DLA News Archive

April 26, 2023

Pinwheels for prevention: Betty Ackerman CDC Raising awareness about child abuse

RICHMOND, Va. — The Betty Ackerman Child Development Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia held a pinwheel parade promoting National Child Abuse Prevention Month April 14.

April 29, 2022

DLA shares Child Abuse Prevention Month efforts with DOD

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — April is designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Lisa Grenon and Michiel DeVito, family program managers with DLA Installation Management at Battle Creek, Michigan, and Columbus, Ohio, respectively, presented the DLA’s CAPM events to Patricia Barron, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy during a virtual event on April 28, 2022.

April 4, 2019

Seeds of hope planted at DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As part of raising awareness for Child Abuse Prevention, Defense Supply Center Columbus associates gathered at Hope Garden in Mission Park to place pinwheels and spread seeds around the garden April 1. April is the designated Child Abuse Prevention Month and blue is the color associated with the cause.

May 2, 2018

Awareness month concludes with pinwheel parade at DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DSCC Morale, Welfare and Recreation's Child Development Center hosted a pinwheel parade May 1 to recognize the conclusion of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and Month of the Military Child.