Community Outreach

Depending upon schedules and available resources, outreach efforts may include speaking engagements, participating in health fairs or conferences, providing facility tours, or hosting meetings. Contact the Childhelp office or facility within your community for more information.

Public Awareness

Childhelp provides a variety of public awareness materials which are distributed at a national and local level. This includes brochures and other printed materials, and a powerful music video by country music star and Childhelp Celebrity Ambassador Collin Raye entitled "The Eleventh Commandment." This video portrays the heartbreaking reality of abused children and concludes with the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline number, 1-800-4-A-CHILD. It is an excellent tool for professionals who make child abuse presentations to students or community groups, or as a discussion starter for group therapy sessions.

Many Childhelp public awareness activities take place each April (National Child Abuse Prevention Month) as part of the Childhelp National Day of Hope. Public awareness materials range from blue ribbon pins to abuse prevention information printed on table tents suitable for office reception areas or restaurant tables.
 

Public Service Announcements (PSA)

Childhelp offers to TV stations and networks several high-quality 30-second child abuse PSAs available in professional formats. Each concludes with the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline number, 1-800-4-A-CHILD. A 30-second TV PSA by Collin Raye, as well as his "11th Commandment" music video are also available in Beta format. Childhelp also provides radio stations with 15- and 30-second "live read" PSAs featuring the hotline number. Additional materials are available or can be developed for magazine, newspaper, Internet and other applications. To request materials, contact the Communications Department at the Childhelp National Headquarters at (480) 922-8212, or via email to mediainquiries@Childhelp.org.