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Pinwheels Show Heights Club's Support of Child Abuse Prevention

Hasbrouck Heights Contemporary Club has planted a pinwheels garden in support of the national Pinwheels for Prevention campaign.

A cheerful garden of pinwheels gently blows in the wind just outside the Hasbrouck Heights municipal complex serving as a national symbol for child abuse and neglect prevention.

Members of the Hasbrouck Heights Contemporary Garden planted this garden on Thursday morning in support of the Prevent Child Abuse America's Pinwheels for Prevention campaign, said club member Patricia Link.  

The pinwheel symbol serves as "uplifting reminder of childhood and the bright futures all children deserves" according to Prevent Child Abuse America.

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"The General Federation of Women’s Club in Washington DC is a big sponsor of this project and has asked local clubs to participate and get the word out to fight against child abuse," said Link.

A pinwheel gardeen was also planned for the traffic circle on the Boulevard.

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