Child Abuse Prevention Month to kick off April 1 with benefit runs

'No Excuse For Child Abuse' is printed on the stem of a pinwheel Tuesday as hospital staff plant blue pinwheels as part of a partnership with Tip of Texas Family Outreach to acknowledge the importance of preventing child abuse for National Child Abuse Prevention Month at Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

HARLINGEN — Child Abuse Prevention Month begins April 1, but it happens every day.

That’s why seven local non-profit organizations have joined forces to kick off the month with three runs Saturday morning.

There will be a one-mile fun run, a 5K, and a 10K run, all beginning at Harlingen High School at 1201 Marshall St.

The fun run will begin at 7:30 a.m. The other two runs will begin at 8 a.m.

Anyone wishing to participate can register onsite at 7 a.m.

The price is $30, and the money will benefit Blue Sunday, Children’s Advocacy Center of Cameron and Willacy counties (Monica and Maggie’s House), CASA of Cameron and Willacy counties, HCISD Teen Parents Students Association, Sunny Glen Children’s Home, Valley Haven Emergency Children’s Shelter, and Young Lives.