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Hometown Heroes – Stop Abuse, Spectrum Puppets
Stop Abuse, powered by Spectrum Puppets, was created in 1986 with the goal to prevent child sexual abuse by raising awareness through education, detection, and referral. Regina Marscheider, the Executive Director of Stop Abuse, gives Hometown [...]
How One Mom Discovered Her Child Was Being Sexually Abused.
When Janelle, 30, and her husband of 5 years divorced, she and her two children, Joshua, 4, and Mary, 2, moved back to her hometown to live with her mother and stepfather, Joe. From the [...]
Stop Abuse on the radio with Breakfast with Bacon!
When one of every four girls and one of every seven boys gets sexually abused before the age of eighteen, someone has to make it stop. That someone is Simon, the green and purple puppet [...]
Stop Abuse featured on 13News Now (WVEC)
We’re pleased to announce that Stop Abuse (Powered by Spectrum Puppets) has been selected by 13News Now and the TEGNA Foundation as a local 2018 TEGNA Foundation Grant Recipient for Hampton Roads. Nine nonprofit organizations in [...]
Stop Abuse Featured on the Radio!
On September 11th, 2018 Stop Abuse's Regina Marscheider was interviewed by Devin Tucker, a radio personality, on 2WD 101.3. Listen to the entire interview here!
Shining a Light on Mental Wellness Partners with Stop Abuse
The team of ARDX Foundation’s START Summer interns, the START Program Manager, the ARDX Foundation Executive Director in partnership with the Executive Director of Stop Abuse made a difference this summer. This program delivered an [...]
The Hampton Roads Community Foundation Awards Grant to Stop Abuse
Stop Abuse is so grateful to the Sue Cook Winfrey Memorial Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation for providing a grant that allows us to bring our Emmy Award winning educational child abuse prevention [...]
Child Sexual Abuse Is A Crime of Epidemic Numbers. It is perpetuated by collective silence, shame and stigma.
The numbers are staggering: 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will experience sexual abuse before the age of 18. […]