BlueStone Press, July 17, 2015 , Page 11

Jam4TheEnd2 tackles global child abuse

Jillian Nadiak
BSP Reporter
The second annual Jam4TheEnd2 will
be held this year on Aug. 14 at the Marbletown Community Center in an effort to
put an end to child abuse everywhere.
Jillian Brown, the co-host of the evenings event and committee chairperson
along with Ashley Paquin and Brittany
Carroll of the non-for-profit organization Rainbird Foundation, put a specific
emphasis on the need to end child abuse
globally instead of simply trying to prevent
it.
According to a study done by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States state and
local child protective services (CPS)
received an estimated 3.4 million referrals
of children being abused or neglected. An
estimated 1,640 children died in 2012 due
to maltreatment.
The United States has one of the worst
records among industrialized nations
losing on average between four and
seven children every day to child abuse
and neglect, according to the American
Society for the Positive Care of Children.
We need to become so aware of child
abuse happening in our face that we will
hate it so much so we try to get rid of it
instead of just living with it day to day like
the elephant in the room, said Brown.
Jam4TheEnd2 is a fundraising event
for the Rainbird Foundation to help do
exactly that.
With stations established already across
the U.S., the Philippines and Africa, this
movement is beginning to establish a
name for itself globally.

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Pastor Johann Christoph Arnold and
all the members of the Bruderhof church
community became a vital voice and support for the Rosendale pool project from
the very first day of the fundraising and
grant writing campaign, said Burke.
They where the first people to promise
to help, she said. They value the things
that a community pool stands for: family,
friends, children playing, community,
senior physical therapy, the Brookside
school children with disabilities coming
for their summer occupational therapy,
life saving swimming lessons, teamwork,
community project, grassroot efforts
these are all things the Bruderhof community enjoys offering support for.
A group of Bruderhof children sang
songs at the groundbreaking ceremony.
It only seemed appropriate that the
voices that proclaimed help and support
for their community since the very beginning sum it up with songs in the end, said
Burke. They will be back in the summer
of 2016 to help us make the biggest splash
ever at the ribbon-cutting, too. Hopefully
every resident in Rosendale along with
all of our neighbors and friends will come
and celebrate that moment with us!

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We want people to know how important this really is because people hear
about child abuse and they kind of look
over it and dont think much of it, said
Brown. Yes, its out there. Yes, its going
to happen just like the sun is going to rise
every day. We dont want that anymore.
Why is it normal to think that child abuse
is normal?
According to the foundations Crowdrise
page, Jam4TheEnd2 is a place ...where really cool people get together to rock out for
the end of child abuse! The event will not
only feature live music with The Wellcome
Home Band headlining, but there will also
be food, drinks, dancing and a silent auction, as well as raffle tickets at the door.
The event will provide a space to learn
more on the topic of child abuse while
knowing your money is going to a growing
foundation that not only helps children
locally but all over the world.
The Rainbird Foundation was established in 2010 and has been growing ever
since.
Money raised at the fundraiser will go
towards everything the foundation does,
from traveling to children in need of help
to providing resources children need such
as clothing or food.
The foundation gets many calls, and
certain branches are notified. Phone numbers are available, and when a call is made
alerting the foundation of a specific case,
they reach out and send members to help.
Brown spoke of a scenario where the
Rainbird Foundation was alerted about a
girl being beaten. The foundation sent a
group of five people to go to the door with
the authorities. The girl then went to live
with her aunt in another state.
Transitional Builders from the City of
Poughkeepsie won the bid for the pool
project, which will be completed in time
for next summer.
The new construction will include two
separate pools a 25-yard, six-lane lap
pool for competitions, and a zero-entry
activity pool that will reach 4 feet in depth.
A zero-entry swimming pool, also
known as a beach-entry swimming pool,
has an entry that gradually slopes beachlike into the water. There are no stairs or
ladders to navigate, which assists young
children and anyone with accessibility
problems.
Separating the two pools allows for
the lap pool to remain open any time the
activity pool becomes contaminated and
needs to be disinfected.
The Rosendale Pool Project continues to
raise money to finance construction of the
pool. The recent Mermaid Parade raised
$1,200 for the pool, and the town's transfer
station has already raised $5,000 from
nickel deposits from bottles. Proceeds
from the upcoming Rosendale Runs halfmarathon and fun run in October will also
go toward the pool project.
For more information about the pools
progress, you can visit the Rosendale Pool
Projects booth at this weekends street
fest.

Out
enjoy
and

Local Rainbird Foundation members at a march in Washington DC.

In the Philippines, a young girl was stolen by a bartender and was kept in a basement with several other young children
who were being drugged. When we find
out news like that we go in and take action
and get them out, said Brown. Whats really amazing is that once we get them out
we get to hear about their recovery stories.
We keep in contact with them and see
how they're doing and make sure they're
still safe until theyre grown, and its just
beautiful to make sure that theyre safe for
the rest of their lives.
Whats very important to know is that
child abuse is happening all around us,
and people are unaware of it -- or they
dont want to be aware of it, said Brown.
They kind of blind themselves when its
happening next door or with aunts or
uncles. We kind of pretend like its not

happening, but theres so much abuse.

Abuse comes in many nontraditional
forms that arent commonly thought
about as abuse. A child can be not only
physically or sexually harmed but also
verbally and mentally.
Jame4TheEnd2 will be held from 7-11
p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Marbletown Community Center, Route 209,
Stone Ridge. Tickets for the event can
be purchased at the Jam4TheEnd2 web
page, https://www.crowdrise.com/
Jam4TheEnd2.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at
the door. Students and children over age
10 are $10 in advance and $15 at the door;
children under 10 enter for free.
For more information, contact Ashley
Paquin at apaquin@rainbirdfoundation.
org.

Coming soon ...

Stone Ridge Veterinary Clinic

4011 Route 209 (across from Schoonmaker Lane) 687-7222

Rondout Valley Veterinary Associates

is very pleased to announce that we will
be opening a Satellite office Stone Ridge
Veterinary Clinic on August 1st!
All the veterinarians, Dr. Eric Hartelius, Dr. Kathleen Laux, and
welcoming Dr. Elizabeth Prescott, currently working at RvVets
in Kerhonkson will provide preventative services in the Stone
Ridge office.
We will also have a groomer on staff, and will be scheduling
behavioral/training consultations early in the fall.
Please call to schedule an appointment for any of these
services.
And lastly, we would like to wish a happy retirement to Dr.
Roman Bohonowych and Dr. Susan Siegel and thank them
both for their many years with Rondout Valley Veterinary
Associates providing exemplary work to serve the community
and their pets medical needs.