Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 1020

Tonight's special guest is Cynthia Jamin from Los Angeles is a child abuse survivor and activist who helps support one of her favorite non profit efforts, www.Childhelp.org with donations through her business, www.TwirlyGirlShop.com. Cynthia shares her story with the hope that it will motivate others to reach out, help and share. As the web site states, "We donate a portion of every sale to this leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect." And it goes on, "We have a personal reason for wanting to help children. Cynthia Jamin, designer and owner of TwirlyGirl, shares her story with the hope that it will motivate others to reach out, help and share." Cynthia has quite a story. Raised as the only child of a poor single mother, she was abused by a camp councilor at an over night camp as a little girl, starting when Cynthia was seven years old. She was assaulted by him for the next six years. (There's a three minute video about Cynthia at the bottom of the TwirlyGirl "Our Story" web page.) Anxious to speak out against child abuse, Cynthia writes she's looking forward to this opportunity. "It’s great to know this radio platform is available for people. hat you are doing is fantastic for all of us - speaking and silent.