April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and members of the Christiansburg Police Department recently planted a pinwheel garden in front of Christiansburg’s town hall as part of the 2021 Pinwheels for Prevention campaign. In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the notion of Pinwheels for Prevention after the organization’s research showed and what its experiences since then have reinforced is that people respond positively to pinwheels. They represent childlike whimsy and lightheartedness. The vision of Prevent Child Abuse America is of a world in which all children grow up happy and healthy and prepared to succeed amid supportive families and communities.
