We are a coalition of child advocates with one purpose: to ensure every child feels safe, supported, and secure.

Our Kids Our Business (OKOB) champions community action by facilitating collaboration, awareness, and education to end child abuse and neglect.

A future where children and families flourish, supported by a community that is aware, engaged, and united in building positive experiences for all.

Who We Are

We are a coalition of child advocates with one goal: to ensure that ALL children are successful at EVERY stage of development from birth to high school graduation to productive adulthood. We are:

Schools
Businesses
Child care providers
Nonprofits
Faith communities
Recreational groups
Law enforcement
Health & social service agencies
Individuals
Families
Young people

Meet Our Contributors

Get Involved

Our Kids Our Business, previously known as, SPO-CAN (Spokane Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) Council, has been meeting since 1987 with the intent to prevent rather than treat child abuse.

Anyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings, and membership for your organization or as an individual is inexpensive and comes with many benefits including:

Voting rights on business and financial decisions
Governance on community education campaigns
Training and networking with over 35 member organizations
Reduced rates on trainings and networking events
Eligibility for concrete services for your clients to aid in the prevention of child abuse

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Past Events

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Help bring our vision to life: A future where children and families flourish, supported by a community that is aware, engaged, and united in building positive experiences for all.

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Make a Difference

For your friends and neighbors at home

Bring a meal or diapers to new parents. Ask every once in awhile if they could use any help.
Befriend your neighbors. Help neighborhood children.
Go to a parent-teacher group meeting.
Volunteer at story-time at the library.
Educate yourself about legislature affecting children and families.
Put up a pinwheel display or yard sign during April to show your concern for children.
Report child abuse when you see it.
Volunteer for a youth-serving organization, be a mentor, a court advocate, a baby-rocker…
Volunteer at your child’s school.
Coach a youth sports team.
Challenge your employer, place of worship, school, or neighborhood group to create a pinwheel display for child abuse prevention month in April each year.
New opportunities are always presenting themselves. Check our Facebook and Instagram pages for new information.

Through your business, community group, or school

Figure out what you already do for kids. Do it more and with consistency. Challenge your competitors to do the same.
Attend the annual Our Kids Our Business in April for Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Send a group to volunteer for a day at a school or youth-serving organization.
Offer a flexible work schedule to be family-friendly.
Include parenting resources in the same area you display other human resources information.
Create a pinwheel display in April to show your concern for children and families. Challenge your competitors to do the same. Post pictures on our Facebook page.
Invite a speaker from Our Kids Our Business to speak with your group for a brown-bag lunch.
Be a “Safe Place” for kids.
Value and support parents.
Direct your human resources office to familiarize itself with parenting resources and help parents find appropriate community supports when they’re in need.
Attend an Our Kids Our Business monthly meeting

Project Pinwheel

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TAKES A COMMUNITY.

Children rely on adults to keep them safe. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that parents are stretched thin, facing numerous challenges and stressors. A prosperous future depends on raising a healthy, well-adjusted generation to be our community’s next workforce and caregivers—and parents need our support.

Simple actions by others can make a big difference in positively impacting the lives of children.

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