SU Partners with Pinwheels for Protection for Child Abuse Prevention Month

SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University joins Pinwheels for Protection to raise awareness of child abuse and support prevention efforts during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. 

Blue pinwheels, the national symbol for child abuse awareness and prevention, have been “planted” on the lawn of the Salisbury University Foundation. Throughout April, the Brown and Church Carillon at SU’s Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons also will be illuminated blue in the evenings.

Pinwheels for Protection founders Roy Geiser, an SU alumnus, and Courtney Geiser, SU College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) advisory board member, recently endowed an annual speaker series through the CHHS Center for Healthy Communities. The training will educate practitioners and students on topics supporting advocacy, awareness and prevention of child abuse.

“Pinwheels for Protection was born as a result of our own family’s personal journey and passion to break the silence surrounding child abuse,” said the Geisers. “Based on the numbers of reported child abuse cases each year exceeding 500 in our area alone, we recognize the crucial need for local awareness.” 

“The positive impact this campaign can have on the children and families in our community and beyond is endless. All it takes is one person willing to do their part in breaking the silence in order to make a difference in a child’s life forever.”

Pinwheels for Protection has worked to raise money over the past six years to help those affected by abuse. The organization will fundraise for the CHHS speaker series, with all proceeds going to the Geiser-Simpson Family Pinwheels for Protection Endowment. 

For more information visit the Pinwheels for Protection fund website or contact Stefanie Rider.