May Bloomed in Flowers of Support, Kindness & Love for Children!

Last month, the Advocacy Network for Children experienced April showers in the form of an outpouring of support for our child abuse prevention events. Partner agencies, businesses, schools, community members and our staff turned out in wonderful number to attend our awareness and prevention events as well as gathering for our 35th anniversary.

May bloomed nationwide with recommitment to the safety of children and families. Individuals, organizations and communities across the United States planted pinwheels, tied ribbons, organized trainings, hosted fundraisers, and supported a multitude of other activities celebrating healthy, happy childhoods and raising awareness that all children deserve to grow up in nurturing, safe homes.

For more information and facts about child abuse and how you can help with prevention, click the following link. Prevent Child Abuse Packet

To read about our agencies efforts, see our newsletters!

Agency May 2025 Newsletter

CASA May 2025 Newsletter

May 7th, 2025

April Preventions Events Lead to May Achievement Results!

The old saying is April showers bring May flowers but around here April brings April Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention Events! You can read everything you wanted to know and more by reading our April Newsletters. Do have more questions than the newsletters answer? Call Diane Pieper, Executive Assistant, for everything Prevention event related at 217-223-2272!

Agency April 2025 Newsletter

CASA April 2025 Newsletter

April 3rd, 2025

March is the Lion, Lamb and Luck!

In the old days people would wager on whether March would come in like a lion or a lamb and bet on who would be the recipient of the leprechaun’s luck. In today’s world, facts outweigh superstition.

At the Advocacy Network for Children, we know the children and families in our eleven county service area face the trials of food, housing, mental health, and personal safety insecurity everyday. They rely on the good will of others and community services to provide them with resources to improve their fortune.

Our agency is so lucky to have new employees, Amber Sarnes and Chelsea Ewing. Amber is the CASA Coordinator for our newly expanded CASA programs in Mason and Menard Counties and Chelsea is the new CASA Coordinator for our Morgan County CASA program based in Jacksonville. Please join us in welcoming them! We know that with kindness, support and trauma informed services, we can continue to help make the luck happen for others and provide inroads to success.

For more information about our services and ways you can add to the prosperity, check out the newsletters below!

Agency March 2025 Newsletter

CASA March 2025 Newsletter

Amber Sarnes
Chelsea Ewing
March 4th, 2025