CARES: Medical assessments for child abuse victims

May and June of 2011 were the busiest months ever in the 24-year history of CARES Northwest, based in Portland, Oregon. In each month, we had 153 children come to the clinic for medical assessments for child abuse -- typically we see about 120 children per month.

While child abuse is still plaguing the children in the Pacific Northwest and throughout our country, there is a way to help. Your donations are making a difference in the lives of the children and families that we serve every day at CARES Northwest.

Here are a few comments from children and families we recently helped:

• "I would like to thank everyone for being so kind and helpful. I am very grateful for benefiting from these services and how the staff at CARES made this process easy. We were all so nervous to come here not knowing what to expect but we felt at ease once we arrived and were walked through the procedure. Once again, thank you!"
• "Dana (volunteer) is awesome!! (We have wonderful volunteers who take care of the children while their parents receive information regarding their check-up and follow-up care)."
• "Thanks for everything. I really happy you guys took him, also you guys save thousands of kids from being touched inappropriately. Thanks so much you guys are my hero."
• "Thank you for being available."
• "Everyone was kind to us. They treated us with sensitivity and respect. They made us feel comfortable and protected. I believe this program is of great help for our kids, and for us as well."

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