Because prevention can’t wait.
Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up safe, supported, and surrounded by possibility. When families have access to the right resources and community support, children can reach their full potential—and prevention becomes possible.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (CAPM), a time to come together and take action for children and families across Kentucky. This year’s theme, Pinwheels of Possibility, celebrates the limitless potential of children and the power of prevention to create brighter futures.
Join us this April and beyond as we turn awareness into action, spin possibility into impact, and help ensure every child grows up safe, supported, and loved.
This April, we’re inviting individuals, families, schools, workplaces, and communities to take part in building a safer Kentucky for children—
one action at a time.
No fooling, April 1st is wear blue day!
Wearing blue during Child Abuse Prevention Month shows your commitment to protecting children, strengthening families, and building communities where possibility can thrive. Whether you’re at work, school, or on Zoom, a little blue goes a long way.
We are excited to launch our CAPM resources for your involvement in Child Abuse Prevention Month 2026! Click the buttons below to access both our CAPM Resource Guide and our CAPM Resource Guide for the Faith Based Community.
Review the recording of our call on January 27!
These simple, hands-on activities help kids learn about kindness, feelings, and caring for one another while celebrating Child Abuse Prevention Month together.
Download and print our Pinwheel Garden Coloring Page for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Color your pinwheel and watch hope grow! Perfect for kids and a calming creative break for adults, too.
Create your own pinwheel with simple supplies. Click below for a step-by-step guide to making a pinwheel at home
Join us for our annual pinwheel planting!
Unfortunately, due to supply chain issues, we are sold out of pinwheels for this year. Please stay tuned for updates for next year's order form.
Do you want to advertise your events to the entire state? Share your event details below, and a PCAK staff member will add them to the calendar.
Download the 2026 social media toolkit to spread awareness, hope, and action during Child Abuse Prevention Month.
From pinwheel gardens to community events, social media challenges to statewide partnerships, Kentuckians came together to celebrate children, strengthen families, and elevate prevention.
28,000 pinwheels planted = a whole lot of blue.
Here’s what that number really looks like:
With 20,800 pinwheels planted, we could place one pinwheel in every single seat at Rupp Arena
and still have 255 pinwheels left over.
That’s enough blue to spill onto the sidelines, because prevention doesn’t stop at the buzzer.
That’s about 173 pinwheels for each of Kentucky’s 120 counties, a visible reminder that protecting kids is a statewide effort.
Lined up end to end, 20,800 pinwheels would stretch about 4.6 miles. That’s more than four full laps around Keeneland Race Track. Now that’s true photo finish for Kentucky’s kids.
Every pinwheel ordered and planted in 2026 adds another spin of hope and pushes us closer to beating last year’s total.
Schools, businesses, families, and communities across the Commonwealth: this is our moment.
Let’s do this, KY.
At Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, we are committed to promoting child abuse prevention in ways that reflect our shared responsibility to children, families, and the environment.
