FNC recognizes Champions for Change, calls for community effort

The Family Nurturing Center will celebrate 20 years of August Affairs this Friday as the organization will raise awareness and funds for child abuse treatment, prevention and education.
 
In Northern Kentucky and Hamilton County alone, there are more than 10,000 reports of child abuse or neglect each year—a statistic FNC is working to change.
 
“Child abuse is not a topic that most folks want to talk about,” says Tracy Fuchs, FNC’s director of marketing and special events.
 
It’s uncomfortable for many, but unless others start acknowledging the issue, learning and talking about it, and advocating for a change in society’s view and response to the act, change will never occur.
 
That’s why FNC is honoring 20 Champions for Change at this year’s event. It’s a group composed of 20 individuals, organizations and corporations who are committed to creating “a culture of change for how we react, respond to and prevent child abuse,” Fuchs says.
 
It’s important to recognize their efforts because, according to the FNC, a community-wide effort is required, and an important piece of the equation is to not be silent regarding the issue.
 
“It makes us uncomfortable to even say words like ‘sexual abuse,’” Fuchs says. “But sexual abuse thrives in our discomfort in naming it, and the culture of silence gives power to the perpetrators. Ninety percent of children who are sexually abused are done so by someone they know or trust. It’s not stranger danger.”

Do Good:

•    Support FNC by ordering your tickets now for Friday's August Affair. 

•    Consider being a 2014 August Affair corporate sponsor. 

•    Contact the FNC to learn more about child abuse prevention, treatment and education, and be a champion for change.