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A billboard recognizing Woman Abuse Awareness Month in Huron County is being displayed throughout
November in Clinton, Goderich and Dashwood.
Seaforth photographer helps create
billboard promoting women's safety
For Seaforth-area photographer Flo Dyck,
creating a billboard promoting the safety of
Huron County women and children was a
labour of love.
"I've been involved in wife abuse issues for
years but the safety of women and the safety
of children are intertwined. We don't often
think about it but it's very simple," she says.
Unveiled Monday, the billboard shows the
faces of 10 community leaders representing
medical and emergency services on top of a
panoramic view of Huron County farmland.
Overlooking the fields are a woman and her
three children, all in silhouette.
The local campaign, created to recognize
Woman Abuse Awareness Month in
November, involves the billboard being dis-
played in Goderich, Clinton and Dashwood,
along with pamphlets and posters being dis-
tributed to doctors' offices throughout the
county.
"The goal of this campaign is to reach out to
Huron County residents, reminding them that
the problem of woman and family abuse
exists in their neighbourhoods, that help is
available and that together we as a communi-
ty continue to work on addressing these
issues," says Jane Falconer, executive director
of the Huron County Child Abuse Prevention
Committee in a press release.
Dyck donated her time to the project while
the expenses were paid by the Ministry of
Children and Youth Services, Early Years
Program Branch, the Women's Shelter,
Second Stage Housing and Counselling
Services of Huron.
Alexandra Beasse, of the Huron County
Child Abuse Prevention Committee, says
organizers are impressed with the way Dyck
interpreted their vision.
"She took a slogan and a vague idea of ours
and made it happen. The first draft of the
image was exactly what we wanted. It's such
a beautiful product," she says.
"It's a huge gift to us and very reflective of
Huron County values," she says.
Dyck says she was very excited to see the
billboard go up Monday.
"It was awesome to see it full size," she says.
During the 10 -month project, Dyck pho-
tographed 10 members of the Huron County
community who represent the professionals
whose work helps to keep local women and
children safe.
"They wanted to use the actual people
involved, the faces on the frontline telling the
community they have a plan to protect women
and children. It's an upbeat and positive mes-
sage about making change," she says.
But, perhaps the most time-consuming task
was finding the right landscape for the
panoramic view of local farmland.
"I drove around for three or four weeks look-
ing for the right place. There are lots of pretty
places in Huron County," she says.
Dyck says she was hoping to show the fami-
ly's vulnerability and isolation along with the
professionals ready to help them.
"This is a rural area and we need to help
each other because we're few in number," she
says.
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