“Gail Perkins didn’t know how this child rape exam would go. The 7-year-old girl grasped her mom’s hand in a death grip as they walked into the Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center in July, recalled Perkins, trained in performing sexual assault physicals. The center’s cheery teal walls, beach decor and murals are supposed to put…

View the Freelance Star’s article at the link below: How Safe Harbor is Helping Area Children December 11, 2009

“Two Boy Scouts are part of a community effort to make a horrible experience a little less traumatizing for a child. Paul Williams and Thomas Bowen are James Monroe High School students and members of Boy Scout Troop 165 in Fredericksburg. For their Eagle Scout projects, the 17-year-olds helped paint and furnish rooms in the…