Photo By Anna Marie G. Gonzales | 190402-N-XM133-0016 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 2, 2019) Military and Family...... read more read more
The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) Military and Family Support Center (MFSC) hosted their annual proclamation signing and pinwheel planting April 2 in support of National Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month.
Col. Douglas Pierce, deputy commander of JBPHH, provided his opening remarks and signed the proclamation to kick off the pinwheel planting and awareness month.
“We are going to plant some of these pinwheels to represent the fun that children should have as they grow up, which signifies whimsical for the kids and to just show our support,” said Pierce. “Let’s promote the awareness month and proclaim it with the signing.”
Service members and Department of Defense civilians gathered to participate in the planting of blue and silver metallic pinwheels into the lawn of the Moanalua Navy Services Center to raise the public’s awareness and eliminate child abuse and neglect.
“No child should have to endure violence, abuse or neglect at any home, so it is important for us to recognize that--to promote awareness so we can fill strong communities and strengthen the families to help end the cycle of abuse,” Pierce said. “We plant the pinwheels just as a symbol of the fun and joy that children should experience and as a reminder not to be neglected or abused.”
The pinwheels represent the national symbol for the great childhoods all children deserve because our children are our future. It connotes whimsy, childlike notions and serves as the physical embodiment, or reminder, of the great childhoods we want for all children.
“The importance of this event is to create community awareness so that people are observant of what’s happening with the children around them,” said Melanie Beachy, MFSC training instructor and host of the event. If they have children, they learn positive ways to parent and interact with their children to build up their self-esteem and to build their relationships with their children.” “It creates a stronger community for children growing up uplifted and they grow to be strong adults and productive members of society.’
| Date Taken: | 04.02.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.11.2019 23:02 |
| Story ID: | 317831 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
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