Infant Mortality Coalition to Sponsor Community Fair (Health Event)

April 6, 2010  |   Posted in Blog, Community Needs   |   2 Comments   Tags: Health Information, Infant Mortality

The High Point Task Force of the Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality is sponsoring a child abuse prevention community awareness fair on Friday, April 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This rain or shine event will be held outside on the Guilford County Governmental Plaza, 501 E. Green Drive in High Point. The fair will feature informational booths provided by agencies and groups who are directly involved in working to reduce child abuse.

“Each year, more than 100,000 children are reported as being abused or neglected in our state,” stated Deborah Caesar, event coordinator. “We need to do all we can as a community to recognize, report and reduce child abuse and neglect. I encourage everyone to come to the fair to learn what we need to do to get that number to zero.” April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in North Carolina.

The Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality is a nonprofit organization housed within Guilford County Department of Public Health. Its volunteers and participants represent many segments of the community. The goal of the Coalition is to ensure babies in this county are born healthy and thrive beyond their first year of life. The Coalition works to eliminate infant death and disability, and disparities through community education and involvement.

For more information about this event or the Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality, contact Deborah Caesar at 845-6143. For more information about preventing child abuse, visit www.preventchildabusenc.org or call 1-800-children.