November 2020

Dear John,

This year, we are facing a Giving Tuesday like no other. As the pandemic rages on, our work to prevent child sexual abuse is more crucial than ever.

For many children, the experience of staying at home has not meant being safe at home, as calls to sexual assault hotlines from minors and reports of internet crimes against children are at an all-time high.

We need YOUR support to help us stop the hurt before it starts, and prevent child abuse from ever occurring.

Make a personally significant gift today to support our cutting-edge work. We make every dollar count for the kids, as you can see by our recent achievements.

Here’s a look at MassKids BY THE NUMBERS…. 

1,200 school and youth organization leaders over the past 15 months participated in in-person and remote trainings delivered by MassKids about child sexual abuse and prevention policies.

7,000 administrators, teachers, coaches and other employees in 105 schools have completed our “ENOUGH!” 1-hour e-learning course on child sexual abuse prevention.

8 research-based and evidence-informed curricula are now included in our comprehensive inventory of training tools. The U.S. Department of Justice hailed our online course for schools as an effective crime prevention tool.

1,500 school and youth organization leaders have received our Safe Child Standards” report to improve their policies to protect children from sexual abuse.

400 school and youth organization leaders were trained at our 3 annual New England Region-wide Summits on child sexual abuse prevention.

1,306 citizens to date have participated in our Pledge to Prevent™ online campaign and taken specific actions to prevent child sexual abuse in their homes and communities;

6 Universities - Tufts, Northeastern, Harvard, MIT, Columbia and Boston Universities are partnering with MassKids to promote Pledge to Prevent™ and support other prevention initiatives.

200,000 unique visitors made 350,000 visits and 4 million hits on our MassKids and Enough Abuse websites over the past 2 years.

states and 2 African nations have formally adopted our Enough Abuse Campaign, building coalitions, educating parents, training professionals, promoting prevention policies for schools and youth organizations, and passing legislation to address the problem.

4 interactive maps of the U.S. on enoughabuse.org document the latest information on the status of child sexual abuse prevention legislation in all 50 states.

1.3 million training videos and teaching brochures on Shaken Baby Prevention have been distributed to date to community organizations, parents of newborns, and major hospitals, including Beth Israel, Brigham and Women’s, Mass General, and UMass Memorial.

11 media interviews were conducted and news articles published about our work over the past 15 months.

We need YOU to join with us and support our work now so together we can keep more children safe.

Please check out our donation page and choose one of 5 Ways You Can Give:

  • online by credit card
  • by check
  • through a matching gift from your employer
  • donating stocks, securities, or through a Donor-Advised Fund
  • becoming a legacy donor through planned giving
 

As you shop on Black Friday and throughout the Holiday season, shop through Amazon Smile and they will donate a percentage of your purchase to MassKids! Shop from this link to save us as your charity of choice, or go to smile.amazon.com and choose Massachusetts Citizens for Children from the list of charities.

 

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