SWU Becomes a Child Abuse Prevention Community Partner
To strengthen child abuse prevention efforts across South Carolina, community partners plant “pinwheel gardens.” By its very nature, the pinwheel connotes whimsy and childlike notions. In essence, it has come to serve as the physical embodiment, or reminder, of the great childhoods we want for all children.
Southern Wesleyan University has planted a pinwheel garden at its entrance on Highway 93. By becoming a community partner, SWU reinforces the messaging of child abuse prevention throughout the Upstate, affirming that we all have a role to play in child abuse prevention. It begins with paying attention to the needs of young families around us.
Pickens County First Steps has served as a leader in the Upstate by raising awareness and planting pinwheel gardens with its many community partners, SWU being one of them. There are 10,000 pinwheels planted across Pickens County. Together with other partners, they are leading 2016 Child Abuse Prevention Month activities in the Pickens area.