ATTENTION ADULTS: YOU Are The KEY to Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect. That is the theme for Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Month each April in Ohio. In a contest sponsored by The Ohio Children's Trust Fund and Family and Children First Councils fifth grade students are asked to use their creativity to depict the things people can do in their every day lives to prevent child abuse and neglect.  

Each county Council selects a winner and submits that piece of artwork to compete in a statewide contest. Twelve pieces are then selected and are featured in the statewide Family Well-Being Calendar. We are pleased to say that the Montgomery County winner has been selected to appear in the statewide calendar in each of the three years we have participated.

2007 Contest Winners

Pictured are: (front row) Philip Connair, Maddie Boone, Morgan Kearney, all from Immaculate Conception School; and Patricia Erbaugh, art teacher at Montgomery County Learning Center for Kain Bentley (back) Christine Olinsky, Chair, Family & Children First Council, and  Catherine Rauch, Office of Family & Children First  Winner:         Maddie Boone, Immaculate Conception School  Runners Up:  Morgan Kearney, Immaculate Conception School                        Kain Bentley, Montgomery County Learning Center                        Philip Connair, Immaculate Conception School    2006 Contest Winners

L-R: Ahjenae Cathey, Gayle Ingram (OFCF Community Liaison), Marissa Sue Butrum,    Heather Rautio, Tom Kelley (OFCF Director) and Georgie Ravelli

Winner:          Heather Rautio - St. Anthony Elementary School Runners Up:   Marissa Sue Butrum - Horace Mann Elementary                       Ahjenae Cathey - Hickorydale Elementary                       Georgie Ravelli - Immaculate Conception School 2005 Contest Winners

L-R:  Megan Butler, Samantha Meeker, Rahn Tillman, Zachary Cross, Megan Scupski.          Back row: Tom Kelley, Director of the Office of Family & Children First

Winner:         Zachary Cross - Immaculate Conception School Runners Up:  Megan Butler - Immaculate Conception School                      Shava'e Ferguson - Charles L. Loos Elementary School                      Samantha Meeker - Charles L. Loos Elementary School                      Megan Scupski - Immaculate Conception School                      Rahn Tillman - Charles L. Loos Elementary School  2004 Contest Winners

2004 Winner, Sierra Drees at the Prevention Luncheon and Awards Ceremony in Columbus, April 2005

Winner:         Sierra Drees - Lutheran School of the Miami Valley Runners Up:  Annie Backhaus - Immaculate Conception School                      Rebecca Boone - Immaculate Conception School                      Sherria Flournoy - Cornell Heights Elementary School                      Laura Wagner - Lutheran School of the Miami Valley