Northwestern SWAT fosters "Wooden Child" prevention of child abuse

 

April 20, 2018

The 246 wooden characters displayed on the northeast corner of the Garfield County Courthouse are being used to increase community awareness of children abused or neglected in Garfield County.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Social Workers Association of Tomorrow (SWAT) has taken part in the "Wooden Children" project sponsored by the Garfield County Child Advocacy Center.

The Wooden Children project is designed to bring awareness to the number of child abuse cases that are investigated each year. In 2017, 246 confirmed cases of child abuse were reported in Garfield County.

Each wooden figurine is approximately two to three feet high and were cut out by volunteers from Vance Air Force Base. Once the forms were cut out, the Junior Welfare League and other individuals paint...



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