Children who died from abuse remembered

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During the past year, 10 Kern County children died from abuse. They ranged from a newborn to age 8. On Friday, April 24, Kern County Network for Children partners joined to recognize these children and all others who died because of child violence and abuse.

Nearly 75 people watched as the Larry J. Rhoades Kern Crossroads color guard raised the Children’s Memorial Flag. The simple red flag consists of paper-doll like figures. In the center of the flag, a while chalk outline of a missing child symbolizes the thousands of children throughout the world who are lost each year to child abuse.

The event was introduced by Olivia Villarereal, Youth Advocate at the Dream Center, headquarters for the Network for Children and Foster Youth Center.

The event concluded with the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow," performed by Mia Michelle Bell, a student at Chipman Junior High.

Children lost to abuse are remembered with a flag raising each year on the 4th Friday of April.


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