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SCCFF raises awareness with pinwheels
IMPORTANT MESSAGE - Jolia Buchanan, a student at Thompson Falls High School, places pinwheels on the lawn of the Sanders County Courthouse.
HELPING CHILDREN - Each pinwheel at the courthouse represents a chid in Sanders County who suffered domestic or sexual abuse.
You may have seen Crystal Buchanan with Sanders County Coalition for Families (SCCFF) and her daughter Jolia out near the Sanders County courthouse last Thursday. The two were placing blue and silver pinwheels throughout the lawn next to the courthouse.
Signs posted on the lawn explain the message. There are 835 pinwheels placed in the area, one for each Sanders County child who was affected by domestic or sexual abuse. The pinwheels represent the children who have been helped by SCCFF since 2000. If you do the math, that's an average of 44 children a year. Buchanan said that she thought the pinwheels would be a good way for the community to visualize the impact SCCFF has on Sanders County.
"That's just the kids who have walked through our doors or benefited from our services," Buchanan said. "That doesn't include the ones who are helped by Child and Family Services or the Sanders County Sheriff's Office."
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