Guardian Care Center

11/21/2025

🎄 The holidays are right around the corner, and the Jasmine Strong Holiday Toy Drive is officially underway! This amazing event collects new, unwrapped toys for kids spending their holidays in hospitals throughout the Oregon and Washington.

🧸 How you can help: Drop off a new toy at your local Walmart or look for law enforcement collection events in your area. Let's flood the hospitals with joy this year!

Get ready to spread joy this holiday season as the 7th annual Jasmine Strong holiday toy drive launches this weekend in Spokane, WA, College Place, WA, Tacoma, WA, Post Falls, ID, and Coeur d’Alene, ID! Join your community at your local Walmart store to pick out a brand-new toy, drop it in the collection bin, and be part of delivering smiles to the regional children’s hospitals and the Ronald McDonald House.

10/28/2025

🤗Our FAVORITE day is right around the corner, the 2025 Shop with a Cop—and we need YOUR help to make it happen! 🎅🏼🌟

This program gives local kids a Christmas they’ll never forget – and even more importantly, it creates moments of connection, hope, and trust with the officers who serve our city. Those smiles and that excitement never get old! 🎄🤩

👮🏼‍♂️How It Works:
📌Children are nominated through schools
📌Each child is paired with an officer/deputy or trooper
📌Together, they shop, enjoy treats, and celebrate the season of giving

🚨Why It Matters:
For many families, the holidays can be tough. This program meets real needs and creates lasting memories—reminding kids that their community cares. Want to help out???

💵Donate today:
Make checks payable to: Pendleton Police Association – Shop with a Cop

Mail to:
622 Airport Rd., Pendleton OR 97801

Or drop off your donation at the front office—just label it “Shop with a Cop.” Every dollar helps bring joy to a child and supports a local family this holiday season. Thank you for being part of something truly special. 🚔👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼❤️💚

10/03/2025

If you would like to help support us, we could really use some help with items on our Amazon Wishlist. Every contribution makes a big difference!

08/04/2025

06/25/2025

“Efforts to protect children online are falling woefully short. Worldwide, children are sexually abused and exploited on the internet about 10 times per second.”

NCA CEO Teresa Huizar wrote an op-ed for USA Today titled “Online sexual abuse of kids is getting worse. But vigilantes aren't the answer.” She explores the prevalence of online child abuse, vigilante ‘pedophile hunters,’ and policy reform.

Read more: https://loom.ly/wi_wZVk

05/02/2025

Finally, Thank you so much to our Golf Cart Sponsors! Child Abuse is prevalent in our local communities, and the support of sponsors and participants in this event helps to support local children

05/02/2025

Thank you so much to our corporate sponsors of this year's "Golfing Fore Kids" fundraiser! Our sponsors and participants helped raise over $8,000 towards assisting Child Abuse Victims in Umatilla County.

05/02/2025

Guardian Care Center is so thankful for such a successful outcome of our 13th Annual Golfing Fore Kids Event! We will be sharing our many sponsors in following posts! Congratulations to our Champions! 1st Place: Umatilla County Sheriff's Office

04/14/2025

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! Guardian Care Center serves Umatilla County. Guardian Care is comprised of a board of directors, and (left to right) Taylor (Forensic Interviewer), Celina and April (Advocates) and Marisa (Executive Director). Additionally, Guardian Care works with a Designated Medical Provider (trained to assess child abuse). We love the pinwheels surrounding our fence in support of the mission to prevent child abuse. National Children's Alliance

04/14/2025

You may have grown up knowing how to keep yourself out of danger, but to also help keep the kids in your life safe on and offline.

Learn more, get resources now, and share this with your network to raise their awareness: https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/iyb/

04/14/2025

04/14/2025

(Cover their ears, moms and dads!) S*xting starts as early as 10. Do your kids know what to do to make the right decision? Talk to them. Don’t let their friends be the only influence. .

Learn more and get resources now: https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/iyb/