Healthy Kingsport hosts Lunch ‘n Learn to bring awareness to child abuse

Emily Hibbitts
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Healthy Kingsport held a Lunch ‘n Learn event on Tuesday to bring awareness to child abuse prevention during April.

At the event, Pam Johnson with the Child Advocacy Center spoke about child abuse signs and resources to report child abuse if witnessed.

“These folks do so much for our community and sometimes they don’t get recognized like they should,” Healthy Kingsport Director Desteny Clemons said. “They do the hard parts. And so we want to be able to be an advocate for them to get the donations that they need in order to be successful in our community.”

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Isaiah 117 House of Sullivan County and Youth Villages representatives spoke about their agencies and the importance of helping displaced children in the area.

Clemons said they are accepting pajamas in adult and youth sizes, undergarments, socks, underwear, hygiene items, duffel bags and backpacks as donations.

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