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SUMMARY:Only SMACK a child with a kiss!
DESCRIPTION:Child Abuse Prevention Month April 2013 \nWhat is the Blue Ribbon Campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month?  \nApril is recognized nationwide as Child Abuse Prevention Month.  The Blue Ribbon Campaign is a comprehensive community wide effort led by the Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Benito County. This campaign will not only encourage the region to understand the problems of child abuse\, but will also guide efforts in what we can do to help.  \nWhy is Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Benito County leading the charge?\nThe Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Benito County is a non-profit social service agency dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy relationships.  For more than 25 years\, we have envisioned a world of safe children\, thriving families and nurturing communities. \nWhat can you do to help?\nSchools have a number of ways to help!\n•	Help make posters for walkers to carry to bring awareness about why they are walking.\n•	Wear a blue ribbon pin during the entire month of April.\n•	Ask us for information or training\, recognizing and reporting child abuse.\n•	Volunteer to help with the event. We need cross walk guards and people to put blue ribbons on trees downtown prior to the event.  \nChild Abuse Prevention Month community-wide activities\nBlue Ribbon Family Fun Walk – Join the Child Abuse Prevention Council and the YMCA’s Healthy Families Day scheduled for April 27\, 2013 and walk to make a statement in our community. \nBlue Ribbon Awareness Campaign – The blue ribbon is the international sign of child abuse prevention.  Started by a grandmother in Virginia who lost her grandson to the tragedy of child abuse\, the blue ribbon signifies the color of the bruises on her young grandson\, and is a call to action.  Community members are encouraged to wear a blue ribbon pin during the month of April. \nBlue Ribbon Award for Outstanding Volunteer Work By an INDIVIDUAL or ORGANIZATION benefiting the health/safety/well being of children in San Benito County will also be awarded. \nPast Recipients\n2012 – Hollister Hills Off-Road Association\n2011 – Celebration Station\n2010 – Diane Ortiz\n2009 – Kris Armstrong  \nThe Story of the Blue Ribbon\nThe Blue Ribbon Child Abuse Prevention Campaign had its early beginnings following the death of a very young child.  In 1989\, a Virginia grandmother received the devastating news that her grandson had died of injuries inflicted by his parents.  In an expression of grief and outrage\, this grandmother did something that has given us a symbol.  She tied a blue ribbon to the antenna of her van as a way to remember “the bruised and battered body of her grandson” and to alert her community to the tragedy of child abuse.  Her simple idea\, to wear or display a blue ribbon for child abuse prevention was picked up by grassroots organizations across the county.  In her own words:\n “NO! It isn’t true! It simply cannot be true! They are telling me that my grandson is dead … they are wrong! There must be some mistake … Michael is fine … but deep in my heart\, I knew it was true for I have not seen him in weeks. It’s been so long since I sat by his side in the hospital. Of course I knew something was wrong as I sat there. I saw fear on his face\, the bruises on his body\, and the healing cigarette burns on his hands. His doctor did not believe my daughter’s story … “he fell in slippery water in the bathtub” … I felt sick … I didn’t understand … Are my granddaughters all right\, was all I thought. Where are they?\nI only had one child. She was a beautiful little girl. She was the light of our eyes. We knew she had entered into a stormy marriage\, for we brought her home several times in the five years the marriage lasted. We suspected heavy use of drugs … BUT … in those five years\, three beautiful\, healthy children had been born. I loved them dearly\, and they loved me. The children were 16 months\, 3 years and 4 years old.\nAfter the ordeal at the hospital\, my grandson was placed in foster care for three weeks. He cried when they came to take him back to his mother. He told his foster mother\, “my momma doesn’t love me\,” and he begged to stay. I ached for his dilemma. I was not physically able to care for him. The courts seemed to believe that home was the best place for him … but I knew better and I told … no\, begged them not to return him to his mother. But I was overruled. My instinct as a grandmother did not count.\nI never saw Michael again. My 16 month old granddaughter was hospitalized after being beaten severely her leg was broken in four places\, and her hand burned from the tip of her little fingers to her wrist. It was only then that the “search was on” for Michael. We learned that he had been killed\, wrapped in a sheet\, stuffed in a tool box and dumped in to a dismal swamp three months earlier.\nMy grandchildren had suffered and battled so much throughout their young lives that it sickened me. My life was turned into physical and mental chaos. My efforts to understand became a plea to stop abusing children. I tied a blue ribbon on my van antenna to make people wonder. It caught on locally with restaurants\, businesses\, the police department and radio and television stations. They all started supporting me in my efforts to make a real awareness campaign. Why the color blue? I never intend to forget the battered\, bruised bodies of my grandchildren. Bruises are black\, then eventually blue. Therefore\, blue serves as a constant reminder to me to fight for our children. Join with me. We must protect our most precious gift of all … our children. Please wear a blue ribbon. Put one on your car. Give one to your friends. Tell them what it means. You may be saving a child’s life! If you suspect anything is happening to your children … your grandchildren … the child next door … PLEASE ACT!”\nBonnie Finney\, Norfolk\, VA.  \nFor more information on the Blue Ribbon Campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month\, contact:\nAna Cabrera\, Social Worker Supervisor\nSan Benito County Health & Human Services Agency\n1111 San Felipe Road\, Suite 208\, Hollister\, CA 95023\nPhone: 831-634-0686 * e-mail: acabrera@cosb.us\nThank you for your support\, \nAndi Anderson\nChild Abuse Prevention Council Chair
URL:https://benitolink.com/event/only-smack-a-child-with-a-kiss/
CATEGORIES:Fairs-Festivals,Rally-Causes,Schools,Sports-Recreation,Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Chamberlain's Campus Clean Up
DESCRIPTION:Help us clean up our campus for spring! Projects include: weeding\, pruning\, irrigation systems\, creating a pizza garden\, building compost bins\, assembling a ceramic outdoor bread and pizza oven\, baseball field maintenance\, and fixing potholes. RSVP on Facebook or by contacting us! For more information\, contact Kim Meininger at (831)-636-2121\, Ext. 129.
