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5 Steps to Flag your Commitment to Child Friendly Communities.

July 29, 2007

Article by Megan BaylissArticle by Megan Bayliss

Imaginif needs a hand (or hundred) to complete a global Flag of Commitment to Child Friendly Communities. During Child Protection Week (September 2007), a flag will fly in Cairns Australia, made up of hand prints from all over the globe. The hand prints represent those adults amongst us that say, “we put our hands up to make not just our street, but our world, a friendlier place for kids.”

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Here’s what to do:

  1. Draw, photograph, copy, scrapbook, applique, quilt or trace your hand (that’s my entry to the right).
  2. Write a protective message on it. Could be a single word (in any language), a statement or a symbol.
  3. Write a short blog about your commitment to a child friendly community and illustrate your post with your hand pic.
  4. Enter your post in the Linky below and Char from the Imaginif family will access your blog to copy your hand print (enter either you or your blogs name, followed by the url where your hand is waving for child friendliness).
  5. By entering this Flag of Commitment, you agree to have Char print your hand and to include in an international flag of commitment to be flown during Child Protection Week.

helping.jpg Char will post a photo and article back here during Child Protection Week with a public “hands up” (aka links) to our fellow community bloggers who helped to make the world nicer, safer and a handier place for kids to hang out. Don’t lose face by voting with your feet - show us your hands by entering your hand print post below.

For more information about this countryless flag of child protection, read A Child Friend Australia Coming Your Way Soon.

Posted by Megan Bayliss | Filed Under Child Safety & Protection 

Comments

4 Responses to “5 Steps to Flag your Commitment to Child Friendly Communities.”

  1. Megan Bayliss on July 29th, 2007 6:22 pm

    Hey Char. I hope you get many hands, because many hands make light work of raising safe communities for our kids. Please use my hand (single hand pictured) on the flag and be sure to keep us updated with flag info. I would love to come and see it in person.

  2. Lisa Dickson on July 30th, 2007 12:45 pm

    I’m working on creating my “hand” right now!!

    Lisa

  3. Lisa Dickson on August 1st, 2007 12:14 am

    Just linked mine…

  4. Mammy on September 2nd, 2007 9:05 am

    Linked mine, just in time for Sept 2! :)

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