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This week’s national Nonprofit Marketing Summit 2021 will feature some of the most successful year-end campaigns in 2020, and The Younique Foundation’s Giving Tuesday campaign is one that will be featured.

Childhood can have a tremendous impact on our future, especially if that upbringing included trauma and violence. When children experience abuse, neglect, or forms of dysfunction in the home, they are more likely to struggle with the long-term effects of trauma as an adult.

The Younique Foundation, a nonprofit that fights for the eradication of child sexual abuse and its effects, has named Lynda Lee Smith of Johns Creek, Georgia, as its new chief development officer.

The Younique Foundation is offering online interest meetings for survivors of child sexual abuse who want to start support groups in their communities. Finding Hope Support Groups offer adult female survivors of child sexual abuse a place to come together to find safety, community, and education. Survivors also learn from each other by creating an environment of hope, acceptance, and encouragement.

In light of the recent $850 million child sexual abuse settlement against the Boy Scouts of America, The Younique Foundation is reminding parents, caregivers, and community leaders to have conversations with children about child sexual abuse.

The largest settlement in U.S. history in a child sexual abuse case was reached July 1, 2021, against the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts and its insurers will pay $850 million. More than 84,000 survivors are part of the class-action lawsuit.

The Younique Foundation is offering its second Spanish language session at The Haven Retreat Oct. 25–28 and invites Spanish-speaking survivors of child sexual abuse to request an application now. Preparation to attend takes approximately three months, so survivors are encouraged to begin the application process as soon as possible.

The Younique Foundation está ofreciendo su segunda sesión en español del Retiro Haven del 25 al 28 de octubre e invita a las sobrevivientes de abuso sexual infantil de habla hispana a pedir una solicitud ahora. La preparación para asistir toma aproximadamente tres meses, por lo que se alienta a las sobrevivientes a comenzar el proceso de solicitud lo antes posible.

National Selfie Day is June 21 and The Younique Foundation is using that day to bring awareness to its mission. When it comes to eradicating child sexual abuse, raising awareness on social media can make all the difference.

The Younique Foundation is the focus of this week’s Nugent Good News podcast. The episode, “The Catalyst for Healing, Education, and Hope,” includes an interview with Shelaine Maxfield, founder, president, and board chair of the Foundation.

Business owner Marcella Hill creates joy every day by repurposing old sweaters and giving them life by making them into new items. Her Utah-based business, Love Woolies, takes used, donated sweaters and turn them into scrunchies, socks, and mittens.

The Younique Foundation has partnered with a group of Utah County high school students to produce a video that educates their peers about consent.

May is National Mental Health Month and a Utah-based podcast, “Utah Survivors” features two episodes this month focused on the mental health of survivors of child sexual abuse and how The Younique Foundation assists them with mental health as part of their healing journey.

The Younique Foundation is participating in the first-ever Mental Health Action Day on May 20 held in coordination with National Mental Health Month.

On Thursday, April 22, The Fowling Warehouse Atlanta will hold a fundraiser in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

An Arizona macaron baker hopes to raise $10,000 for The Younique Foundation this month in an effort to bring awareness to child sexual abuse.

Latin America has its first Finding Hope Support Group in Puebla, Mexico, thanks to the help of one passionate supporter and three inspiring survivors.

Trent Belliston, General Counsel and Director of Compliance for The Younique Foundation, has been selected for Utah Business magazine’s 2021 Corporate Counsel Award.

We live in challenging times. Faced with a global crisis, we continue to experience the pandemic’s impacts on our communities, our economy, and our way of life. Each of us has been affected in one form or another, some through financial strain and others through illness, loss, and loneliness. And no one has felt loneliness more than our children.

The Younique Foundation is the focus of a film produced by two university students and tied for the first place award in the 2021 Changemaker Film Competition hosted by the Brigham Young University Ballard Center and Peery Social Entrepreneurship program.

Grant was eight years old when he decided to talk to his parents about a traumatic event in his young life — he had been sexually abused. Over the next several years, his parents helped him on his journey to heal.

The Younique Foundation recently released its 2020 Year in Review, and it is proud of its accomplishments despite the challenges of a pandemic throughout most of the year.

University athletes from Leeds, England, are partnering with The Younique Foundation this semester to pilot a volunteer program that will be used across universities worldwide.

Meredith Lam has joined The Younique Foundation Board of Directors.

The Utah Women and Leadership Project, under the direction of Dr. Susan R. Madsen, is hosting its Spring Women’s Leadership Forum on Feb. 17.

The Younique Foundation has been selected by the prestigious Stand Together Foundation as one of the country’s most transformative nonprofits.

One in every four women is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. These women often spend decades trying to overcome the trauma they endured as children. Trudy is one such survivor.

Graduate students from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business spent fall semester assessing The Younique Foundation’s volunteer engagement.

The Younique Foundation is joining the Giving Tuesday movement effort to unleash the power to transform their communities through the gift of hope and healing.

Tony Silguero recently completed a 3,767-mile ride to raise awareness and donations for Defend Innocence.

The Younique Foundation is honored to have been featured on the Buy Box Experts podcast.

The Younique Foundation's The Haven Retreat Featured in Third-Party Peer-Reviewed Study

The Younique Foundation has been inducted into the Bouchedid Foundation's portfolio.

Matt Ellis' goal is to help end child sexual abuse and bring awareness to help survivors.

The Younique Foundation welcomed Washington County residents to a beautiful evening.

The Younique Foundation began in 2015. Retreat and support services are offered to adult female survivors