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April is child abuse awareness month, and the Carr Center is partnering up with Heroes Landing to kick it off.

A location has been announced for Muskingum County's first and only child advocacy center.

The Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office is awarding more than $30,000 in drug forfeiture money to local schools and community organizations for drug education and prevention programming.

ARPA is also helping fund Heroes Landing with a $500,000 grant. It is a foundation dedicated advocating for children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse.

There are three phases of the United Way funding awards, according to Katie Grubbs, Community Impact Coordinator at United Way in Muskingum, Perry and Morgan County and today one of out of the six organizations a part of phase two, the Heroes Landing Children’s Justice Center of Ohio received $24,990.

Over 100 golfers teed off today at the Zanesville Country Club to benefit the Heroes Landing Children’s Justice Center (CJC). 

From now until this Sunday between 10AM and 7PM, a sale is going on at the Malouf Distribution Center -commonly known as the former Longaberger Homestead- at 5685 Raiders Road in Frazeysburg.

For as long as Prosecutor Ron Welch has worked in Muskingum County, it has been his goal to establish a local advocacy center for children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse.