April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
The National Exchange Club Foundation adopted child abuse prevention in 1979. There are now 100 centers across America, which have served over 140,000 children and 100,000+ families.
In Tennessee there are 5 centers serving over 30 counties. These centers are:
- 139 Thompson Lane
- Nashville, TN 37211
- Executive Director: Susan Galeas
- (615) 333-2644
Exchange Club/Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
- P.O. Box 447 Jackson, TN 38302
- Executive Director: Pam Nash
- Email: pnash@carlperkinscenter.org
- (731) 668-4000
Exchange Club/Holland J. Stephens Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
- 616 N. Church St. Suite B.
- Livingston, TN 38570
- Executive Director: Dawn Killman Raines
- Email: stephenscenter@twlakes.net
- (931) 823-6432
- 2180 Union Avenue
- Memphis, TN 38104
- Executive Director: Jennifer Balink
- Email: jbalink@exchangeclub.net
- (901) 276-2200 xt. 109