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One Small Candle: Creating an SBS Advocacy Group

One Small Candle: Creating an SBS Advocacy Group. October 5, 2008 Greg Williams, MEd Marsha Williams, LPN. As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many. --William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation. Reagan Emery Williams 1/5/04-7/2/06.

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One Small Candle: Creating an SBS Advocacy Group

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  1. One Small Candle:Creating an SBS Advocacy Group October 5, 2008 Greg Williams, MEd Marsha Williams, LPN

  2. As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many. --William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation

  3. Reagan Emery Williams1/5/04-7/2/06

  4. When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes your priceless treasure. It also drives your passion, becomes your cause, and leads you to action. --The Shaken Baby Alliance

  5. action

  6. Internet • National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome • National Shaken Baby Coalition • Shaken Baby Task Force • Don’t Shake a Baby.com • The Shaken Baby Alliance • SBS Prevention Plus • Prevent Child Abuse Illinois • National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse

  7. Literature • After Death Communication Hello from Heaven! by Bill & Judy Guggenheim We Are Their Heaven by Allison DuBois After Life by John Edward • Grief A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion When the Bough Breaks by Judith R. Bernstein The Bereaved Parent by Harriet Schiff

  8. Literature, cont. • Faith God Will Make a Way by Terry Rush Life After the Death of My Son by Dennis L. Apple A Decembered Grief by Harold Ivan Smith The Gift of Grief by Matthew D. Gewirtz

  9. Professionals • Grief Counselors • Pastors • Psychologists • Doctors • Nurses • Investigators • Attorneys • Educators • Social Workers • CPAs

  10. Professionals, cont. • Workshops Train-the-Trainer Workshop Springfield, IL 9/18/07 Prevent Child Abuse Illinois Children Living in Danger: The Risks of Paramours and Domestic Violence Bloomington, IL 6/11/08 Prevent Child Abuse Illinois

  11. Raising Funds • Seed Money • Memorial Fund • Wristbands

  12. Raising Funds, cont. • Business Partnerships Provena United Samaritans Medical Center Lamar Outdoor Advertising Radio Stations WDNL WRHK WDAN WKZS Central Christian Church Danville District #118

  13. Raising Funds, cont. • Business Partnerships, cont. Community Theatre Groups Local Merchants Chart Records Nextel Berbaum Insurance Custard Cup Education Personnel Federal Credit Union

  14. Raising Awareness • Website www.reagansrescuefund.com • Radio Programs WDAN Community Connection WITY Provena Healthy Living

  15. Raising Awareness, cont. • Presentations YFRC Child Awareness Workshop DACC Early Childhood Education Conference Kiwanis and Lions Church groups

  16. Raising Awareness, cont. • Candlelight Vigil

  17. Raising Awareness, cont. • Billboard

  18. Raising Awareness, cont. • Logo

  19. Raising Awareness, cont. • Business Card

  20. Raising Awareness, cont. • Radio Public Service Announcements

  21. Raising Awareness, cont. • Magazine Articles “Partners in Prevention” One Life Winter/Spring 08 “Beary Good News” Teddy Bear Review June 2008

  22. Raising Awareness, cont. • Boyd’s Bears

  23. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District

  24. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District, cont. • Illinois House Resolution 228—adopted 6/13/07 ~SBS curriculum implemented in Illinois middle and high school health classes ~Reagan’s Rescue pushed for immediate implementation in Vermilion and Champaign County schools

  25. Raising Awareness, cont.

  26. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District, cont. • Reagan Williams Memorial Track Invitational • Builder’s Club at North Ridge Middle School • Key Club at Danville High School • Channel One PSAs

  27. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District, cont. • Reagan’s Rescue Scholarship

  28. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District, cont. • Library Donations Danville High School ~Silenced Angels: The Medical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Shaken Baby Syndrome by James R. Peinkofer ~Grandma’s Baby: A True Story of One Family’s Struggle with Shaken Baby Syndrome by Karen Wise, R.N.

  29. Raising Awareness, cont. • School District, cont. • Library Donations Edison Elementary School ~The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia

  30. Legal Responsibilities • Incorporation • NFP Status • Taxes • Bookkeeping

  31. Blessings • Festival of Trees David S. Palmer Arena Nov. 2007 “Angels on Earth”

  32. Blessings, cont. • Reagan Williams Playroom Your Family Resource Connection Danville, IL Dedicated 1/29/08

  33. Blessings, cont.

  34. Blessings, cont.

  35. Blessings, cont

  36. Blessings, cont.

  37. Blessings, cont. Illinois State Proclamation SBS Awareness Week Signed 3/1/08 Gov. Rod Blagojevich

  38. It matters not how long the star did shine but the brightness with which it shown.

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