Friday, April 8th, 2016
Dear Friends, Safe Gatherings is a trusted name in screening and training to help protect children, youth, and vulnerable adults, but many of you have expressed a need for training that goes beyond abuse prevention and boundary awareness, and we are responding to your requests. It is with great excitement that I introduce you to […]
Read More >>Friday, April 1st, 2016
Spring has arrived, and it’s a new month. Did you know that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month? It’s time right now to take action to help protect children and youth. Contact us today!
Read More >>Friday, March 25th, 2016
This Easter season, we wish you and yours the comfort and warmth of God’s presence in your life. From all of us at Safe Gatherings, we wish you and yours a blessed Easter!
Read More >>Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Here’s an Irish prayer for you and yours today: May God give you… For every storm, a rainbow, For every tear, a smile, For every care, a promise, And a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, A faithful friend to share, For every sigh, a sweet song, And an answer for each […]
Read More >>Friday, March 11th, 2016
“Spotlight” recently won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Even if you haven’t seen the movie, you may be familiar with its central topic: a journalist team at the Boston Globe in the early 2000s exposed decades-old child abuse and its cover-up within the Archdiocese of Boston. The movie focuses on the journalists pushing for […]
Read More >>Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday today, let’s all get out our “big bats” to help prevent child abuse: “I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to […]
Read More >>Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
Here at Safe Gatherings, we have a secret. Don’t worry, we’ll be telling you about it soon! Stay tuned for details about something very exciting to come!
Read More >>Monday, February 15th, 2016
A recent story from USA Today talked about a West Virginia child who died on a camping trip with his principal in the late 90s. Investigators learned nearly eight years later that it wasn’t a head injury that killed the child, but that the principal had been sexually abusing the child and killed him. It […]
Read More >>Thursday, January 28th, 2016
We all have ears, but are we using them correctly? In your role as a teacher, staff member, or volunteer, you are probably talking all day long: telling kids to slow down, solving problems in the office, or talking on the phone. You’ve mastered the talking part, but are you listening? It’s amazing what can […]
Read More >>Thursday, January 28th, 2016
Imagine this scenario: You are a volunteer at an after-school program. The children are gathered around outside a local middle school to listen to a police officer in the canine unit. It is quite a large group, and there is only one other adult, the director, watching the presentation. A child comes up to you […]
Read More >>Thursday, January 28th, 2016
As a teacher, staff member, or volunteer, you wear many hats. You pass on knowledge, clean up spills, keep order—and that’s just in the first hour of spending time with a group of kids! No matter what our role, as leaders we are tasked with recognizing and responding to abuse. Because of this, we should […]
Read More >>Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
If you’ve seen or heard about the movie “Spotlight,” you know it’s about the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe journalist team and its early-2000s expose of the clergy abuse cover-up in the Boston area and beyond. What it brings to the fore is the amount of unsupervised access that clergy had to children. Parents trusted church […]
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