Capital City Marks Start of Child Abuse Prevention Month

(Harrisburg, PA) – Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention and mandated reporter training, its premier sponsor, PSECU, and dozens of community volunteers planted 4,032 blue ribbon flags on State Street and around the front of the State Capitol as part of the first-ever PA Blue Ribbon Champion for Kids campaign to raise awareness for the prevention of child abuse.

Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention and mandated reporter training, its premier sponsor, PSECU, and dozens of community volunteers planted 4,032 blue ribbon flags on State Street and around the front of the State Capitol as part of the first-ever PA Blue Ribbon Champion for Kids campaign to raise awareness for the prevention of child abuse.

“Harrisburg is a sea of blue as we begin Child Abuse Prevention Month in Pennsylvania,” said Angela Liddle, president and CEO of PFSA. “The blue lights on the Capitol Building and Market Street Bridge, the blue ribbons flags and bows on State Street and around the front of the Capitol, are reminders of the toll abuse takes on our children but also the hope we have that each person will become a #PABlueRibbonChamp for Kids.”

Each flag honors a child in the commonwealth who was a victim of abuse in one year. In addition, volunteers from Lamar Advertising affixed blue ribbons to the light poles on State Street. Tonight, blue lights will illuminate the State Capitol and a main bridge connecting the East and West Shores of Harrisburg.