ATTENTION ADULTS: YOU Are The KEY to Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect.   That is the theme for Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month each April in Ohio.  In a contest sponsored by The Ohio Children's Trust Fund and Family and Children First Councils fifth grade students are asked to use their creativity to depict the things people can do in their every day lives to prevent child abuse and neglect.  

Each county Council selects a winner and submits that piece of artwork to compete in a statewide contest.  Twelve pieces are then selected and are featured in the statewide Family Well-Being Calendar.   We are pleased to say that the Montgomery County winner has been selected to appear in the statewide calendar in each of the three years we have participated.

2006 Contest Winner:              Heather Rautio - St. Anthony Elementary School Runners Up:      Marissa Sue Butrum - Horace Mann Elementary                            Ahjenae Cathey - Hickorydale Elementary                            Georgie Ravelli - Immaculate Conception School
	L-R: Ahjenae Cathey, Gayle Ingram (OFCF Community Liaison), Marissa Sue Butrum, Heather Rautio, Tom Kelley (OFCF Director) and Georgie Ravelli

 

2005 Contest     Winner:          Zachary Cross - Immaculate Conception School     Runners Up:    Megan Butler - Immaculate Conception School                               Shava'e Ferguson - Charles L. Loos Elementary School                               Samantha Meeker - Charles L. Loos Elementary School                               Megan Scupski - Immaculate Conception School                               Rahn Tillman - Charles L. Loos Elementary School

L-R:  Megan Butler, Samantha Meeker, Rahn Tillman, Zachary Cross, Megan Scupski.   Back row: Tom Kelley, Director of the Office of Family & Children First

                

2004 Contest     Winner:        Sierra Drees - Lutheran School of the Miami Valley     Runners Up:    Annie Backhaus - Immaculate Conception School                              Rebecca Boone - Immaculate Conception School                              Sherria Flournoy - Cornell Heights Elementary School                                    Laura Wagner - Lutheran School of the Miami Valley
	2004 Winner, Sierra Drees at the Prevention Luncheon and Awards Ceremony in Columbus, April 2005