Oct. 25 Is Dress Purple Day to Raise Child Welfare Awareness
/Oct. 25 marks Dress Purple Day, a campaign to raise awareness about the important role individuals play in supporting children, youth, and families facing challenges.
Photo courtesy of ONtario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.
The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) is collaborating with children’s aid societies and Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being agencies across the province in partnership with government and community-based organizations for the campaign.
On Dress Purple Day, KHCAS invites the community to wear purple to show their commitment to child welfare and spread the message that help is available to the children and youth in our communities. Wearing purple stresses the importance of community support in ensuring the safety and well-being of children and youth in our communities.
“Dress Purple Day offers an opportunity to raise awareness of the important role we all play in supporting vulnerable children, youth and families and that the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society works together with many community organizations to help children, youth, and families facing challenges.” says Jennifer McLauchlan, Executive Director of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society. “We are wearing purple today to show children, youth, and families that we care and are here to help.”
The goals of Dress Purple Day for the KHCAS are:
To highlight how the KHCAS works in partnership with local community-based organizations and service providers to support vulnerable children, youth and families.
To continue to work collectively with the Ontario government regarding the need to invest in social infrastructure so children, youth and families can access the right care, at the right time, close to home.
To raise awareness that every child and youth has a right to safety and well-being in all spaces and that the community plays a role in protecting those rights.
For KHCAS to strengthen relationships with local community-based organizations and service providers supporting children, youth and families.
