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OCO SAF Program Promoting Safe, Healthy Relationships During Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

February is National Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1.5 million high school students experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year. One in three teens in the US will be a victim of physical, emotional or sexual abuse from a dating partner.

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Oswego Daily News

AmeriCorps Members Help Keep Infants In Need Warm

“For the previous couple of years, our group of AmeriCorps members has made infant fleece blankets and donated them to the families with infants in need who are referred to the County Health Department’s Maternal Child Health Program,” said Carrie Victory, Oswego County AmeriCorps. “The program provides home visits from public health nurses between doctors appointments. AmeriCorps members experience the tremendous reward that comes from helping others.” More than 30 blankets were made by the group and other volunteers.

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