"United
We Walk In Power" is the 2002 slogan for the 13th annual Fayette
Youth Protection Homes Power Parade. The week of April 1519 will
find all elementary school children taking home envelopes to collect donations
to benefit the Friday and Johnson homes for abused and neglected children.
April highlights
Child Abuse Prevention Month, which was first observed in 1983. Schools
and churches use the time to focus on positive parenting and the problem
of child abuse in this country.
Each year the
charity holds a design contest among the county high schools for artwork
that reflects the theme of the event. This year's winner is Melissa Flanagan,
a 16 year-old junior at Fayette County High School. A student of art teacher
Melanie Mickleboro, she aspires to a legal career but says she uses art
and writing to relax. Her logo will appear in red, white and blue format
on t-shirts, posters, pledge envelopes and all Power Parade correspondence.
"We have
scores of volunteers who help and great business partners who contribute
cash and prizes for the schools who have the highest participation in
the Power Parade," said Jane Gough, development coordinator for Fayette
Youth Protection Homes. "This is truly a community-wide effort. Learning
and working together, we can stop the cycle of abuse."
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