The executive director of Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center received the Blue Ribbon Champion for Safe Kids Award Tuesday in Harrisburg. Kimberly Saltsman was one of four people to receive this year’s award from the Pa. Family Support Alliance. The award is given annually to those “who have gone above and beyond the call […]
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The Daily Item: Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center director honored as Blue Ribbon Champion
The executive director of Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center received the Blue Ribbon Champion for Safe Kids Award Tuesday in Harrisburg. Kimberly Saltsman was one of four people to receive this year’s award from the Pa. Family Support Alliance. The award is given annually to those “who have gone above and beyond the call […]
Centre Daily Times: Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center director honored as Blue Ribbon ChampionCentre Daily Times
The executive director of Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center received the Blue Ribbon Champion for Safe Kids Award Tuesday in Harrisburg. Kimberly Saltsman was one of four people to receive this year’s award from the Pa. Family Support Alliance. The award is given annually to those “who have gone above and beyond the call […]
The Daily Review: Sullivan County CYS Director honored as Blue Ribbon Champion
HARRISBURG — Sullivan County Children and Youth Services director Lisa Wilcox was awarded the Blue Ribbon Champion for Safe Kids Award by the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA) at Pennsylvania’s capital building in Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 2. According to the PFSA, this award is given to individuals who “have gone above and beyond the […]
Erie News Now: Child Abuse Prevention Month: Celebrating Advocates & Raising Awareness
“It is written in the fabled Maasai warriors of the African tribe of Kenya, that they have a traditional greeting,” said Angela Liddle, President and CEO of PA Family Support Alliance. “The greeting is ‘Casserian Engeri’. And the greeting translates to, ‘Are the children well?” April is child abuse prevention month. Riddle shared the translation […]
WGAL: 4 Pennsylvanians honored for going above and beyond to protect children
HARRISBURG, Pa. — April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and advocates were raising awareness on Tuesday at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance honored four women – including two from the Susquehanna Valley – who went above and beyond to protect children. These women are known as Blue Ribbon Champions. […]
ABC27: Thousands of blue ribbon flags in Harrisburg for National Child Abuse Prevention Month
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A strip of blue ribbons in Harrisburg is pretty but comes with a serious message. Nearly 5,000 blue ribbon flags line a path from the river to the state capitol. It’s the sign that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each flag represents a substantiated case of child abuse in Pennsylvania […]
WENY: Child Abuse Prevention Month: Celebrating Advocates & Raising Awareness
“It is written in the fabled Maasai warriors of the African tribe of Kenya, that they have a traditional greeting,” said Angela Liddle, President and CEO of PA Family Support Alliance. “The greeting is ‘Casserian Engeri’. And the greeting translates to, ‘Are the children well?” April is child abuse prevention month. Liddle shared the translation […]
PennWatch: Pa Family Support Alliance Honors Four Pennsylvania Residents as Champions for Safe Kids
“Lean on Me” resonated loudly throughout the State Capitol as Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Valerie Arkoosh, Deputy Secretary Laval Miller-Wilson, child advocates, business leaders, students, and Pa Family Support Alliance (PFSA) lifted up their collective voices together and honored four Pennsylvanians that have gone above and beyond the call of duty to protect […]
Fox43: Nearly 5,000 blue flags line State Street in Harrisburg for Child Abuse Prevention Month
Nearly 5,000 blue flags are planted along State Street in Harrisburg for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Each of the 4,992 blue flags represents a case of child abuse that occurred in Pennsylvania in 2023. Sixty black flags are planted in front of the State Capitol. Each flag represents a child abuse death in Pennsylvania last […]
