To kick off the month, the Exchange Club Family Center joins with Exchange Clubs nationwide in sponsoring Casual for Kids Blue Ribbon Week in Mobile. Blue ribbons symbolize the blue bruises child abuse inflicts. Casual for Kids is a campaign which helps raise awareness of the programs offered by Exchange Club child abuse prevention centers nationwide.

Mayor Mike Dow and the Mobile County Commissioners have proclaimed April 4-10th Casual for Kids Blue Ribbon Week. Companies and schools are encouraged to allow their employees and students to purchase blue ribbon lapel pins for $1 and dress down for a day during Blue Ribbon week. All proceeds from ribbon sales will go directly to the child abuse prevention programs offered by the Exchange Club Family Center in Mobile. To have blue ribbons delivered to you or get information about our programs, please call the Exchange Club Family Center at (251) 479-5700.

For every dollar spent on child abuse prevention, six dollars are saved in foster care, prosecution, legal services, mental health services, crime and incarceration expenses. The Exchange Club Family Center receives no funding from United Way or local government. It depends on the Exchange Club of Mobile, Children’s Trust Fund and private funding for its support. Buy a blue ribbon today and show your support for child safety in this community.