Programs and services provided by Orange County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) are made possible by funding from

the Federal Government, State of California, County of Orange and the Orange County Children’s Trust Fund.

Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Happy!

Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Council Strengthening Families

Special Thank You for Your Caring Hearts... Michele Gile, Miguel Alcantara, Anne Bloxom, Sergio Prince, Behzad Faridnia, all

the award recipients, Bowers Museum, OC School of the Arts Student Performers and Gluck Fund, and all of you here today.

Blue Ribbon Committee

Emma Course, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) OC Chapter

Laura Turtzer, County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA)

Kim Mohr, Irvine Police Department Julie Jennings, Ocean View School District

Christine Laehle, MPH OC Department of Education Captain Tony Bommarito Captain Larry Kurtz OC Fire Authority

Gail Krause, OC Sheriff’s Department

Community events, a roaming Blue Ribbon youth art exhibit, media outreach, prevention presentations and more than 80 Pinwheels for

Prevention® gardens will be planted throughout Orange County to help raise awareness in April. Please help us share Blue Ribbon month materials which can be downloaded from www.theraisefoundation.org.

If your business or organization would like to schedule a presentation, please contact:

info@theraisefoundation.org

Led by The Raise Foundation

Blue Ribbon Month Kick-Off Ceremony March 27, 2019

Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Council convened by The Raise Foundation

Briana A., age 13 2019 Blue Ribbon Youth Art Contest

Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, and Happy!

Welcome & Remarks

Performance

Eldon Baber, Executive Director, The Raise Foundation

MONTAGE!, Orange County School of the Arts

Pledge of Allegiance Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Emcee Michele Gile, News Reporter CBS2/KCAL9

Presentation of Resolution

Sergio Prince, Chairwoman Bartlett’s Office, Orange County Board of Supervisors

Impact Speaker Miguel Alcantara

Presentation of Awards Helping to present: CAPC Members & Blue Ribbon Committee

Blue Ribbon Award Honorees Shining Light Award Honorees

County Remarks & Tribute to Children

Anne Bloxom, Division Director, County of Orange Social Services Agency Children & Family Services Division

Call for Action

Aerial Photo

Dedication of Pinwheels for Prevention® Garden

Michele Gile

OC Tech Innovations

All are invited to help.

N A T I O N A L C H I L D A B U S E P R E V E N T I O N M O N T H

B L U E R I B B O N K I C K - O F F C E R E M O N Y M a r c h 2 7 , 2 0 1 9 — B o w e r s M u s e u m , S a n t a A n a

M i g u e l A l c a n t a ra

Resource Parent and Foster Care Advocate/Volunteer From fostering numerous children and becoming adoptive parents themselves, to mentoring biological parents working to reunify with their own children, Mr. Alcantara and his wife, Raquel, know firsthand the struggles children and families can go through and also how important it is for the community to work together to keep children safe, healthy, and happy.

The Alcantara family has received a proclamation from the Orange County Board of Supervisors, on behalf of adoptive families, for their work as resource parents, educators and advocates.

dedicated to the advocacy of children

Dr. Wong Children’s Hospital of

Orange County

Dr. Kazi, Dr. Eshilian, Dr. Lin Yao Orange County Kaiser Permanente

So. CA Child Abuse Prevention Group So. CA Family Violence Prevention Group

dedicated to the field of child abuse prevention

Col. Varner Chief Sonza Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy

National Guard

Jason Starkman State Farm Insurance

Melissa Hurd Social Emotional

Learning (SEL) Continuum Ocean View School District

(L) School Mobile

Assessment Resource

Team (SMART)

(R) Special

Victims Detail (SVD)

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

School Resource Officers (SRO) Youth Services Unit Garden Grove Police Department