And the Winners Are . . .

We are pleased to announce the winners of our, first-ever, Rise and Shine Movement contest.
Drum roll, pahlease!

 

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Our first place winner is Verna Bowman. Verna, you win an autographed copy of Rise and Shine: A Tool for the Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Congratulations!

Our second place winner is Jennifer Willard Kurtgis. Jennifer, you win the beautiful bracelet and earrings compliments of Kate Cook of S&KAwareness Jewelry. Congratulations!

Thank you to all who made our first contest so successful. But more importantly, thank you to all of you, who raised their voices and raised awareness during Childhood Sexual Abuse Awareness Month.

When we speak about sexual abuse,

we lessen its power

 over children and survivors.

We will not shut up. We will not be silenced. Together we make a difference.

*Verna and Jennifer, please contact me at Carolyn@RiseAndShineMovement.org with your addresses. Thank you.

Your Fifth Chance to Protect Children and Win a Prize (Poster #5)

Remember, I want you to be free to be everything you were created to be.

Sexual abuse damages a child’s heart, mind, and soul. It takes away a child’s voice, their ability to trust, their sense of worthiness, their freedom to become all they were created to be.

We take many actions to protect our children from harm, car seats, safety latches, bike helmets, etc… And actions often speak louder than words. But we can never go wrong adding words to our actions. “Remember, I want you to be free to be everything you were created to be” are precious words our children (no matter their age) need to hear. They help you build a strong, sturdy bridge of communication with your kids when you speak with them about sexual abuse. Speak them often, so your children’s hearts can hear the whisper.

This week's poster

Please see contest rules and help us protect kids by sharing our poster/s on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RiseAndShineMovement), Twitter(https://twitter.com/RiseNShineMove), and Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/RiseNShineMove).

 When we work together, 

we can protect more children.

Thank YOU!!!

Your Second Chance to Protect Children and Win a Prize (Poster # Two)

We take many actions to protect our children from harm, car seats, safety latches, bike helmets, etc… And actions often speak louder than words. But we can never go wrong adding words to our actions.

Remember, I am here to protect you

are precious words our children need to hear. They help us build a strong, sturdy bridge of communication with our children when we speak to them about sexual abuse. We must speak them often, so our children’s hearts can hear the whisper.

This Week’s Poster for Our Contest

Please see contest rules and help us protect kids by sharing our poster on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

 When we work together, we can protect more children.

Thank YOU!!!

Your Chance to Protect a Child and Win a Prize

Win an autographed copy of Rise and Shine: A Tool for the Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1^st Prize) or a beautiful Childhood Abuse Awareness bracelet with earrings (2^nd Prize) in April in recognition of Childhood Sexual Abuse Awareness Month.

How? Share our inspiring poster of the week, featured each Thursday, on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RiseAndShineMovement), Twitter (https://twitter.com/RiseNShineMove), or Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/RiseNShineMove) with your friends and write in the comment box “I’ve joined the Rise and Shine Movement to protect kids.” Share as often as you can. Each share enters you for a chance to win. Don’t have Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest? Write the above in the comment box on our blog (http://www.tamarsredemption.blogspot.com) and commit to share our blog and/or our website (http://riseandshinemovement.org) via email with at least two friends.

Rules: Sharing begins 6 AM March 28 and ends April 30 midnight. The winners will be chosen at random on May 1 at noon and announced on our blog, Twitter, and FB page. Prizes can be mailed anywhere in the continental US.

                                                                                          

This Week’s Poster

Sexual abuse steals children’s dreams.

When we work together, we help the innocent keep their dreams.

Thank you!

Contest Anyone?

It's almost time to celebrate my fiftieth blog post and in honor of my accomplishment (seven kids, you bet, this is an accomplishment for this busy momma), I'm giving away a series of books entitled God's Design for Sex Series to one blessed blog reader.

Now, in case you've just turned a funky shade of red and are wondering if you just read the word sex on my blog site, let me be clear: Yes, you just read the word sex on my blog site. God's Design for Sex Series is a series of age appropriate books that parents can use to teach their kids about sex.

Now why would any parent want to do that you might ask? They don't. But it's a parents job to do that, and if you're like me, you need all the help you can get. (Incidentally, we tried using hamsters at the Ruch house to teach these lessons. I don't recommend this. You just end up with a lot of little hamsters.) I love these books. They are well written and the illustrations are beautiful. And they make an uncomfortable job a whole lot more comfortable.

So how do you enter? Just make a comment on my blog, on any post you desire, between now and December 31st. The winner will be chosen at random in high tech fashion by one of my kiddos picking a name from a hat. I will announce the winner on January 1st, 2011.

Happy commenting!