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County spotlights public safety and child-welfare efforts; safe-sleep campaign highlighted in child-fatality report
Summary
Onslow County commissioners issued multiple proclamations honoring military children, National Coin Week, Sturgeon City Earth Day, Child Abuse Prevention Month and Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Social work manager Kimberly Bailey presented a child fatality prevention report that linked about 18.8% of reviewed 2024 deaths to unsafe sleep and described education campaigns and system barriers.
Onslow County used its April 6 meeting to highlight public-safety recognition and child-welfare work, issuing five proclamations and hearing a child-fatality prevention report that emphasized education to reduce preventable deaths.
Vice Chairman Robin Nat presented a proclamation declaring April 22, 2026 as "Purple Up Day" to honor military children; representatives from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and school-liaison staff joined for the presentation. Commissioner Royce Bennett read a proclamation recognizing National Coin Week, and Commissioner John Davis presented a proclamation for Sturgeon City’s Earth Day celebration. The board also proclaimed April…
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