The South Arkansas Children's Coalition on Friday highlighted the Arkansas children killed by abuse in 2022. The organization's annual balloon release marking April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month followed a different program this year, with no balloons actually released into the sky due to environmental concerns. Instead, as case workers, SACC representatives and other community leaders gathered in the Union County Courthouse, they saw 13 blue balloons tied to 13 pairs of child-sized shoes and an additional 24 white balloons carried by volunteers, each balloon representing one child killed by abuse in 2022.

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