SCU collected old tennis shoes for recycling. Your old shoes will be ground up to make surfaces for tracks, basketball courts and the like for under served communities.

February 2008:  Heart Disease Awareness  

SCU is celebrating Heart Disease Awareness the whole month of February and March! 

"Go Red For Women celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke."

~ American Heart Association

Stop by one of our branch locations to pick up your red dress pin and support The American Heart Association through your donation.

For more information on Heart Disease go to goredforwomen.org.

Sharefax Employees & Family Show Support to the Mercy Heart Mini-Marathon

April: CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH

Sharefax has decided to take a stand on child abuse and neglect. We are giving out information that will educate our members about child abuse and neglect.  They will be able to learn how to recognize child abuse and how to handle a child abuse situation. 

The national average of abused children is 12.3 per 1,000 children and Ohio’s average is currently 17.4 per 1,000 children, which earns Ohio a ranking of ninth in the nation. Between 1998 and 2002, the number of abused and neglected children doubled from 24,998 to 50,140 in Ohio. Unfortunately, any child can fall victim to child abuse and neglect. Therefore, it is important for everyone to be educated about child abuse and neglect and to make sure that it is taken seriously. There are four types of child maltreatment:

1. Neglect is the failure to act on the behalf of a child and comes in three different categories: physical, emotional, and educational.
2. Physical abuse is injury to a child that is not an accident.
3. Sexual abuse is any act of a sexual nature upon or with a child.
4. Emotional abuse is consistent attitudes or acts that interfere with the psychological and social development of a child.

Statistics

• One in four girls will be sexually abused before the age of 18.
• One is six boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18.
• Of the violent juvenile and adult prisoners across the nation, 80% of them were raised in violent homes.
• Survivors of abuse are six times more likely to become abusive parents.
• The repetition of a grade is 25 times more likely to happen to an abused child.
• Of the high school dropouts across the nation, 25% of them have a history of abuse in their families.
• 45% of abused children become adult alcoholics.

Sharefax wants to help those in the community that might be victims of child abuse or neglect. f you think that someone you know is a victim then please do not hesitate to call the police or a child abuse hotline.  

For more information please visit www.pcao.org.