Here we will Tell you about any Happenings with Danger Aware.
Danger Aware is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Charity for the prevention of
abuse. We were established April 15, 2021 and recieved our IRS
determination letter at the end of December 2021. The IRS set our fiscal
year to March 30 and our first filing will not be until April 2023. Our
EIN is 87-1398369. Our funding intake from outside sources for 2021 was
less than $1000 as we did not recieve notice of our tax exempt status
until December 23, 2021.
Danger Aware was established as a means to provide books about Abuse
Awareness to children all over the country. Lorilla Fonda Lehman had
written a book called Stranger In The House A Testimonial, and had been
printing and giving them away for over a decade as well as a companion
work book, Stranger Where? When her brother suggested that she write a
new book, Stranger On The Internet as a means of providing both parents
and children the information to recognize internet predators. That was
November of 2020. That idea snowballed to not only provide books, but
games, cartoons, videos, contests, prizes, and more to get children to
want to visit DangerAware.org and in the process of having fun and being
entertained, they can learn personal rights and how to call out the
steps of grooming as soon as they are evident.
Our purpose is not to expose anyone to the many forms of abuse, or to
show the terrible things that can happen in life. We leave that to
parents. We simply try to teach the young and vulnerable that if
something confuses or harms them, they need to tell their parents. And
when they feel they cannot speak to a parent, then they need to tell the
police, or a teacher, or a fireman, or preacher, or all of them. Because
it is only through exposure of the grooming that we can prevent the
abuse.
Often, abuse is preceded by GROOMING. Grooming for abuse is the
systematic increasing of intrusion into the physical, mental or
emotional comfort of another person. By starting with small intrusions
and increasing the intensity or frequency of those intrusions an abuser
will PREPARE or GROOM their victim for additional intrusions. In the
begining, these intrusions are mild and could never be considered as
abuse in and of themselves, but with continued intensity, it becomes
abuse. If we can teach the young and vulnerable how to recognize
GROOMING and to CALL IT OUT when it occurs, we can Prevent the abuse.
Danger Aware has moved to our PERMANENT location. 2503 North Fresno
Street. Fresno CA 93703
Danger Aware had its Soft Opening, Sunday, May 23 at 12:30pm, 7061 N.
San Pablo Ave. Pinedale California. All are invited.
