Marion White (C), founder and executive director of the Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP), presents the Children’s Champion award to Borough President Helen Marshall at workshop, Tuesday, April 30th, at Borough Hall for school guidance counselors. The CAPP program, which has reached more than 420,000 children – with the help of puppets like Sabrina and Steven, tells children that they have a right to be safe. Marshall said that the award meant a great deal to her, a former Early Childhood teacher. “Safety is a key issue in our society, where today as many as one out of five households experiences some form of abuse, whether physical or verbal or both,” said the Borough President. At left is Cathy Moore, who heads up Marshall’s Task Force on Sexual Assault, Child Maltreatment and Elder Abuse.
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