Secretary to find out how to get involved.
The purpose of this organization is:
To be a Resource and Information Directory on child abuse in the state of Alaska. We will compile, categorize, and disseminate information on child abuse in the State of Alaska for child victims, adult victims/survivors, their families, and professionals working with them.
To raise the public awareness of the occurrence of child abuse.
Strive to lessen the stigmatism placed on child sexual abuse victims/survivors.
To promote child safety and child abuse preventive programs.
To promote child safety by researching and posting child safety tips including tips on personal safety and Internet safety for children.
We will accomplish part of our mission by keeping up a website on child abuse and by expanding our educational "Mint Green Ribbon Campaign".
Who can volunteer: Any person willing to contribute to the welfare of RID Alaska of Child Abuse by time, and/or services, and/or monetary donations on a continuing basis, and would like to be determined a volunteer, after six months of volunteering you qualify as a voting volunteer, and are eligible to be elected to an office.
Contact
Secretary to find out how to get involved.
Notes from us...
We are not lawyers and can not give legal counsel, we may be able to
guide you in the direction to find legal help. We are not
psychiatrists
We are survivors, friends of survivors and caring community members
trying to reach out to others. By doing this we try to stop the
abuse from happening to the next child. No child should have to
live with the horrors of child abuse and the aftermath it leaves for a
life time!
Without our technical experts, this page would not exist, as we ourselves are still learning our way around computers, they are responsible for putting our vision onto the Internet. We thank them especially for their patience and the ability to do the impossible on their own time.
In searching for these services over the years, we have realized how
much more we need. In many communities there is no specific public
support groups for parents of children who have been abused or adult
survivors
of childhood abuse. The cost of getting the mental health care
you
need is high unless you are lucky enough to live in a community with a
sliding scale fee for help. For those who have neither insurance,
or Medicaid to pay for counseling the choices for professional help in
their recovery are reduced. If anyone here in Alaska has counseling
services
that fit low or no income needs please contact us; the same about
support groups.
For those of you who do have insurance, and the income to see a
professional
for help in recovery the Therapists we currently have listed are
competent
and caring individuals who have helped many. I am one of those
who
had help from a local therapist in my journey to recovery. I couldn't
have
made it to this path of security and serenity that I am on now without
the help from this therapist, my sponsors and friends in another
recovery
group, a patient husband and son, and a belief in a higher power that
is
not me....
Written by both Tia (founder of RID Alaska of Child Abuse) and Debra
These are the people who make up RID's current board in 2010.
Debra Gerrish - President and Webmaster
John Gerrish - Vice President (Until we hold our next election)
Patti Fay Hickox - Treasurer - Secretary
John Gerrish - Technical Chairperson
Getting Services Listed
Get your information on our Resource & Information Directory,
accessible
24 hours a day 365 days a year. Making it easier for victims/survivors
and their families to find the help they need. You can Email
us your information, or snail mail : RID Alaska of Child Abuse, PO
Box 35595, Juneau, Alaska 99803.
Help in our Alaskan Child
Abuse
Awareness Campaign
We used forget-me-not flowers to represent the children of the state of Alaska and to remind people of the innocence lost when children are abused - the innocence that may be saved with your help. These will be on Mint Green Ribbon pins which represent Child Abuse Awareness. Pins are given out in April to be worn during National Child Abuse Awareness month here in Alaskan cities. Pins are dispersed on educational pamphlets that are regional specific in their information such as where to get help, where to report abuse, and how to get involved in your community. There are many opportunities to get involved in this campaign.
Like to
Contribute to this cause financially?
Mail
donations to: RID Alaska
of Child Abuse, PO
Box
35595,
Juneau, Alaska 99803
RID Alaska Child Sexual Abuse found Holli's ribbon idea on the Internet in 1996. With Holli's permission RID personalized her idea to keep the campaign focus on the children here in the Last Frontier. RID added the forget-me-not here in Alaska in 1996 to represent the children of the State of Alaska (the Alaska State flower looks much better on Mint Green). RID Alaska of Child Abuse has further personalized the "Mint Green Ribbon" campaign by pinning the ribbons to "Information Pamphlets" that are region specific for the areas here in Alaska involved in the campaign.
This "Alaskan" campaign is funded here in the state by contributions from businesses, and concerned people here in Alaska. All donations will be put back into this Alaskan Campaign to keep it self supporting. Any funds over the needed amount to keep this yearly campaign going will be put into helping children and families here in our great state.
I heard about a blue ribbon campaign for "Free speech on the
Internet"
back in 1996. I did not run across a "blue ribbon" for Child Abuse
Prevention
until 1997. Both ideas are helpful. We did not mean to reinvent the
wheel,
or to confuse anybody.
Sincerely,
Tia M. Holley -Founder, Past President and Past Vice President of
RID
Alaska of Child Abuse
RID Alaska of Child Abuse
We have changed our name to RID Alaska of Child Abuse to better
reflect
what our educational pamphlets and website now do. We want to be
a voice in fighting all types of child abuse!