URL:https://benitolink.com/event/chamberlains-campus-clean-up/
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T000000
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SUMMARY:Hollister Women's Club Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Women are invited to attend the monthly Hollister Women’s Club Luncheon\nLocation: San Juan Oaks Golf Club\n11:15 am – Social\n11/:30 am – Lunch\n12:00 pm – Meeting  \nThe speaker for April’s meeting will be Pauline Valdivia of Jovees de Anteanos  \nFirst-time guests eat for Free\nPlease contact Glenda Goldstone at 805-701-1787 to RSVP by April 8th  \nThe Hollister Women’s Club is a 501c3 non-profit service organiztion that does community service projects to better our community.
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SUMMARY:Youth Employment Program (YEP) Council
DESCRIPTION:The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) offers a comprehensive range of workforce development activities through statewide and local organizations. Available workforce development activities provided in local communities can benefit job seekers\, laid off workers\, youth\, incumbent workers\, new entrants to the workforce\, veterans\, persons with disabilities\, and employers. Youth Council develops the portions of the local plan relating to eligible youth activities; recommend eligible providers of youth activities to be awarded grants or contracts on a competitive basis by the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) to carry out the youth activities\, conduct oversight with respect to eligible providers of youth activities; coordinate authorized youth activities in San Benito County; and perform other duties as determined to be appropriate by the WIB Chair. \nThe YEP Council meets every other month on the third Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. at San Benito High School. Room 327 (Depening on Room Availability. Otherwise\, we meet at Mars Hill). All meetings are open to the public. Meetings are held every other month (Jan\, Mar\, May\, Jul\, Sept\, Nov) on the 3rd Tuesday. \nIf you are interested in YEP Council membership\, please complete check out our website to download the application.  Once the WIB approves membership\, the application is then forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for official appointment. \nIn the interim\, if you have any questions regarding WIB membership\, please don’t hesitate to call: (831) 637-9293.  We look forward to hearing from you soon! \n\nCurrent Vacancies:\n\nOut-of School Youth (2);\nIn-School and Out-of-School Parent/Grandparent (2);\nApprenticeship programs; This category will be filled if Council approves the submitted applications.\nJob Corp Representative; (none in SBC) Discussed was checking with California Conservation Corps to see if they are eligible to serve.
URL:https://benitolink.com/event/youth-employment-program-yep-council/
CATEGORIES:Government,Meetings,Schools,Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Community Action Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Community Action Board (CAB) presents an opportunity for residents\, service providers\, educational institutions and business interests serving San Benito County's low income people and neighborhoods to actively participate and be involved in resolving issues relating to the use of federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds received by the County. An advisory body to Community Services & Workforce Development (CSWD) and the Board of Supervisors (BOS) on such matters\, the CAB draws its 15 members in equal numbers from three distinct sectors of the community: poverty\, public and private. While CSWD and the BOS comprise the final authority on the conduct and administration of the County's Community Action Program\, which the CSBG funds\, the CAB is an important medium through which community concerns can be aired. Services such as food\, shelter\, weatherization and utility payment assistance\, help low income individuals and families achieve self reliance and attain financial self sufficiency. \nMembership on the CAB is achieved either by appointment or through a democratic selection process. The BOS appoints Council Members\, or their respective designees\, to serve as public sector representatives. CSWD selects the private sector representatives from business\, institutions and organizations that reflect the broad San Benito County community. The poverty and public sector members must confirm private sector nominees to the CAB. Poverty sector representatives are elected from each of the County's five (5) Districts\, or neighborhood service areas. \nThe Community Services & Workforce Development (CSWD) administers the Community Services Block Grant contract with the State of California\, through which CSBG funds are allocated to the County. The CSWD\, acting through its Health & Human Services Agency\, is designated as the County's Community Action Agency (CAA) for this purpose.\nThe CAB regularly meets at the Community Services & Workforce Development located at 1111 San Felipe Road\, Ste 108\, Hollister\, CA 95023. CAB meetings are held on the second Thursday every month at 5:30 P.M. and are open for public comment.  \nEnrique Arreola\nDeputy Director\nCommunity Services & Workforce Development \nhttp://sbccab.wix.com/cab
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CATEGORIES:Government,Meetings,Neighborhood Associations,Volunteer
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