By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted April 11, 2024
Approximately 150 students in grades Pre-K through 8 from Our Lady of Grace Catholic School in Penndel along with school faculty and administration partnered with the archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection April 4 to kick off National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The planting of the blue pinwheel garden is part of a national movement, “Pinwheels for Prevention,” a grass roots initiative sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse America. (Photos: Joe Bradley/Bradley Digital)
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Leslie Davila, Director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Child and Youth Protection
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Leslie Davila, Director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Child and Youth Protection
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Leslie Davila (center), director of the archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection, along with office staff plant a garden of blue pinwheels April 4 at Our Lady of Grace School in Penndel, Bucks County. The Pinwheel Garden is an initiative of the office during April, which is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Bradley Digital)
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Monsignor Joseph Prior, Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish
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Leslie Davila, Director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Child and Youth Protection
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