A steady rain, soggy ground and near freezing temperatures weren’t going to prevent a determined group of cadets from Youngstown East High’s Junior ROTC program from completing a meaningful community service project. Nearly two dozen students spent their morning doing their part to help raise awareness of April’s National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month […]
Pinwheels Honor Child Abuse Victims
Representatives from Akron Children’s Hospital, Mahoning County Children Services and Youngstown City School students planted 1,379 pinwheels in a high-profile spot in Boardman Park to honor victims of child abuse as part of the 11th annual Pinwheels for Prevention campaign. Each pinwheel represents a child who received abuse and neglect services in 2015 in Mahoning […]
Spinning awareness for child abuse victims (Photo Gallery)
To honor National Child Abuse Prevention Month this April, students from Girard City Schools placed 925 pinwheels on Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley’s Beeghly campus in Boardman.