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Letter to Herald Times Reporter Touting “Stewards of Children“ In lieu of the recent news articles showing the prevalence and effects of sexual abuse, my hope is many are asking, “How can we prevent this atrocity from repeating itself in this community? Holy Family Memorial’s Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC), in collaboration with Lakeshore CAP, …

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We recently posted our Childhood Stories documentary on our website and we encourage everyone to check it out. This documentary explains exactly Why We Do What We Do. Childhood Stories

We’ve gotten our YouTube channel up and going and we’re excited to be able to reach people through another avenue. So far our channel is primarily PSAs we’ve used past and present, and we hope to be able to provide you with stimulating and useful information regarding child sexual abuse PREVENTION. Darkness2Light Channel

Amy Barth, supporter of Darkness2Light, was featured in this month’s issue of Self magazine! Amy, a survivor herself, has done great things to help other survivors of child sexual abuse by founding and running Camp Cadi.

Jeffrey Kennedy, a local artist, has decided on the latter, building giant metal ant sculptures that “march” all over downtown Charleston. However, these colorful and fun ants do much more than creep up on the Chinese takeout you left on the kitchen counter last night. All sizes of wire and clay ants are on parade …

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So far this August… we have trained over 1,000 people on how to Prevent, Recognize and React Responsibly to child sexual abuse. Anne and Cathy helping unload boxes and boxes of Prevention workbooks for Steward of Children Trainings So far this August… we have had two hour long documentaries on ABC Charleston highlighting the trauma …

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One of the first things you see when you get to Charleston? Our Prevent-a-thon billboard!

Let’s Do Some Simple Math Fact 1: It costs $10 to train one adult in Darkness2Light’s Stewards of Children Prevention Program. Fact 2: It has been proven by third party evaluations that 1 adult trained in Steward’s of Children better protects at least 10 children from sexual abuse. That means that for $10 YOU CAN …

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We need your help! Darkness to Light needs to raise $30,000 in the next 30 Days. These funds are needed to provide scholarships to schools and youth-serving organizations that cannot otherwise afford Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children Training. Organizations, especially schools, are lined up to take the training, but there is less money than …

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Darkness to Light is featured at Monday’s “Dogs with a Cause” and will raise money and awareness about the issue of Child Sexual Abuse. Monday’s event is presented by Palmetto Behavioral Health.

Giant ants will be taking over King Street in August, but it’s OK, they’re friendly. Designed by artist Jeffrey Kennedy, the enormous and colorful sculptures will be unveiled Sat. Aug. 1 down in the market, and then each week they will make a move until they reach their final destination of the Cannonborough-Elliotborough neighborhood. The …

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COLUMBIA, SC. June 15, 2009—Starting July 1, 2009, Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM), a nonprofit providing services to survivors of sexual assault and education about sexual trauma issues to residents of Richland, Lexington, and Newberry Counties, will launch a new child sexual abuse prevention component to their Community Education Program. In December 2008, …

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Charleston chef Fred Neuville is holding a week long celebration July 6th through July 12th to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of his restaurant The Fat Hen, and the opening of his new restaurant The Wild Olvie. On the night of July 7th, every guest in attendance will receive a glass of champagne and be invited …

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The King Street Whisky & Jazz Tour is coming to Halls Chophouse. Charleston’s finest new steakhouse will host a Whisky Dinner with world-renowned Dutch whisky expert and author Hans Offringa presenting his newest book Whisky & Jazz, Monday June 15 at 7:00 PM. Whisky & Jazz is a gorgeous 208-page, full-color coffee table book with …

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If you were to walk into our office not knowing what we do, your first guess might be entomologists: insect scientists. Throughout the office we have ants of all shapes, sizes and colors decorating each and every corner. It’s funny how we came to be ant enthusiasts, but at Darkness to Light we hold the …

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