Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse Prevention
Mission: The mission of Child Guardians, Inc. is to help abused, neglected, or abandoned children through its direct funding of children’s needs, and through the support of organizations serving these children in the Florida counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton. We pursue our mission by developing and managing our resources, enabling us to complete the following activities: directly fund educational, social, physical, medical, and/or clothing needs of these children; promote community awareness of these children’s needs; and assist with the recruitment, retention, and support of volunteers serving these children.
Results: Child Guardians, Inc. Impacts2009-2016*100% of designated funds go to children who have verified abuse and neglect cases. The Board of Trustees has historically contributed extra operating funds. We do not have an Executive Director. This is an all-volunteer non-profit. *Child Guardians has been active as a non-profit for 31 years!*The Board of Trustees has partnered with 4 local organizations that serve children with verified cases. *During the past 5 years, the Child * Guardians Board of Trustees has raised over $160,000.00 to support the Guardian ad Litem program with an advertising grant, and provide over $60,000 with an average contribution per child of $114.40 for over 4,000 children. * Google awarded an Ad Grant to us in 2010 that continues to provide $329.00/day ($10,000/month) in Google Ads that drive traffic to our website. * We have social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Linked-In. We also have a page on Pinterest. You can find our extensive website at www. beaguardian. org We need to do more! There are 4,000 children eligible for services EVERY YEAR! Please consider a donation to Child Guardians, Inc. in Pensacola, FLorida.
Target demographics: Fund the unmet needs of neglected, abandoned and abused children.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 44 children's medical, dental, educational, recreational, and/or extracurricular expenses.
Geographic areas served: The Northwest Florida counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton, but provide prevention and intervention information across the Internet.
Programs: For the children in NWFL, we directly fund educational, social, physical, medical, and/or clothing needs. Examples of direct funding activities include the following: medical bills (not covered by other sources), summer camp fees, music lessons, self-esteem events or activities, daycare, medical devices, sports entry fees and any other unmet needs where funding for the child is non-existent. In addition, we provide the most current information on our website that includes child abuse prevention, statistics, reporting, resources, research, and more. The resources section is a small portal of information related to child abuse.