Secretary
to find out how to get involved.
The purpose of this organization is:
To be a Resource and Information Directory on child abuse in the state of Alaska. We will compile, categorize, and disseminate information on child abuse in the State of Alaska for child victims, adult victims/survivors, their families, and professionals working with them.
To raise the public awareness of the occurrence of child abuse.
Strive to lessen the stigmatism placed on child sexual abuse victims/survivors.
To promote child safety and child abuse preventive programs.
To promote child safety by researching and posting child safety tips including tips on personal safety and Internet safety for children.
We will accomplish part of our mission by keeping up a website on child abuse and by expanding our educational "Mint Green Ribbon Campaign".
Who can volunteer: Any person willing to contribute to the welfare of RID Alaska of Child Abuse by time, and/or services, and/or monetary donations on a continuing basis, and would like to be determined a volunteer, after six months of volunteering you qualify as a voting volunteer, and are eligible to be elected to an office.
Contact Secretary
to find out how to get involved.
Notes from us...
We are not lawyers and can not give legal counsel, we may be able
to guide you in the direction to find legal help. We are not
psychiatrists We are survivors, friends of survivors and
caring community members trying to reach out to others. By
doing this we try to stop the abuse from happening to the next
child. No child should have to live with the horrors of
child abuse and the aftermath it leaves for a life time!
Without our technical experts, this page would not exist, as we ourselves are still learning our way around computers, they are responsible for putting our vision onto the Internet. We thank them especially for their patience and the ability to do the impossible on their own time.
In searching for these services over the years, we have realized
how much more we need. In many communities there is no specific public
support groups for parents of children who have been abused or
adult survivors of childhood abuse. The cost of getting the
mental health care you need is high unless you are lucky enough to
live in a community with a sliding scale fee for help. For
those who have neither insurance, or Medicaid to pay for
counseling the choices for professional help in their recovery are
reduced. If anyone here in Alaska has counseling services that fit
low or no income needs please contact us; the same about support
groups.
For those of you who do have insurance, and the income to see a
professional for help in recovery the Therapists we currently have
listed are competent and caring individuals who have helped
many. I am one of those who had help from a local therapist
in my journey to recovery. I couldn't have made it to this path of
security and serenity that I am on now without the help from this
therapist, my sponsors and friends in another recovery group, a
patient husband and son, and a belief in a higher power that is
not me....
Written by both Tia (founder of RID Alaska of Child Abuse) and
Debra
These are the people who make up RID's current board in 2010.
Debra Gerrish - President and Webmaster
John Gerrish - Vice President (Until we hold our next election)
Patti Fay Hickox - Treasurer - Secretary
John Gerrish - Technical Chairperson
Getting Services Listed
Get your information on our Resource & Information Directory,
accessible 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Making it easier for
victims/survivors and their families to find the help they need.
You can Email
us your information, or snail mail : RID Alaska of Child
Abuse, PO Box 35595, Juneau, Alaska 99803.
Help in our Alaskan Child
Abuse Awareness Campaign
We used forget-me-not flowers to represent the children of the state of Alaska and to remind people of the innocence lost when children are abused - the innocence that may be saved with your help. These will be on Mint Green Ribbon pins or stickers which represent Child Abuse Awareness. Pins or stickers ( a longer reminder!) are given out in April to be worn during National Child Abuse Awareness month here in Alaskan cities. Pins or stickers are dispersed on educational pamphlets that are regional specific in their information such as where to get help, where to report abuse, and how to get involved in your community. There are many opportunities to get involved in this campaign.
Like to Contribute to this
cause financially? Mail
donations to: RID Alaska of Child Abuse, PO Box
35595, Juneau, Alaska 99803
RID Alaska Child Sexual Abuse found Holli's ribbon idea on the Internet in 1996. With Holli's permission RID personalized her idea to keep the campaign focus on the children here in the Last Frontier. RID added the forget-me-not here in Alaska in 1996 to represent the children of the State of Alaska (the Alaska State flower looks much better on Mint Green). RID Alaska of Child Abuse has further personalized the "Mint Green Ribbon" campaign by pinning the ribbons to "Information Pamphlets" that are region specific for the areas here in Alaska involved in the campaign.
This "Alaskan" campaign is funded here in the state by contributions from businesses, and concerned people here in Alaska. All donations will be put back into this Alaskan Campaign to keep it self supporting. Any funds over the needed amount to keep this yearly campaign going will be put into helping children and families here in our great state.
I heard about a blue ribbon campaign for "Free speech on the Internet" back in 1996. I did not run across a "blue ribbon" for Child Abuse Prevention until 1997. Both ideas are helpful. We did not mean to reinvent the wheel, or to confuse anybody.
Sincerely,
Tia M. Holley -Founder, Past President and Past Vice President of
RID Alaska of Child Abuse