Show Not just another child advocate Christian Jensen is not just another child advocate Leslie Conder Community Reporter 1 V I H y f. f 1 l ensen has has' worked in the Hollywood film industry for more than 20 years is sick of child abuse In 2000 Jensen founded Supporting Kids in Desperate Situations SKIDS a profit non-profit organization to raise awareness about mistreated children While watching the news in bed six years ago Jensen suddenly knew that he could no longer sit by the sidelines He had been sickened enough by bythe bythe bythe the news of children being abused or killed I turned off ofT the 4 r- r i J television after the nightly news just learning about girl an innocent year old who was killed that same day at the hands of her smothers mothers boyfriend while hile he was tending the small child Jensen said Jensen realized that instead of wishing he could do more that he actually would do something A strong genuine feeling touched my heart at that moment as I accepted my mission meaning in life Jensen said I would never again simply talk about doing more SKIDS' SKIDS mission is to educate the general public about children in need Jensen believes that there are enough profit non-profit organ organizations whose sole purpose is to help children r c but that nobody knows about these organizations Much of the problem is at the most fundamental level A And d that is getting tt the ff facts out there nj j the most most creative creative and genuine me ways possible Jensen said Jensens Jensen's ties w with th Hollywood have afforded him the means to get awareness ou out there through technical and personal ways SKIDS offers otTers professional and creative ways to get awareness and education out to the masses We offer motion picture development audio development an advisory board of SKIDS Continued on page 7 L' L LJ J i I SKIDS for kids Continued from page 1 celebrities and public figures along with production staff and facilities said Jensen On that board of celebrities is 2002 Olympics silver and gold medallist Derek Para On the SKIDS there is a complete section devoted to awareness about this horrendous issue There are statistics and facts about child abuse child fatalities along with how these acts can be prevented If we have knowledge about an issue we can then act on that knowledge If we dont don't have knowledge we cannot even form a credible opinion Jensen said We can make no decision decision we we cannot act act on on what we 1 know nothing about According to the SKIDS over three children died each day in 1994 as as a result of parental maltreatment And the number is rising Other studies have Dec 6 SKIDS and S- S Abroad are uig a fund raising dance at Studio located at 26 East South The cost is 5 or 4 gift or donation and s. s the party will be from to midnight F FK K Tr get involved with SKIDS by volunteering or n nh i inga a charitable donation visit visit J found that child abuse ranks as the second leading cause of death after accidents for r children between 1 I and 5 years old the site states Many adults are confused d by these child channeled cd horrors of abuse kidnapping and homicide for they y wonder why innocent t children are targets for such maltreatment To these thes e adults Jensen poses the e question If youre you're noi no part of the solution whai t are you |