CONTEST, ADS TARGET PROTECTING CHILDREN; TURNAROUND STARTS IN HIGH ABUSE RATE.Byline: Greg Botonis Daily News Staff Writer Billboard, radio, television and newspaper ads, a family picture display and a children's poster contest will draw attention to April's designation as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The campaign is intended to educate and raise awareness about child abuse in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , which historically has had the highest rate of child-abuse reports in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County. ``When we started this campaign the problem of child abuse in the Antelope Valley was out of control,'' said Esther Gillis, executive director of The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley. ``Now just five or six years later we have seen an incredible turnaround Turnaround A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal. Notes: A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company. , a 17 percent drop. The Antelope Valley still has about 22 percent of the total abuses cases in Los Angeles County.'' The Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. will play host to a collection of family photos set up in gallery-style throughout April. The pictures will be hung along with poster entries in a contest for schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school each to create a picture titled ``What Makes Me Happy.'' ``We have used a lot of different programs to raise awareness and to educate, but our message is still the same and just as simple: Child abuse is 100 percent preventable,'' said Barbara Merritt, chairman of the Child Abuse Awareness Campaign. The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley is a not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. , volunteer organization that assists children who have been emotionally or physically abused or neglected. For more information on the Children's Center or upcoming events, call (661) 949-1206. |
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