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Activities for Kids

Tips for making it through Covid-19 concerns while your children are at home

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The Coronavirus has become a pandemic crisis impacting every aspect of our lives.  Parents are being forced into the role of educator as our children are pushed into a home-schooling situation.  To add to that stress, many of us do not know

Are your kids safe at summer camp?

By Leah Howell I have worked at summer camps for most of my career.  I started as a junior camp counselor, and over the course of high school, college, and graduate school found myself drawn to camp program management in the most beautiful of settings.  I completed my graduate thesis at a summer camp, and

A Bright Future

By Claudia Cervantes, Protect Our Children Project Bilingual Training Coordinator Recently I attended the Regional Meeting of Coordinators of the Protect Our Children Project that took place in Eugene. It was a full day of inspiration and learning, and I can certainly say that after the first conference, I was not the same person. Now

Un futuro brillante

By Claudia Cervantes, Bilingual Training Coordinator for the Protect Our Children Project Recientemente asistí al Encuentro Regional de Coordinadores del Proyecto Protegiendo a Nuestros Niños que tuvo lugar en Eugene. Fue un día completo de inspiración y aprendizaje, y sin duda puedo puedo decir que después de la primera conferencia, yo ya no era la

Kids, Technology and the Hidden Dangers: 10 Tips for Parents

By Tammi Pitzen, Executive Director of The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County Lately I have been reading a lot about the impact that technology use has on our children.  It is everywhere!  My son was actually introduced to video games at his daycare and then computers at school.  He is sometimes glued to his

Transformation: Why CAC Matters

By Leah Howell, Jackson County Training Coordinator, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN Child Abuse Prevention Training My son just started preschool this year.  Two days per week, he gathers with 10 other 3 year-olds and follows a routine of play, circle time, and snack. Right now he and his classmates are learning about the life-cycle of the
Children feeding goat

A Building Bridges Adventure with the CAC kids

By Virginia Sagal, Communication & Outreach Coordinator, The Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County The kids were waiting, very excited for the bus to arrive and take them to the Sanctuary One at Double Oak Farm! There they would get a tour of the farm. The tour would include visiting with all the Sanctuary One