Successful Sponsorship Would Create the Picture of:

An Integrated Education and Awareness Campaign

 

A replica of one of the bronze sculptures will be transported on a special low- bed trailer on a National Tour from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans. This highly visable Tour will allow the Monument, its images and messages to be seen and be touched by millions of Canadians in communities large and small. Stop over exhibit/events will occur at Sponsor places of business; at Provincial Legislatures and Parliament Hill; outside Agency and Program facilities, Hospitals, City Halls, Shopping Malls and on the shores of our two oceans.

The “Travelling Monument” creates an excellent opportunity for Awareness campaigns, local community programs and other sponsor value-added activities. It will continue to attract National attention to the issues of abuse and attempt to assist the healing of many of those affected.

Primary activities for most stop over exhibits will be local VIP speeches, viewing the Monument and its quilt squares, reading display boards and an interactive video kiosk about the Monument, making handprint drawings for placement in the Monument and participaction by placing a dampened hand on one of 22 smooth bronze quilt squares. Exhibit stop events will provide additional opportunity for sponsor recognition through giveaway flyers, brochures, booklets and memorabilia.

Farah Khan

 

Community Outreach

Local agencies, programs or support groups will be able to “host” an exhibit stop over or provide an activity in conjunction with exhibits. We are in negotiations with the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) to be major public awareness partners in this tour/awareness campaign. Their partnership will bring liaison and participation of the major organizations in Canada related to child well being and abuse intervention and prevention. The travelling exhibition and its variety of activities will greatly assist with the brevity and degree to which “Reaching Out” becomes part of the psyche of the Nation.

The work lends itself to a co-ordinated National public awareness campaign where photo opportunities create outstanding backdrops for documentaries, print material and broadcast backgrounds for TV news programs. To date, media coverage of the “Reaching Out” program and Monument has included a discussion on issues of child abuse and survivor recovery. Our second National Tour will be a great opportunity to promote social awareness and activities over an intense five month period.

It is envisioned that a National media campaign will include interviews and feature coverage of thePproject, and the messages and images of the "Reaching Out" quilt squares. The campaign will highlight the ChildAbuseMonument.org web site address as a tool for information, healing and growth, through articles and promotions.

 

Promoting National
Participation in Prevention Month

A goal of "Reaching Out" has been to assist with popularizing October as a National Child Abuse Awareness Month. The promotion for the Tour, will likewise promote the introduction of the Annual National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month. “Reaching Out” will be positioned as the traditional site for the annual launch of National Child Abuse Awareness Month.

Would Your Organization Like to be Seen as the Corporation
that Made the Above Picture a Reality?
Contact:
Michael C. Irving, Ph.D., Executive Director/Artistic Director

at (416) 922-8955