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Monthly Handprint Feb ’25
Monthly Handprint Feb 2025 by Peyton Stewman
Monthly Handprint – Jan ’25
Our Year Wrapped 2024
Wow, what a year it's been! The Children's Safety Center (CSC) has been buzzing with activity and positive change throughout 2024. We've achieved incredible milestones across all our services, and none of it would be possible without the amazing support of our...
What are the ACEs?
ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) are a collection of potentially traumatic events that occur during childhood that could result in increased risk of physical health, psychology, and social problems in adulthood. According to the organization Prevent Child Abuse...
Handprints for Hope Luncheon
Our Handprints for Hope luncheon this year was held at the new Fayetteville Public Library's Event Center. With almost 500 attendees and some very special speakers and guests. The first lady of Arkansas, Susan Hutchinson started off the lunch with a speech followed by...
The More You Know – Prevention
Casey Atwood has been at the Children’s Safety Center since 2006. When Casey was in school, she majored in Social Work, and during her first internship at a Fayetteville public school, her supervisor took her on a tour of the CSC and she immediately fell in love. She...
Giving Tuesday
By Kinsey Garbett Giving Tuesday is a day recognized for inspiring generosity across the nation, and was created in 2012 on the basis of encouraging people to do good in their own communities. This year, our amazing supporters gave over $20,000 on Giving Tuesday! All...
The More You Know
With Advocates AnnaFrances Paslay & Margarita Sanchez by Grace Reinhardtsen AnnaFrances and Margarita are two of the advocates at the Children’s Safety Center. AnnaFrances has been with the center for a little over a year and a half and Margarita began 10 months...
Kappa Delta Raises Money For the Children’s Safety Center
by Kinsey Garbett Each year the Zeta Gamma Chapter of Kappa Delta at the University of Arkansas hosts a themed fall dinner, allowing the chapter to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) and the Children’s Safety Center of Washington County (CSC). Kappa...
#spotlightsunday Andy Murray
Written by CSC Intern, Kinsey Garbett Andy Murray has played a vital role in the Children's Safety Center since its beginning. Andy was building an advertising agency, Thompson and Murray, at the time of the start of the CSC and was looking for a local charity to...
The More You Know…
Forensic Interviewing w/ Karen Blackstone Written by CSC Intern, Grace Reinhardtsen Karen Blackstone has been with the Children’s Safety Center for more than 24 years. Karen was a social work major and began volunteering in 1997 with her friends as a...
#SpotlightSunday Erin R. Moody
Get to Know Board Member Erin R. Moody In February of 2016, shortly after her move to the NWA area, Erin attended her first Dream Big Gala committee meeting with a friend who had brought her along. The Dream Big Charity Gala is the largest event that the CSC throws,...