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		<title>Recycle Used Cell Phones with the Coalition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting a new cell phone for the holidays? Don&#8217;t toss the old one out &#8212; donate it to the Pee Dee Coalition to be recycled! Every phone donated will benefit victims in the Pee Dee community! Working phones will be given out to victims in need. Extra phones will be taken to a recycling center [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=287</link>
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		<title>Pee Dee Coalition says goodbye to dear friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor: Published: July 26, 2009 We said goodbye to a dear friend (recently) â€” a man whose quiet voice but determined spirit and generous gifts made an impact on countless numbers of young people and those in need. From the many women and children who sought and received refuge in a safe, clean and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=211</link>
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		<title>Durant Center&#8217;s Hartsville satellite aimed at bringing services to more victims of child abuse (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt of an article written byÂ  Jim Faile from the Hartsville Messenger: Officials with the Durant Children&#8217;s Center and the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault hope the presence of a satellite facility for the center in Hartsville &#8220;Plants A Seed Of Hope&#8221; and results in greater access to services [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=193</link>
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		<title>Child Abuse Article Earns National Recognition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hats off to Concetta Crawford for her recent article in the Morning News (April 1 ) on the impact of the economy on child abuse and neglect. It was quoted in the National Child Abuse Coalition Washington Memorandum that is distributed to all states through statewide organizations that address child abuse. Great article and great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=189</link>
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		<title>Group spreads word about the face of child abuse (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt of an article written byÂ  Jamie Durant from the Florence Morning News: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and one local group is spreading the word about the face of child abuse. Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee program director Shirley March said people often think of abused children as being only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=186</link>
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		<title>Stopping sexual assault is everybody&#8217;s business (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt of an article written by Jim Faile from the Hartsville Messenger: Thirty-six rapes were reported to law enforcement authorities in Darlington County in 2007, with seven arrests for rape in the county for that year. Another 23 arrests were made for other sex offenses. Those are the most recent figures available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=184</link>
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		<title>Rape victim tells story during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt of an article written byÂ Tonya Brown from WPDE NewsChannel 15: Every two minutes someone in the US is raped, according to the Pee Dee Coalition.Â Â  Seven years ago, it happened to a Darlington County woman. Click here to read the full story. Pee Dee Coalition is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=180</link>
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		<title>Child abuse rising sharply in Darlington County (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is an excerpt of an article written by Jim Faile from the Hartsville Messenger: The latest numbers on child abuse in our area point to an alarming trend in Darlington County and the Pee Dee region. From July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, there were a total of 1,544 child victims reported in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=178</link>
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		<title>First-hand Account from a Sexual Assault Survivor (Sexual Assault)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An excerpt from an article posted by the Cheraw Chronicle: I was a 22-year-old senior in college. I excelled academically and enjoyed having a good time with my life of independence. Life was great. On September 1, 2004, I was unaware of the event that would take place â€” an event that would change my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=173</link>
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		<title>The Coalition Honors the Town of Cheraw (News Release)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Executive Director Ellen Hamilton of the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse, along with two other Coalition Board members, Sammy Quick and Marcia Butler, were present to honor Hunter and the Town of Cheraw with a plaque and two ribbons. &#8220;We just want to thank council and the Town of Cheraw for all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.peedeecoalition.org/?p=168</link>
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