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Commissioner Collins proclaims April 2026 Child Abuse Prevention Month; CASA outlines local outreach
Summary
Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins proclaimed April 2026 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and called on residents to support families; CASA and the Butterfly House outlined local partnership activities and urged wearing blue Fridays in April to raise awareness.
Commissioner Harold Collins proclaimed April 2026 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and urged community members to support and strengthen families across Union County. He called CASA Outreach Coordinator Fran Parks to the podium to explain local awareness activities and partnerships.
Parks invited Amanda Stover, director of the Butterfly House Child Advocacy Center serving Union and Towns counties, to join her and described events and collaboration. Parks said Enotah CASA partners with DFACS and Family Connections and urged residents to "wear blue on Fridays" in April to raise awareness about child abuse prevention. The proclamation notes that preventing child abuse strengthens the county's future and called for community involvement.
The proclamation and remarks were presented as part of the meeting's opening agenda items; no formal vote was required. CASA and the Butterfly House offered contact points for volunteers and community supports; meeting minutes record the outreach invitation and the county's formal proclamation.
