Skip to content

Hendrix Addresses Rotary for National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Kim Hendrix, director of the Henderson County Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, was the special guest speaker for the April 2, 2019 Lexington Rotary Club meeting.
Photo By: W. Clay Crook / The Lexington Progress

Article by W. Clay Crook-

Kim Hendrix, director of the Henderson County Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, was the special guest speaker for the April 2nd Lexington Rotary Club meeting. April, she said, is National Child Abuse Awareness month, and board member, Karen Gordon, distributed some ribbons and literature. Kim has been with the Center for 27 years, and has seen tremendous growth in Lexington. The center in Lexington started in a little trailer behind the Henderson County Board of Education, and later land was donated for the current center on Rush Street. The organization is named for founder and music personality Carl Perkins of Jackson. “I worked nearly every county in West Tennessee,” Hendrix said, “and I would…

For complete coverage, see the April 10th edition of The Lexington Progress.

Subscribe Today!

Leave a Comment