silver Anniversary Campaign”.   

On May 1st, NVCSS proudly celebrates 25 years of compassionately and respectfully helping people gain and maintain their independence through programs in the areas of housing, mental health services, teen services, family, and community support. 

Northern Valley Catholic Social Service was founded in 1986 with just one volunteer and one employee united in a vision of providing help and creating hope in Shasta County. Since then, NVCSS has grown in its mission of reaching out effectively in care and love to those in need. The agency now employs 161 people who serve nearly 30,000 clients each year across six counties: (Butte, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity). 

If you would like to make a contribution to the Silver Anniversary Campaign, you can do so by clicking here and selecting “Silver Anniversary Campaign” from the drop down menu.

Proudly celebrating 25 years of service in the north state...

Coming Soon: 3rd Annual - Project Homeless Connect

The City of Redding/Shasta County Continuum of Care Council identified 3,532 individuals who were homeless or imminently at-risk of becoming homeless in 2010. Tragically, 877 of those individuals were children. To combat this challenge, Shasta County is offering an innovative solution by hosting Project Homeless Connect at the Redding Convention Center. This one-stop resource-collaborative targets the men, women, and children of Shasta County who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. Our goal is to offer guests access to services and long-term solutions to help them eventually move off the streets and into permanent housing. Numerous vital services will be available to our neighbors in-need, all in one location, for one day, at no cost.

Last year, we were able to provide over 1,000 of these neighbors in-need with assistance in obtaining identification, housing, employment, education, children’s services, legal aid, medical services, vision assistance, dental aid, food, and other individual needs.

How you can help: If you would like to partner in changing lives through this dynamic strategy, donations can be made payable to Northern Valley Catholic Social Service. Please include PHC in the memo line.

Check out last year's event!

For further information, please contact:

Jessica Delaney – Event Coordinator

Project Homeless Connect

Jdelaney.coc@gmail.com

530.241.0552