MEDIA ALERT
May 23, 2011
Contact: Brian Lee
(608) 622-7767
Rainbird: Help End Child Abuse with 1,000 Mile Walk Around Capitol
(MADISON, Wis.)—The Rainbird Foundation is hosting 1,000 people walking one mile around the State Capitol in the second-annual 1,000 Mile Journey, which begins at noon on July 31, to raise funds and encourage people to take action for the end of child abuse, the non-profit organization announced today.
“Child abuse still exists because most of us don’t know what to do,” Hanna Roth, Rainbird’s founder, said. “We invite people to join us and take a stand for the end. That stand gives people access to the next action. It’s that easy.”
Featured speakers this year are Roth and Josh Jasper, CEO of the Riverview Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
Registration for the walk is $25 (free for those 9 and younger). Participants commit to collecting a minimum of $25 in pledges and are encouraged to create a team with friends, family and colleagues.
WHAT: The 1,000 Mile Journey
WHEN: Noon-3 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011
WHERE: 1.75 laps around the State Capitol
COST: $25/person (free for nine and younger), plus $25 in pledges
INFO: www.1000milejourney.org
The Rainbird Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Madison, Wis., is committed to the end of child abuse. Rainbird generates a conversation for the end of child abuse and builds local and global partnerships with organizations that share the same vision. Find out more at www.rainbirdfoundation.org.
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Resulting media coverage:
- WISC-TV (May 29, 2011): Mother Of Fatally Beaten Infant Twins Speaks Out
- WIBA-AM (May 31, 2011): Outside the Box with Mitch Henck
- Wisconsin State Journal (June 5, 2011): Victim becomes full-time advocate against domestic abuse
- WORT-FM (June 27, 2011): Access Hour
- Wisconsin State Journal (July 8, 2011): Experts say homicides show problem of domestic violence, child abuse
- Wisconsin Public Radio (July 11, 2011): The Joy Cardin Show
- NBC-15 (July 12, 2011): 15 News at 5
- WKOW-TV (July 16, 2011): Fighting Against Child Abuse
- The Isthmus (July 21, 2011): Rainbird Foundation targets child abuse
- WIBA-AM (July 29, 2011): Outside the Box with Mitch Henck
- WISC-TV (July 31, 2011): Child Abuse Walk Held On Capitol Square
- NBC-15 (July 31, 2011): 1,000 Mile Journey
- WKOW-TV (July 31, 2011): Walkers take steps against child abuse