La Sierra
Guild’s Newsletter
July, 2010
74th Edition
Why
La Sierra Guild orchestrates fundraisers throughout the year:
The Guilds of Children’s
Hospital
have pledged to raise $5 million towards the establishment of The
Guilds of
Children’s Hospital Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Endowment. The
funds
will provide permanent support for the Guilds of Children's Hospital
Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Center.
More than 3 million
American children
are
reported as abused or neglected every year. That’s just what’s
reported – imagine how many cases never reach an agency. On any given
day,
three to five percent of Children’s inpatient population are here
because of
abuse or neglect. From 2004 to 2006, 34% of children under the age of
one
entering our trauma program were non-accidental traumas. Another 30%
were
listed as falls, many of which were suspected as abuse or neglect.
We have had the SCAN
(Suspected Child
Abuse and Neglect) Team in place since 1999. This is a
multi-disciplinary team
that includes physicians, nurses, social workers, law enforcement,
Child
Welfare, public health and other individuals and groups (as
necessary).
It's designed to help identify and act upon suspected cases of abuse.
Our Guild's Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Center addresses abuse in a
different
way. The center currently operates a clinic one day a week and
sees
follow-up patients and outside referrals.
Staff are trained in both the physical and psycho-social aspects
of
child abuse. Their focus is specifically on elements of abuse, neglect
and
endangerment – not completely on injury treatment.
Another ambitious element of the
department is
prevention. Our team is partnering with organizations like the Child
Abuse
Prevention Councils of California, Comprehensive Youth Services, Child
Welfare
Services, Exceptional Parents Unlimited and county health departments
to
provide education to parents and caregivers. We truly hope to offer
significant
knowledge capital for child abuse prevention in the Valley.
There are many agencies in our region who
address
this horrifying problem and do their best to help kids every day. We
are a
regional powerhouse when it comes to pediatric care, and we work very
hard to
leverage that strength in child abuse prevention. We have lofty goals,
but we
want to make sure that if children are harmed, Children’s Hospital –
and
everything we have to offer – will be there to treat and defend them.
Please
support La Sierra
Guild’s fundraiser “restaurant take over”:
RSVP with Berta Lindman at 209-742-7843 for Sweetwater Steakhouse
Dinner on Sunday, August 29th, $20.00
per person. 5:30 P.M. – no host cocktails,
6:30-8:00 P.M.
Dinner.
Please support La Sierra
Guild’s fundraiser “fall raffle
ticket sales”: Please make arrangements to pick-up
tickets; sell
tickets for $1.00 each; and return ticket stubs.
Mariposa—Judy Hanson 209-966-5011
Oakhurst—Linda Mosley 559-683-6993
Coarsegold—Carol George 559-641-7823