{"id":32584,"date":"2023-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32584"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:43:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:43:01","slug":"purple-pumpkin-event-raises-community-awareness-of-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32584","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Purple Pumpkin\u2019 event raises community awareness of domestic violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 An event featuring pumpkin decorating, games and other activities held here Friday doubled as a way to promote community awareness of the issue of domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Army Community Service\u2019s \u201cPurple Pumpkin\u201d event brought families out for an afternoon of face-painting, Halloween candy and of course, painting gourds in the titular color\u2014all in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

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\n A child plays a beanbag toss game during Army Community Service\u2019s \u201cPurple Pumpkin\u201d event Oct. 20 at the ACS parking lot. The event was meant to raise awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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Jennifer Luera, a Family Advocacy Program specialist at ACS, said the event is beneficial because it gives families something fun to do while also raising awareness of an important issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really important for the community to come together to show that we support each other,\u201d Luera said. \u201cWe are all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Jennifer Luera, left, a Family Advocacy Program specialist at Camp Zama\u2019s Army Community Service, paints a child\u2019s face during Army Community Service\u2019s \u201cPurple Pumpkin\u201d event Oct. 20 at the ACS parking lot. The event was meant to raise awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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Through events like this, ACS wants community members to know where they can find the appropriate resources and support if they experience domestic violence, and that ACS is ready to assist when needed, Luera said.<\/p>\n

Rachel Dickerson said she and her family were looking forward to coming to the Halloween-themed event, especially because it was the first they attended since arriving in Japan.<\/p>\n

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Dickerson said she was happy to see many familiar faces at the event, and she appreciates that ACS hosts things like the Purple Pumpkin event for the community to come out and enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a fun Halloween event to raise awareness for domestic violence, and it provides us with a lot of resources,\u201d Dickerson said. \u201cThis event absolutely brought the community together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A child shows off the pumpkin he decorated for Army Community Service\u2019s \u201cPurple Pumpkin\u201d event Oct. 20 at the ACS parking lot. The event was meant to raise awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Photo Credit: Noriko Kudo, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 An event featuring pumpkin decorating, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32586,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32591,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32584\/revisions\/32591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}