MERIT Pinwheel Ceremony
Child Abuse Prevention Month 2025
April 4, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford, Front Lawn (Commons in case of rain)
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Download iCal FileJoin us in recognizing the abused children receiving Medical Evaluation Response Initiative Team (MERIT) services last year and the work that MERIT does to ensure children receive comprehensive exams so that they get the care they need.
Speakers include Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE, MHA, regional dean, professor of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Rockford Mayor Thomas McNamara, Rebecca Anderson, detective with the Rockford Police Department Sensitive Crimes Unit and Brendan A. Maher, circuit judge for the Criminal Justice Center Rockford.
Over 400 abused and neglected children received MERIT services last year. 400 blue pinwheels in the lawn recognize their stories.
April 4, 2025, is Wear Blue Day to support child abuse awareness and prevention.
Date posted
Jan 29, 2025
Date updated
Feb 18, 2025